PROGRAMME:
EASTERN DANCES FROM THE OPERA RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA
Music by Mikhail Glinka
Choreography by Michel Fokine
Set Design by Thierry Bosquet, decorations and costumes by Alexander Golovin and Konstantin Korovin from the 1904 production are restored
Performers:
Evgeniy Alimpiev
Alexandra Iosifidi
Nail Yenikeyev
Yekaterina Mikhailovtseva
Maria Ogneva
Yelizaveta Kaukina
WALPURGIS NIGHT FROM THE OPERA FAUST
Music by Charles Gounod
Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky
Scenography by Valentina Khodasevich
Performers:
Elena Yevseyeva
Konstantin Zverev
Maxim Izmestiev
Apollinaria Murzo
Sofja Khoreva
Aigul Nugaeva
THE POLISH ACT OF THE OPERA A LIFE FOR THE TSAR
Music by Mikhail Glinka
The dances are based on the choreography by Sergei Koren and Andrey Lopukhov from the 1954 production, reconstructed by Elena Bazhenova
Costumes based on drawings by Fyodor Fyodorovsky
Scenography and videography by Pyotr Okunev
Performers:
Maria Iliushkina
Soslan Kulaev
Elena Bazhenova
Elena Lyskova
Olga Belik
Roman Malyshev
Yevgenia Savkina
Alexander Beloborodov
The Mariinsky Opera soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Gurgen Petrosyan
Principal Chorus Master: Konstantin Rylov
Running time 1 hours 50 minutes
The performance has one interval