Bolshoi Ballet - The Pharaoh's Daughter February 15, 2013

BALLET IN 3 ACTS

Libretto by Jean-Henry Saint-Georges and Maurice Petipa after the novel
Le roman de la momie by Theophile Gautier, version by Pierre Lacotte
Music : Cesare PUGNI
Author of the score’s version: Alexander SOTNIKOV
Choreographer: Pierre LACOTTE (after the ballet of the same name by Marius Petipa)
Designer: Pierre LACOTTE
Music Director: TBC

With the Orchestra of the Bolshoi State Theatre of Russia
With the Bolshoi soloists and the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet

First choreographed by Marius Petipa, The Pharaoh’s Daughter premiered in 1862 in a grandiose show -the likes of which had never seen before- at Petersburg’s Bolshoi Theatre. Immensely popular with the public, The Pharaoh’s Daughter was given several revivals. In 1864, the ballet was transferred from Petersburg to Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. But in Soviet times it was considered to be ideologically immature and, dropped from the repertoire, it was virtually forgotten. In 2000, Pierre Lacotte was exclusively commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre to resurrect Petipa’s mighty Egyptian fresco and he successfully succeeded in giving a new life to this forgotten masterpiece.

Review: “It is hard to imagine a more sumptuous and elegant ballet, delicate and Romantic, moving deftly from one delightful scene to the next.…the scale and magnitude of this three-act ballet could only generate awe. How many ballet companies can boast a cast of 250 dancers, backed up with dozens of students from its academies? And how many companies could deploy these students in such a winning fashion that by their very presence they added more depth to the already elaborate show?” – TheaterJones

Dates & Times:
1pm, Saturday 16 February 2013
1pm, Sunday 17 February 2013

Tickets:
Adult $25, Senior, Pensioner & Youth 30&U $22, F/T Student & Child 16&U $15*
*Transaction fees apply
N.B. The Pharoah’s Daughter is a screening.

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