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.)
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв 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), choreo by Aleksandr Gorsky Александр Горский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their original version (russian). You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the website where they are hosted.
Note I: Some links leading to the english version of the Kremlin Ballet website do not work or have incomplete information. For this reason, they are published in their original version (russian). You always have the option to translate the page using the right button on your mouse.
Note II: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова and Nikolay Zheltikov Николай Желтиков, “Persian Dance”, “Nutcracker Щелкунчик”, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (1816) by Ernst Hoffmann, choreography and direction by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, scene design by Anatoly Nezhny Анатолий Нежный, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted.
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова, “Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв 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), choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова as “Countess Rosina Almaviva” and Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина as “Cherubino” (Count Almaviva’s page), “Figaro Фигаро”, libretto by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the comedy duology “La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro” (1784) by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, music by Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino Rossini, choreography, direction and musical adaption by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, scene design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Yekaterina Pervushina Екатерина Первушина as “Suzanne” and Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова as “Countess Rosina Almaviva, “Figaro Фигаро”, libretto by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the comedy duology “La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro” (1784) by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, music by Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino Rossini, choreography, direction and musical adaption by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, scene design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская – Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина – Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова – Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Veronika Varnovskaya Вероника Варновская, Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина and Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова as “The Three Odalisques”, “Le Corsaire”, libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier, based on “The Corsair” (1814) by Lord George Byron, choreo by Yuri Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburg Петр Ольденбургский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова as “Countess Rosina Almaviva, “Figaro Фигаро”, libretto by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров based on the comedy duology “La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro” (1784) by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, music by Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino Rossini, choreography, direction and musical adaption by Andrey Petrov Андрей Петров, scene design by Grigory Belov Григорий Белов, costume design by Olga Polyanskaya Ольга Полянская, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Photographer Andrey Ponomarenko Андрей Пономаренко
“Don Quixote Дон Кихот”, music by Ludwig Minkus, libretto by Marius Petipa adapted by Vladimir Vasiliev Владимир Василёв 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), choreo by Aleksander Gorsky Александр Горский, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
Note: Original quality of photographs might be affected by compression algorithm of the websites where they are hosted
Anastasia Teterina Анастасия Тетерина and Karina Pavlova Карина Павлова, “La Bayadère”, libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov Сергея Худеков, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa, Natalia Makarova Наталья Макарова and Andris Liepa Андрис Лиепа (with choreography fragments by Vladimir Ponomarev Владимир Пономарёв, Vakhtang Chabukiani Вахтанг Чабукиани and Nikolay Zubkovsky Николай Зубковский), set and costume by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Kremlin Ballet Кремлевский балет, The Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace Большой зал Государственного Кремлёвского Дворца, Moscow, Russia.
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