Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

140 mins | Music | May 19, 2019

Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s finally free before realizing that she’s in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with the famous Torero Escamillo, but she can’t make Don José go away. Petruska: At Saint-Petersburg’s carnival, three puppets are playing the same role over and over: the unhappy lover Petrushka, the coquette and a Moor. Fed up with this endless part that never goes well for him, Petrushka attacks his rival and flees from the puppets theater. Carmen Suite, staged by Alberto Alonso, is a one act ballet about a passionate, free-spirited woman caught in a love triangle. Stanislavsky’s Petrushka, choreographed by Edward Clug, encapsulates the story of a puppet that came to life, burdened by the human emotions of love, jealousy, and rage. Both stories envelop the characters which refuse to abide by the rules, to whom even the thought of submission is repulsive.

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

140 mins | Music | May 19, 2019

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka
Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s finally free before realizing that she’s in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with the famous Torero Escamillo, but she can’t make Don José go away. Petruska: At Saint-Petersburg’s carnival, three puppets are playing the same role over and over: the unhappy lover Petrushka, the coquette and a Moor. Fed up with this endless part that never goes well for him, Petrushka attacks his rival and flees from the puppets theater. Carmen Suite, staged by Alberto Alonso, is a one act ballet about a passionate, free-spirited woman caught in a love triangle. Stanislavsky’s Petrushka, choreographed by Edward Clug, encapsulates the story of a puppet that came to life, burdened by the human emotions of love, jealousy, and rage. Both stories envelop the characters which refuse to abide by the rules, to whom even the thought of submission is repulsive.
Producers
Original title Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka
Directors Isabelle Julien
Writers Alexandre Benois, Alberto Alonso, Prosper Mérimée

Cast

Svetlana Zakharova

as Carmen

Denis Rodkin

as Jose

Mikhail Lobukhin

as Torero

Vitaly Biktimirov

as Corregidor

Denis Savin

as Petrushka

Ekaterina Krysanova

as The Ballerina

Dmitry Dorokhov

as Moor / Flamenco

Vyacheslav Lopatin

as Charlatan

Karim Abdullin

as Young Merchants

Nikita Kapustin

as Flamenco / Young Merchants

Egor Khromushin

as Young Merchants

Mikhail Kryuchkov

as Young Merchants

Artur Mkrtchyan

as Young Merchants

Alexander Vodopetov

as Young Merchants

Alexander Voytyuk

as Young Merchants

Ekaterina Besedina

as Merchant Women

Vera Borisenkova

as Merchant Women

Anastasia Ermolaeva

as Merchant Women

Marfa Fyodorova

as Merchant Women

Elizaveta Khokhlova

as Merchant Women

Anita Pudikova

as Merchant Women

Oksana Sharova

as Merchant Women

Olga Kishnyova

as Tobacco Girls

Tatiana Lazareva

as Tobacco Girls

Victoria Yakusheva

as Tobacco Girls

Batyr Annadurdyev

as Flamenco

Ivan Filchev

as Flamenco

Alexei Gaynutdinov

as Flamenco

Anton Gaynutdinov

as Flamenco

Victor Meshcherekov

as Flamenco

Apollinary Proskurnin

as Flamenco

Erick Swolkin

as Flamenco

Kamil Yangurazov

as Flamenco