Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
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Anzhelina Vorontsova Анжелина Воронцова as “Quiteria”, “Hidalgo of La Mancha Идальго из Ла-Манчи”, music by Ludwig Minkus, staging and choreo by Nacho Duato, stage design by Jaffar Chalabi Джаффар Чалаби, costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич. Based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Youngseo Ko 영서 고 as “Odette”, “Swan Lake Svanesjøen”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreo by Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, set design byPeter Farmer, Klassisk Mesteraften Classic Masters Evening, Norwegian National Ballet Nasjonalballetten, Oslo Opera House Operahuset, Oslo, Norway (May 11, 2024).
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“La Sylphide Сильфида”, libretto by Adolphe Nourrit and Filippo Taglioni, choreo by August Bournonville, staging by Elsa Marianne von Rosen, stage design by Sergey Solomko Сергей Соломко, costume by Oleg Vinogradov Олег Виноградов, revival choreo by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер, music by Herman Severin von Løvenskiold, revival of the stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Anna Nikulina Анна Никулина as “Carmen” and Vladislav Lantratov Владислав Лантратов as “Don José”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты” choreo and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin, production design by Boris Messerer Борис Мессерер, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр (new stage), Moscow, Russia (May 25, 2024).
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Fumi Kaneko 金子 扶生 as “Odile” and Vadim Muntagirov Вадим Мунтагиров as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, production by Liam Scarlett, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, additional choreo by Liam Scarlett and Sir Frederick Ashton, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, set and costume desing by John F. Macfarlane, The Royal Ballet, London, England (May 9, 2024).
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Natalia Osipova Наталья Осипова as “Juliet Capulet”, “Romeo and Juliet Ромео и Джульетта”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, choreo by Nacho Duato, libretto by Nacho Duato based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, costume design by Angelina Atlagić, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский теaтр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Irina Perren Ирина Перрен as “Sabina” and Marat Shemiunov Марат Шемиунов as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, libretto, choreo and production by Georgy Kovtun Георгий Ковтун, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 13, 2022).
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“La Bayadère Баядерка”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergey Khudekov Сергея Худеков, choreo by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa, music by Ludwig Minkus, stage and costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Rachele Buriassi as “Carmen”, “Carmen Suite”, choreo and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин. As part of the program “Echoes” (“Majísimo”, “Spring Waters”, “Blushing”, “Requiem”, “Fête Sauvage”, “Swan Lake” pdd, “Dans ma Main”, “Complet Brouillé”, “Les Bourgeois”, “Miséricorde” and “Carmen Suite”), Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (May 26 to May 30, 2021).
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Alice Firenze, Ioanna Avraam and Roman Lazik, “Emeralds”, music by Gabriel Fauré [“Pelléas et Mélisande” (1898) and “Shylock” (1889)], choreo by George Balanchine, costume by Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky) from “Jewels” (“Rubies”, “Emeralds” and “Diamonds”), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Tahmina Uzakova Тахмина Узакова as “Gipsy Girl”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский and Marius Petipa, costume and set design by Valery Leventhal Валерий Левенталь, Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater Башкирский государственный театр оперы и балета, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan.
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“Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreography by Nacho Duato, stage and costume design by Angelina Atlagić Ангелина Атлагич, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Tatiana Legat Татьяна Легат, Tutor, Teacher and Honored Artist of Russia, “Le Corsaire Корсар”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges and Joseph Mazilier edited by Yury Slonimsky Юрий Слонимский and Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев based on The Corsair (1814) by Lord Byron, choreo by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa and Pyotr Gusev Петр Гусев revised by Farukh Ruzimatov Фарух Рузиматов, music by Adolphe Adam, Julius Gerber, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Evgeny Kornblit Евгений Корнблит, Pyotr Oldenburg Петр Ольденбургский, Cesare Pugni, Ivan Trubetskoy, Boris Fitinhoff-Schell, Albert Zabel, stage design by Valery Levental Валерий Левенталь, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Maria Bulanova Мария Буланова as “Kitri” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский and Marius Petipa, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), costume design by Konstantin Korovin Константин Коровин, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 5, 2024; Mariinsky II).
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Elena Germanovich Алена Германовіч as “Odette” and Konstantin Belokhvostik Канстанцін Белахвосцік as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake Лебединое Oзеро”, choreo by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, costume design by Galina Solovyova Галина Соловьева, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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