PROGRAMME:
I. Schéhérazade
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scenario by Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytales
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa
Set and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Léon Bakst
Shahriar: Vladimir Ponomarev
Zobeide: Polina Semionova (ABT)
Zobeide’s Slave: Igor Zelensky
The Odalisques: Viktoria Brilyova, Alisa Sodoleva, Xenia Dubrovina
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Knapp
II. Carmen
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Roland Petit based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée
Choreography by Roland Petit
Set design and costumes by Antoni Clavé
Lighting design by Roland Petit
Carmen: Diana Vishneva
José: Igor Zelensky
featuring dancers of Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
Conductor: Yevgeny Volynsky