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 12:00, 19:00. Ballet in three acts to music by Leo Delibes. Presented with two intervals. Libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Leon after the stories by Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffmann. Choreography: Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti. Revival and new choreographic version: Sergei Vikharev. Designer: Boris Kaminsky. In addition to excellent dances, this classical ballet has two other undoubted merits. First, Coppelia is a comedy of which there are not so many among the masterpieces of the classical legacy. Second, it is a comedy with fine music. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky’s assessment of Delibes’ skill in “the sphere of ballet” is well-known: “The first ballet in which music constitutes not only the main, but the sole interest. What beauty, what elegance, what richness of melody, rhythm and harmony”. True, these words refer to another of the composer’s ballets, but they are equally applicable to Coppelia.
Bolshoi Theater New Stage  |
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 Ballet to the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and libretto by Vladimir Burmeister. 135 min (with one intermission). Choreography and production - Vladimir Burmeister. Set design - Vladimir Arefiev. Lighting - Ildar Bederdinov. "The Snow Maiden" was created by the outstanding choreographer Vladimir Burmeister under commission by the London Festival Ballet. In 1963, it was recreated on stage of the K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. Its plot is based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s play of the same title. The music score was compiled of various popular works by Tchaikovsky, such as the music for the Ostrovsky fairy-tale, Symphony no. 1 ("Winter Daydreams"), the Serenade for Strings, a piano sonata, etc. In 2001, a new stage version was created. The major changes concerned the stage design, which was made more modern. On December of the same year The Snow Maiden was shown in London during the Theatre’s guest performances. The latter were a success beyond all expectations; the influential newspaper The Independent counted them among the major cultural events of the season.
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theater |
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