
Don Quixote
February 16, 2023
19:00–21:40

Ballet in three acts with prologue
Libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, adapted by Yuliana Malkhasyants (including choreography by Kasiyan Goleizovsky, Rostislav Zakharov, Anatoly Simachev, and Naum Azarin-Messerer)
The ballet was written in 1869. This version was first performed in Perm in 2004. Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes including 2 intervals
In 1900, Alexander Gorsky staged his version of Marius Petipa’s 1869 production of Don Quixote at the Bolshoi Theatre, adding his own dances. In his memoirs, however, Petipa accused the young director of plagiarism, and theatre experts still debate the authenticity of Gorsky’s choreography.
Unlike Cervantes’s original novel, the leading characters in the ballet are not the knight of the doleful countenance and his armour-bearer, but the innkeeper’s daughter Kitri and her sweetheart, the barber Basilio. Bolshoi Theatre soloist Yuliana Malkhasyants worked on the production in Perm. The image of sultry Spain, conveyed by a wealth of typical dances, is completed by Andrey Zlobin’s scenery in the style of old black-and-white book illustrations.
The production is staged with the support of the Pearl of the Urals Foundation
Performers
Alexander Sokolov
Дон Кихот
Evgeny Gromov
Sancho Panza
Sergei Kreker
Лоренцо
Bulgan Rentsendorj
Kitri
Georgy Enaldiev
Basil
Oleg Kulikov
Гамаш
Ivan Tkachenko
Espada
Anna Pushvintseva-Poistogova
Matinee Girl
Albina Rangulova
Girlfriend
Ulyana Moksheva
Girlfriend
Ekaterina Poleshchuk
Mercedes
Tomone Kagawa
Cupid
Polina Lantseva (Buldakova)
Queen of the Dryads
Stage Directors
Musical Director
Andrei Zlobin
Production Designer
Anna Ipatyeva
Costume Designer
Sergey Martynov
Lighting Designer
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Don Quixote
February 16, 2023
19:00–21:40