Carmen Suite. Chopiniana. Carnaval

Performers

Conductor: Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

CARMEN SUITE

Carmen: Irma Nioradze
Jose: Ilya Kuznetsov
Torero: Anton Korsakov

CHOPINIANA

Sofia Gumerova, Anastasia Kolegova, Elena Yevseyeva, Alexander Parish

CARNAVAL

Columbine: Nadezhda Batoeva
Harlequin: Rafael Musin

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann
Choreography by Alberto Alonso, Michel Fokine

CARMEN SUITE
Premiere

Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alberto Alonso
Production Choreographer: Viktor Barykin
Production Designer: Boris Messerer
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere: 20 April 1967, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 19 April 2010

Running time: 45 minutes

CHOPINIANA

choreographic composition in one act
Music by Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario by Michel Fokine
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time 35 minutes

CARNAVAL

pantomime ballet in one act
Music by Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design by Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time 30 minutes