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.)
Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондауроваas “Death”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreo by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Aleksandr Goedicke Александр Гедике), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebè”) and Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Alessandra Ferri as “Death” and Herman Cornejo as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebé”) and Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), Opera di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Nicolas Le Riche, as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebé”) and Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky) as part of “Ecstasy and Death Programme”, Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris,Paris, France.
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Yekaterina Kondaurova Екатерина Кондауроваas “Death” and Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляровas “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Alexander Goedicke), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebè”) and Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (March 8, 2013).
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Miriam Káčerová as “Death” and Matteo Miccini as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebé”) and Barbara Karinska. As part of the program “Angels and Demonds”, Stuttgarter Ballett, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Diana Vishneva Диана Вишнёва as “Death” and Kimin Kim as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Alexander Goedicke), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebè”) and Barbara Karinska. As part of the program “Carmen Suite by Alberto Alonso, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort and Symphony in C by George Balanchine“. Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (new stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (June 26, 2021).
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Sofia Gumerova (Lazutkina) Софья Гумерова (Лазуткина) as “Death” and Alexei Popov Алексей Попов as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Alexander Goedicke), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebé”) and Barbara Karinska, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Premiere: June 25, 1946, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris, France.
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Yulia Makhalina Юлии Махалиной as “Death” and Igor Zelensky Игорь Зеленский as “The Young Man”, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” choreography by Roland Petit (1946), libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in С Minor, BWV 582, arranged for full orchestra by Alexander Goedicke), costume by Christian Bérard (also know as “Bebé”) and Barbara Karinska, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Nicoletta Manni (Teatro alla Scala) and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan (Astana Ballet), “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” choreography by Roland Petit (1946) music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in C minor), 2019 Les Étoiles Gala Internazionale di Danza, (Daniele Cipriani Entertainment), Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (January 20 and 21, 2019)
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Tamara Rojo and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев (guest artist), “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” choreography by Roland Petit (1946) music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor), English National Ballet, London Coliseum (January 16, 2018)
Svetlana Lunkina Светлана Лунькина and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев (Bolshoi Ballet), “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” (rehearsal) choreography by Roland Petit (1946) music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in C minor, orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi), “Tribute to Roland Petit”, 2010 Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix (November 21).
World premiere on June 25, 1946 at the Ballet des Champs Elysées
Svetlana Lunkina Светлана Лунькина and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев (Bolshoi Ballet), “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort” choreography by Roland Petit (1946) music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Passacaglia in C minor, orchestrated by Ottorino Respighi), “Tribute to Roland Petit”, 2010 Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (November 21)
World premiere on June 25, 1946 at the Ballet des Champs Elysées
Vladimir Shklyarov Владимир Шкляров, “Le Jeune Homme et la Mort Юноша и Смерть” choreography by Roland Petit, music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр
Jia Zhang (English National Ballet) and Ivan Vasiliev Иван Васильев (Mikhailovsky Ballet), “Le Jeune Homme et la Mort” choreography by Roland Petit, English National Ballet (July 2012)
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