Ballet in 3 acts with 1 interval, running time 3:35
Music : Alexander GLAZUNOV
July 1 at 7 pm in Coca-Cola Plaza, Ekraan and Astri
Recorded on June 24, 2012
Libretto : Yuri GRIGOROVICH based on a script by Lydia PASHKOVA
Choreography: Yuri GRIGOROVICH with original scenes choreographed by Marius PETIPA and Alexander GORSKY
Musical direction: tbc
Sets : Simon VIRSALADZE
Lights : Mikhail SOROKIN
With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet
Yuri Grigorovich: After being accepted into the Leningrad Ballet School in 1946, Yuri Grigorovich went on to become a soloist at the Kirov Ballet of St. Petersburg where he stayed until 1962. He joined the Bolshoi Theatre in 1964 and was its artistic director until 1995. His most famous pieces of works are Nutcracker, Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible.
Founded in 1898 at the Mariinsky Theatre, last “grand ballet” of the 19th century, Raymonda is a masterpiece which is symbolic of a key period for classical ballet. Although the collaboration between Marius Petipa and Alexander Glazunov was difficult, ( Petipa was by then an experienced choreographer whilst Glazunov was a novice at creating music for ballet ), Raymonda became an overnight success in Russia. New choreographic version from Yuri Grigorovich dates back from 2003.
At the castle of Countess Sybil de Daurice, Raymonda is celebrating her birthday. She is also about to bid farewell to her fiancé, knight Jean de Brienne, who is going on a crusade. At night time, on her own, Raymonda falls asleep and dreams that she is taken to a magical garden where she is reunited with her fiancé. Suddenly, Jean de Brienne disappears and an arab sheik takes his place and declares his passion for her. Raymonday is forced to accept. When she wakes, Raymonda discovers with horror that her nightmare has become reality…
Distributor:
Forum Cinemas OÜ - ESTONIA
Director:
Vincent Bataillon
