St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre

International Stars Gala


Close of the XI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY

Performers

CARMEN SUITE
Carmen: Viengsay Valdés (National Ballet of Cuba)
Jose: Ilya Kuznetsov
Torero: Yevgeny Ivanchenko

Conductor: Alexei Repnikov

 

DIVERTISSEMENT
Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet), Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet, Covent Garden), Ulyana Lopatkina, Anastasia Matvienko, Olesya Novikova, Viktoria Tereshkina, David Hallberg (American Ballet Theatre), Igor Kolb, Johan Kobborg (Royal Ballet, Covent Garden), Tim Matiakis, Denis Matvienko, Marat Shemiunov (Mikhailovsky Theatre), Vladimir Shklyarov, Friedemann Vogel (Stuttgart Ballet), Maxim Zyuzin

Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

 

DIAMONDS
Alina Somova, Danila Korsuntsev

Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Alberto Alonso, George Balanchine

CARMEN SUITE

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

 DIVERTISSEMENT

Pas de deux and choreographic compositions

 

DIAMONDS

Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky from Symphony No. 3 in D Major, 1875 (first movement omitted)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1947)
Staging: Karin von Aroldingen, Sarah Leland, Elyse Borne and Sean Lavery
Scenery: Peter Harvey (1967)
Costumes: Karinska (1967)
Recreations of costumes supervised: Holly Hines
Original lighting: Ronald Bates
Lighting: Perry Silvey

World premiere: 13 April 1967, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 October 1999, St Petersburg

The Ballets of George Balanchine 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


Any use or copying of site materials, design elements or layout is forbidden without the permission of the rightholder.
user_nameExit

The highlighting of performances by age represents recommendations.

This highlighting is being used in accordance with Federal Law N436-FZ dated 29 December 2010 (edition dated 1 May 2019) "On the protection of children from information that may be harmful to their health"