St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre

Prodigal Son. Carnaval


one act ballets

Performers

Conductor: Conductor:  Mikhail Tatarnikov

PRODIGAL SON

The Prodigal Son: Andrei Batalov
The Siren: Sofia Gumerova
 

CARNAVAL

Columbine: Nadezhda Batoeva
Harlequin: Rafael Musin
Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Sergei Prokofiev, Robert Schumann
Choreography by George Balanchine, Michel Fokine

PRODIGAL SON

ballet in three scenes
Music by Sergei Prokofiev (Op. 46, 1928-29)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1929)
Book: Boris Kochno (after the biblical parable)
Scenery and costumes by Georges Rouault (1929)
Scenery executed: Prince A. Schervashidze
Costumes executed: Vera Soudeikina
Staging: Karin von Aroldingen and Paul Boos
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: May 21, 1929, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris
Premiere in the Mariinsky Theatre: December, 14, 2001

Running time 40 minutes

The Ballets of George Balanchine and is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life

  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


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