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.)
Madison Rayn Abeo, “Coppélia”, libretto by Charles Nuitter based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Léo Delibes, choreo by Aleksandra Danilova Александра Данилова, George Balanchine and Marius Petipa, scenic and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Leta Biasucci as “Swanilda”, “Coppélia”, libretto by Charles Nuitter based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Léo Delibes, choreography by Aleksandra Danilova Александра Данилова, George Balanchine and Marius Petipa, scenic and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA (scheduled for May 31 to June 9, 2024).
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Anastasia Soboleva Анастасия Соболева as “Swanilda” and Viktor Levedev Виктор Лебедев as “Frantz”, “Coppélia Коппелия”, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер (production includes choreographic motifs and elements from versions by Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, stage design and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Irina Perren Ирина Перрен as “Swanilda”, “Coppélia Коппелия”, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер (production includes choreographic motifs and elements from versions by Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, stage design and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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“Coppélia Коппелия” (next performance on October 17), music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, staging by Mikhail Messerer Михаил Мессерер (production includes choreographic motifs and elements from versions by Arthur Saint-Léon, Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, stage design and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Natascha Mair as “Swanilda”, “Coppelia”, choreography by Pierre Lacotte, music by Léo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24).
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Natascha Mair as “Swanilda”, “Coppelia”, choreography by Pierre Lacotte, music by Leo Delibes, libretto by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon based on the short story “Der Sandmann” by Ernst Hoffmann, Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, 2019 Dance Open Ballet Festival, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 24).
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Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Olimpia” and Matthew Knight as “Nathanael”, “Der Sandmann – The Sandman” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, story by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Robert Schumann, Alfred Schnittke and Martin Donner, Ballett Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich
Anna Khamzina as “Olimpia”, “Der Sandmann – The Sandman” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, story by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Robert Schumann, Alfred Schnittke and Martin Donner, Ballett Zürich
Viktorina Kapitonova Викторина Капитонова as “Olimpia”, “Der Sandmann – The Sandman” (rehearsal) choreography by Christian Spuck, story by Ernst Hoffmann, music by Robert Schumann, Alfred Schnittke and Martin Donner, Ballett Zürich. Premiere on May 28, 2016, Opernhaus Zürich
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