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.)
Anna Nikulina Анна Никулина as “Carmen”, “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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Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu”, “The Legend of Love Легенда о любви”, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, libretto by Nazym Hikmet Назым Хикмет and Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (May 5, 2024).
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Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu”, “The Legend of Love Легенда о любви”, music by Arif Melikov Ариф Меликов, libretto by Nazym Hikmet Назым Хикмет and Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (May 5, 2024).
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Anna Nikulina Анна Никулина as “Carmen” and Mark Orlov Марк Орлов as “Corregidor”, “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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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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Svetlana Zakharova Светлана Захарова as “Irina Arkadina (Trepleva) Ирина Аркадина (Треплева)”, “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Boris Trigorin Борис Тригорин” (a novelist), “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Artem Ovcharenko Артем Овчаренко as “Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev” (Irina Arkadina Treplev’s son), “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Yulia Grebenshchikova Юлия Гребенщикова as one of the “Birds”, “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Anna Tikhomirova Анна Тихомирова as “Polina Andryevna Полина Андреевна” (Ilya Shamraev’s wife), “The Seagull Чайка”, libretto by Aleksandr Molochnikov Александр Молочников, Olga Khenkina Ольга Хенкина, based on a play (1895) of the same name by Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов, music by Ilya Demutsky Илья Демуцкий, choreo by Yury Possokhov Юрий Посохов, costume designbyEmma Ryott, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (March 16, 2024).
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Viktoria Brileva Виктория Брилёва as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (January 30, 2024).
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Viktoria Brileva Виктория Брилёва as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (January 30, 2024).
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Viktoria Brileva Виктория Брилёва as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (January 30, 2024).
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Viktoria Brileva Виктория Брилёва as “Mercedes”, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (January 30, 2024).
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Margarita Shrainer Маргарита Шрайнер as “Princess Aspicia” and Mark Chino Марк Чино as “Taor” (“Lord Wilson”), “La Fille du Pharaon Дочь фараон” (Pharaoh’s Daughter), libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges from “Le Roman de la Momie” by Théophile Gautier, choreo by Marius Petipa versioned by Pierre Lacotte and music by Cesare Pugni, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (February 17, 2024).
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Eva Sergeenkova Ева Сергеенкова as “Giselle” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Count Albrecht”, “Giselle Жизель”, music by Adolphe Adam, libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jean Henry Saint Georges, choreo by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, choreo version by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, 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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Anastasia Meskova Анастасия Меськова and Anton Savichev Антон Савичев, “Bolero” (scene from Act III), “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa and Aleksey Fadeyechev Алексей Фадеечев, 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 Elena Zaitseva Елена Зайцева, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia (October 13, 2021).
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Elizaveta Kokoreva Елизавета Кокорева as “Jeanne”, “The Flames of Paris Пламя Парижа”, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, Vladimir Dmitriev Владимир Дмитриев and Aleksandr Belinsky Александр Белинский music by Boris Asafiev Борис Асафьев, choreography by Vasily Vainonen Василий Вайнонен, costume design by Elena Markovskaya Елена Марковская, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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