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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Renata Shakirova Рената Шакирова as “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “Malachite Box” (also known as “Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 11, 2024).
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Renata Shakirova Рената Шакирова as “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “Malachite Box” (also known as “Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 11, 2024).
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Renata Shakirova Рената Шакирова as “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “Malachite Box” (also known as “Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 11, 2024).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” and Aleksandr Sergeev Александр Сергеев as “Severian”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Danila”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman” and Nail Yenikeyev Наиль Еникеев as “Young Gypsy Man”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Danila”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Olga Belik Ольга Белик as “Young Gypsy Woman” and Nail Yenikeyev Наиль Еникеев“ as “Young Gypsy Man”, The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 8, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон-Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva-Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева-Долгалева.
As part of the program “Music Life Музыка жизни” (social and educational project for special children, artistic direction by Philipp Stepin Филипп Стёпин), Ballet Gala in Honor of Aleksander Stepin Александр Стёпин, Boris Eifman Dance Academy Theater Театр Академии танца Борис Эйфман, Saint Petersburg, Russia (November 28, 2022).
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Ulyana Lopatkina Ульяна Лопаткина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон-Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva-Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкинаand Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков– Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Yekaterina Osmolkina Екатерина Осмолкина and Alexander Sergeev Александр Сергеев – Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина – Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Yekaterina Osmolkina Екатерина Осмолкинаand Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков– Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков – Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина and Alexander Sergeev Александр Сергеев – Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина– Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, Yekaterina Osmolkina Екатерина Осмолкина as “Katerina”, Alexander Sergeev Александр Сергеев as “Severian” and Andrey Ermakov Андрей Ермаков as “Danila”, “The Stone Flower Каменный цветок”, music by Sergei Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, libretto by Mira Mendelssohn-Prokofieva Мира Мендельсон-Прокофьева and Leonid Lavrovsky Леонид Лавровский, revised by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович after motifs of the Ural tales “The Malachite Box” (also known as “The Malachite Casket”) by Pavel Bazhov Павел Бажов, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Revival design by Mikhail Sapozhnikov Михаил Сапожников, costume revival design and technician by Elena Netsvetaeva-Dolgalyova Елена Нецветаева-Долгалева, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (June 12, 2021).
Premiere of Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky on February 12, 1954 at Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia.
Premiere of the ballet choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich on April 22, 1957 at Leningrad Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre (today Mariinsky Theatre).
Premiere of the revival on December 6, 2016 at Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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