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In a Barcelona marketplace, Kitri meets her lover Basilio, but her father Lorenzo accepts a proposal from Gamache. The lovers flee; Don Quixote and Sancho pursue them through gypsy encampments, a puppet theatre, windmills, and Don Quixote's dream of Dulcinea. When Basilio feigns suicide to avoid the unwanted marriage, Lorenzo relents and the lovers wed. In the 1869 version, Don Quixote later loses a duel to the Knight of the Silver Moon and sets out for home with Sancho.
The ballet is set in Provence, France. The title character, Kalkabrino, is a brutish bandit and smuggler who desires the fragile flower-seller Marietta and tries to carry her off by force. She is defended by her lover, Olivier, who drives Kalkabrino off. Afterward, Kalkabrino is targeted for his sins by a host of evil spirits, led by the fearsome she-demon Draginiatza, who takes on the appearance of Marietta to torment Kalkabrino. Ultimately, Kalkabrino is dragged off to hell by the evil spirits to pay for his lifetime of wicked deeds.
La Bayadère («Баядерка») is an 1877 ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by the French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by. The ballet was staged for the benefit performance of the Russian Prima ballerina Ekaterina Vazem, who created the principal role of Nikiya. La Bayadère was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on. From the first performance the ballet was hailed by contemporary critics and audiences as one of the choreographer Petipa's masterpieces, particularly the scene of act II The Kingdom of the Shades, which is one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical ballet. Nearly all modern versions of La Bayadère are derived from and Vakhtang Chabukiani's redacted version staged for the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet in 1941 that has remained in the company's repertory to the present day. Outside of the Soviet Union, Natalia Makarova staged the first full-length production of La Bayadère in 1980 for American Ballet Theatre, a version that is itself derived from Ponomarev and Chabukiani's production of 1947.
A three-act, four-scene ballet by Arthur Saint-Léon with music by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes; Minkus adapted music from Saint-Léon's 1866 La Source.
Le Poisson doré (The Golden Fish) (ru: Золотая рыбка; a.k.a. Zolotaia Ribka) is a "fantastic ballet" in 4 acts/6 scenes with prologue and epilogue. The choreography was by Arthur Saint-Léon, and the music by Ludwig Minkus.
A three-act, five-scene ballet based on the Greek myth of Thetis and the circumstances of her marriage to the mortal Peleus, arranged by Jupiter.
Voyslava kills Mlada so she can have Yaromir, Mlada’s former fiancé. Morena helps Voyslava enchant him, but Mlada’s spirit leads Yaromir to the truth. Voyslava confesses and Yaromir kills her; Morena destroys the temple and city, and Yaromir is reunited with Mlada. This plot summary is partly conjectural and draws on later treatments of the libretto.
In a moonlit forest, the Queen of the Night presides over a gathering of stars and supernatural beings while watching for dawn. The Morning Star frees the Spirits of the Day, and Time ends their battle with the Deities of Darkness as daylight takes over. The Queen of the Day welcomes the Sun, and people from Russia's provinces gather in a celebration honoring the light and the Russian Empire.
Act I is set in a cave inhabited by several sorceresses. Act II presents various games — croquet, bingo, billiards, a spinning top, draughts, cards, and others — all allegorically played by various dancers. Act III features the Kingdom of the Laces, which presents a large variety of laces made by different nationalities, including Russian, French, Spanish, and Italian, in a series of dances.
In a Barcelona marketplace, Kitri meets her lover Basilio, but her father Lorenzo accepts a proposal from Gamache. The lovers flee; Don Quixote and Sancho pursue them through gypsy encampments, a puppet theatre, windmills, and Don Quixote's dream of Dulcinea. When Basilio feigns suicide to avoid the unwanted marriage, Lorenzo relents and the lovers wed. In the 1869 version, Don Quixote later loses a duel to the Knight of the Silver Moon and sets out for home with Sancho.
The ballet is set in Provence, France. The title character, Kalkabrino, is a brutish bandit and smuggler who desires the fragile flower-seller Marietta and tries to carry her off by force. She is defended by her lover, Olivier, who drives Kalkabrino off. Afterward, Kalkabrino is targeted for his sins by a host of evil spirits, led by the fearsome she-demon Draginiatza, who takes on the appearance of Marietta to torment Kalkabrino. Ultimately, Kalkabrino is dragged off to hell by the evil spirits to pay for his lifetime of wicked deeds.
La Bayadère («Баядерка») is an 1877 ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by the French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by. The ballet was staged for the benefit performance of the Russian Prima ballerina Ekaterina Vazem, who created the principal role of Nikiya. La Bayadère was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on. From the first performance the ballet was hailed by contemporary critics and audiences as one of the choreographer Petipa's masterpieces, particularly the scene of act II The Kingdom of the Shades, which is one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical ballet. Nearly all modern versions of La Bayadère are derived from and Vakhtang Chabukiani's redacted version staged for the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet in 1941 that has remained in the company's repertory to the present day. Outside of the Soviet Union, Natalia Makarova staged the first full-length production of La Bayadère in 1980 for American Ballet Theatre, a version that is itself derived from Ponomarev and Chabukiani's production of 1947.
A three-act, four-scene ballet by Arthur Saint-Léon with music by Ludwig Minkus and Léo Delibes; Minkus adapted music from Saint-Léon's 1866 La Source.
Le Poisson doré (The Golden Fish) (ru: Золотая рыбка; a.k.a. Zolotaia Ribka) is a "fantastic ballet" in 4 acts/6 scenes with prologue and epilogue. The choreography was by Arthur Saint-Léon, and the music by Ludwig Minkus.
A three-act, five-scene ballet based on the Greek myth of Thetis and the circumstances of her marriage to the mortal Peleus, arranged by Jupiter.
Voyslava kills Mlada so she can have Yaromir, Mlada’s former fiancé. Morena helps Voyslava enchant him, but Mlada’s spirit leads Yaromir to the truth. Voyslava confesses and Yaromir kills her; Morena destroys the temple and city, and Yaromir is reunited with Mlada. This plot summary is partly conjectural and draws on later treatments of the libretto.
In a moonlit forest, the Queen of the Night presides over a gathering of stars and supernatural beings while watching for dawn. The Morning Star frees the Spirits of the Day, and Time ends their battle with the Deities of Darkness as daylight takes over. The Queen of the Day welcomes the Sun, and people from Russia's provinces gather in a celebration honoring the light and the Russian Empire.
Act I is set in a cave inhabited by several sorceresses. Act II presents various games — croquet, bingo, billiards, a spinning top, draughts, cards, and others — all allegorically played by various dancers. Act III features the Kingdom of the Laces, which presents a large variety of laces made by different nationalities, including Russian, French, Spanish, and Italian, in a series of dances.