St Petersburg, Mariinsky II

Ballet masterpieces from the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila, Faust and A life for the Tsar


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: Alexander Fyodorov
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:
Oxana Skorik
Andrei Yermakov
Aaron Osawa-Horowitz
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:
Anastasia Nuikina
Nikolai Naumov
Yekaterina Mikhailovtseva
Ilmira Bagautdinova
Alisa Rusina
Nikita Kopunov
Yelizaveta Kulikova
Alexei Kuzmin


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

Age category 6+

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