(c) Opera National de Paris Raymonda: Paris Opera Ballet
Paris, Opéra Bastille — Main Auditorium
About the Event
Enrich your knowledge of classical ballet as the Paris Opera Ballet stages the legendary Rudolf Nureyev's production of the Petipa classic, Raymonda.
Having gone to fight the Saracens in the Holy Land, Count Jean de Brienne returns just in time to rescue his fiancée Raymonda, abducted from her Provençal castle by the mysterious Abderam, to whom she may not be entirely indifferent…
When Rudolf Nureyev presented his own choreography of Raymonda at the Paris Opera in 1983, based on Marius Petipa’s version created at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1898, he reworked the plot to emphasise the young girl’s journey to womanhood and to give greater depth to the character of Abderam.
Set to the richly contrasted music of Alexander Glazunov and enhanced by Nicholas Georgiadis’ sumptuous sets and costumes, this ballet proves to be more than a medieval fantasy with a tournament and wedding celebrations. Its enduring power to captivate audiences may lie in its ability to offer a glimpse of the unsettling realms of the unconscious and latent desire.
Practical Information
This work is staged at the Opera Bastille, and lasts 3h15 with 2 intervals.
Cast / Production
Ballet in three acts after Marius Petipa
Music Alexander Glazunov
Director Rudolf Nureyev
Set & costume design Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting design Serge Peyrat
Conductor Vello Pähn
Orchestre of the Opéra national de Paris
The principals, soloists and corps de ballet of the Opera Ballet of Paris.
Address
Opéra Bastille, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France — Google Maps
