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.)
Oksana Skorik Оксана Скорик as “Raymonda”, “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Lidia Pashkova Лидия Пашкова and Marius Petipa based on a medieval legend, choreo by Marius Petipa (1898) revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев, (1948) with choreo fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Elena Lyskova Елена Лыскова “Variation” from “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Lidia Pashkova Лидия Пашкова and Marius Petipa based on a medieval legend, choreo by Marius Petipa (1898) revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев, (1948) with choreo fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Anita Pudikova Анита Пудикова, “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (version of 2003), Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Raymonda” (niece of the Countess Sybil de Daurice), “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, script by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (2003), Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (April 7, Old Stage).
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Antonina Chapkina Антонина Чапкина as “Henriette” (Raymonda’s Girl Friend), “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, script by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (version of 2003), Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Aleksandr Glazunov Александр Глазунов, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (April 7, Old Stage).
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Sofia Romanova София Романова as “Raymonda” and Rudolf Dudoladov Рудольф Дудоладов as “Abderakhman” (Saracen Knight), “Raymonda Раймонда”, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky Иван Всеволожской, script by Countess Lydia Pashkova Графиня Лидия Пашкова based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Marius Petipa, design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater Астраханский Государственный Театр Оперы и Балета, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.
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Anita Pudikova Анита Пудикова, “Raymonda Раймонда”, libretto by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович based on legends of medieval knights, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович (version of 2003), Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Raymonda” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров as Jean de Brienne, “Raymonda Раймонда”, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, choreography by Marius Petipa (1898) revised version by Konstantin Sergeev (1948) with choreographic fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (October 7).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Raymonda” and Alexander Sergeev Александр Сергеев as “Abderakhman”, “Raymonda Раймонда”, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, choreography by Marius Petipa (1898) revised version by Konstantin Sergeev (1948) with choreographic fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (October 7).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Raymonda”, “Raymonda Раймонда”, choreography by Marius Petipa (1898) revised version by Konstantin Sergeev Константина Сергеев, (1948) with choreographic fragments by Fyodor Lopukhov Фёдор Лопухов, libretto by Lidia Pashkova Лидия Пашкова and Marius Petipa based on a medieval chivalrous legend, music by Alexander Glazunov Александр Глазунов, set and costume design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (June 12, 2015).
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