|
|
|
| | Arts Calendar / April 13 / Ballet |
|
|
|
|
|
12:00, 19:00. Ballet by John Neumeier in two acts based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Alfred Shnitke, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam). The Hamburg Ballet and the Bolshoi Theatre coproduction. Adults only. Choreographer, Set and Costume Designer, Lighting Concept Author and Author of Libretto: John Neumeier. Costumes for Anna Karenina: Albert Kriemler (A-K-R-I-S). Music Director: Anton Grishanin. Ballet Masters: Edvin Revazov, Sonja Tinnes, Ivan Urban. Video and Graphic: Kiran West. Thomas Mann once named Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" "the greatest social novel of world literature." When reading the novel, John Neumeier was deeply fascinated by Tolstoy's work: not only by the main characters and the plot, but also by the extraordinary variety of thematic connections. It is a story of three families.
Bolshoi Theater  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians
