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.)
Inzhu Khassenova Инжу Хасенова as “Fate”, “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 Родион Щедрин, costume design by Nataliya Protasova Наталия Протасова, Astana Ballet Астана Балет, Astana Ballet Theatre Астана Балет Театры, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Maria Chernyavskaya Мария Чернявская as “Fate”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreography and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, production design by Boris Messerer Борис Мессерер, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Maria Chernyavskaya Мария Чернявская as “Fate”, “CarmenSuite Кармен сюиты”, choreography and libretto by Alberto Alonso (libretto based on the story “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée), music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Родион Щедрин, production design by Boris Messerer Борис Мессерер, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Yekaterina Krysanova as “Carmen”, Angelina Vlashinets as “Fate” and Alexander Vodopetov as “Corregidor” – Photographer Natalia Voronova Наталья Воронова
Yekaterina Krysanova Екатерина Крысанова as “Carmen”, Angelina Vlashinets Ангелина Влашинец, as “Fate”, Danila Khamzin Данила Хамзин as “Escamillo” (Torero), Alexander Vodopetov Александр Водопетов as “Corregidor” and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев as “Don José”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты” choreography and libretto by Alberto Alonso 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 (March 7, 2020).
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with Alexandra Iosifidi as “Fate” – Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Photographer Alexander Neff Александр Нефф
Anastasia Kolegova Анастасия Колегова as “Carmen”, Alexandra Iosifidi Александра Иосифиди as “Fate”, Danila Korsuntsev Данила Корсунцев as “Don José” and Yevgeny Ivanchenko Евгений Иванченко as “Escamillo” (also known as “Torero”), “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreography 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, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (January 31, 2013)
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Carmen”, Orine Anzai as “Fate”, Konstantin Zverev Константин Зверев as “Don José” and Alexander Sergeev Александр Сергеев as “Escamillo” (also known as “Torero”), “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreography 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, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (July 5, 2019).
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Ulyana Lopatkina Ульяна Лопаткина as “Carmen”, “Carmen Suite Кармен сюиты”, choreography 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, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Ballet: The Best Photographs 