Le Corsaire
Корсар
Le Corsaire is a vibrant and breathtaking production reworked by Alexei Ratmansky, with cinematic sets and a shipwreck, loosely based on Byron’s poem One of Bolshoi’s most lavish productions follows the story of a dashing pirate who rescues a beautiful girl from a slave trader. Bolshoi’s Prima Ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova as Medora and Leading Soloist Igor Tsvirko as Conrad enhance the magnificent and opulent ballet.
Actors
Медора, молодая гречанка, воспитанница Исаака Ланкедема
Конрад, корсар
Сеид-паша
Бирбанто, один из главных корсаров
Зюльма, любимая султанша паши
Гюльнара, невольница паши
Исаак Ланкедем, хозяин базара
Солист в Танце с веерами / Grand pas des eventails
Crew
Хореография
Marius Petipa
Художник по костюмам
Elena Zaiceva
and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa
Use is made in the production of music by Leo Delibes, Cesare Pugni, Pyotr von Oldenburg, Riccardo Drigo, Albert Zabel, Julius Gerber.
Music dramaturgy conception — Yuri Burlaka
Score restored by Alexander Troitsky
The original score by Adolphe Adam/Leo Delibes for Le Corsaire has been made available by L’Opera national de Paris from the archives of La Bibliotheque nationale de France
The choreographic notation has been made available by the Harvard University Theatre Collection
Evgeny Ponomaryov’s costume sketches (1899) used in the production have been made available by the St. Petersburg State Theatre Library
Language
English, french
Runtime
3 hours 13 minutes with two intermissions
Act 1
73 min
Intermission
15 min
Act 2
47 min
Intermission
15 min
Act 3
43 min
2017
12+
