Pulcinella: Philipp Stepin
Pimpinella: Viktoria Tereshkina
Doctor: Dmitry Pykhachov
Prudenza: Maria Bulanova
Tartaglia: Soslan Kulaev
Rosetta: Anastasia Lukina
Coviello: Yevgeny Konovalov
Florindo: Pavel Mikheyev
Furbo: Konstantin Zverev
The Actor: Islom Baimuradov
The Mage: Philipp Stepin
Oxana Shilova (soprano)
Dmitry Voropaev (tenor)
Ilya Bannik (bass)
Premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine – 15 May 1920, Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev, Grand Opéra, Paris
Premiere of the ballet choreographed by Ilya Zhivoi – 11 July 2018, Mariinsky II
Running time 40 minutes
Pulcinella is a witty and jokester character of commedia dell'arte. Sergei Diaghilev granted this eccentric comedian a permanent residence at the music theatre. It was according to his request that Igor Stravinsky carried out his first discovery of the past and composed a score about the tricks of the commedia dell'arte character based on the music of Pergolesi and other composers of the 18th century. Stravinsky arranged the old music with his harmonies, but he said with modesty that “the remarkable thing about Pulcinella is not how much but how little has been added or changed.” For the choreographer Ilya Zhivoy, who presented his Pulcinella as a part of The creative workshop of the young choreographers, it was the music that determined the staging of this ballet. “Music in Pulcinella struck me as drastically different from Stravinsky’s other works (and I have heard almost all of his music written for theatre). – Ilya Zhivoi said. – I dreamt of staging a narrative ballet — and I did not have any prior experience of working with a piece of literature, with characters and personalities, — but I read the libretto of Pulcinella only after I had been inspired tov stage a production by the music.” The choreographer characterized his idea: “I really wanted to stage an airy, cheerful, and colourful ballet, which you can come to see with your family to have a good laugh.”
Performances of the work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
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"