ABOUT THE EVENT

The Paris Opera Ballet presents Rudolf Nureyev's magical "La Bayadère".

Marius Petipa's seminal work, La Bayadère, was first performed at Saint Petersburg's Grand Theatre in 1877 in a grandiose production portraying a mysterious India and the impossible love between the sacred dancer, Nikiya, and the warrio, Solor. Although a major work in Russian tradition, the ballet remained unknown for a long time in the West. It was only in 1961 in the course of a Kirov appearance at the Palais Garnier that a stunned public was able to discover the third act, the Kingdom of the Shades, performed by the young Rudolf Nureyev. Remaining in the West, Nureyev dreamt for many years of restaging the entire ballet, yet it was only in 1992, at the end of both his career and his life, that he succeeded in presenting a new version of the work, at the Palais Garnier, with the help of Petipa's notes and Minkus' score.

Ezio Frigerio's sets and Franca Squarciapino's costumes contributed to the success of Rudolf Nureyev's great ballet of which the Paris Opera is the sole legatee.

Ludwig Minkus, Music
John Lanchbery, Realisation
Rudolf Nureyev, Choreography and staging, after Marius Petipa
(Paris Opera, 1992)
Ezio Frigerio, Sets
Franca Squarciapino, Costumes
Vinicio Cheli, Lighting

Paris Opera Orchestra
Fayçal Karoui Conductor

Last update 2012 Editorial Team Classictic.com

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