MARIINSKY THEATRE

Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, Balanchine distilled the brilliant facets of precious stones into a grand display. "Emeralds" moves at Fauré’s ...

Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Late one Christmas Eve, the beekeeper Rudy Panko invites the audience to a "little party" where the lads and lasses will tell a story "about ...

Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Act I In the castle of the Marchese di Culatravu in Seville. The Marchese is bidding Leonora, his daughter, good night. After he departs, Leonora ...

Act I Scene 1: The Park of a Castle Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The ...

Act I A crowd assembled by the walls of the Imperial palace in Peking listens to a Mandarin reading a decree – anyone who wishes ...

Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

The poor and shy Nemorino is hopelessly in love with the rich and beautiful Adina. One day he hears her reading aloud the story of ...

The action unfolds in the Thrice-Tenth Kingdom in fantastical times. Introduction The Astrologer appears. He addresses the audience: Here before you an old tale Will ...

Act I Scene 1. Katerina Lvovna leads an unhappy existence in the home of her husband, the distinguished merchant Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov. The marriage has ...

Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

“… all the dancers deliver their best. Dances of merchants, gypsies and fair visitors create the twists of the story… Everybody without exception is filled ...

Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Prologue A winter’s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

Carmen-Suite was first staged in Moscow in 1967 by the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso for Maya Plisetskaya, at her own request and at his own ...

The score of the ballet Le Réveil de Flore has been revived from the manuscript by Riccardo Drigo preserved at the Mariinsky Theatre Central Music ...

The action takes place in the mythical European town of Roulettenburg, where the opera´s characters meet. Alexei is travelling with the family of a Russian ...

Act I Scene 1 A chamber in the palace of Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu. Her younger sister, Princess Shyrin, is suffering from a deadly illness. The ...

Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka was first staged by Michel Fokine during the saisons russes in Paris in 1911. Fokine’s ballet was brought to the Mariinsky ...

ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

ACT I PROLOGUE A Square in the Ancient Russian City of Putivl Prince Igor, together with his son Vladimir and his army of warriors, is ...

Act I At the court of Svetozar, Prince of Kiev, celebrations are in progress before the marriage of his daughter, Lyudmila, to Ruslan, a warrior. ...

Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in Maria, ...

Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

Iolanta, King Rene’s daughter, is blind. But the girl herself as yet does not know she is blind: Rene has issued a decree by which ...

Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. Macbeth ...

Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

Act I An unknown man tells of a woman hired as governess to two children in the country. The sole condition of her employment is ...

“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Act I A coffee-house. Ferrando and Guglielmo proclaim the virtues of the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi, to whom they are betrothed; Alfonso is sceptical (trio, ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

The action takes place in China in fairy-tale times. Act I The seashore just before dawn. In his boat, a fisherman is singing a song ...

PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming-of-age. The Queen gives him a crossbow and reminds him that the time ...

Established in 1969 by Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson, the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre rightly bears the name of its founder and carefully preserves the ...

Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

Act I Scene 1 A chamber in the palace of Queen Mekhmeneh Bahnu. Her younger sister, Princess Shyrin, is suffering from a deadly illness. The ...

Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

“I regard Apollo as a turning point in my life. In terms of discipline, restraint, the perpetual unison of sound and mood this score was ...

Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Headlining this incredible triple bill evening is Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Artistic Director Robert Mills will put his own spin on this classic tale of good ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

Act I At the court of Svetozar, Prince of Kiev, celebrations are in progress before the marriage of his daughter, Lyudmila, to Ruslan, a warrior. ...

The opera is set in Paris in the 1930s. Act I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the ...

SYNOPSIS Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. ...

SYNOPSIS The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in ...

Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...

SYNOPSIS Act I In the castle of the Marchese di Culatravu in Seville. The Marchese is bidding Leonora, his daughter, good night. After he departs, ...

Act I A sacred wood Woodland creatures dance in the moonlight before the shrine of Eros, the god of Love. They are interrupted by the ...

Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

Prologue A winter’s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

“In 1906, when rehearsing the production of the first version of Chopiniana performed to Glazunov’s orchestration of Chopin’s music, I created for Pavlova and Obukhov ...

Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

ACT I Scene 1 Pskov, 1570 The garden of the Tsar´s governor-general in Pskov, Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov. The maidens are amusing themselves, watched over ...

Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

Act I On the eve of his wedding, James, a young Scotsman, sees a vision of an enchanting, winged Sylph. She is an ethereal spirit ...

Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

It is the 28th May 1825, the eve of the coronation of King Charles X of France, at the Golden Lily Inn. Illustrious names from ...

In a secluded corner of the forest in a dark grove Bambi the young deer has been born. Still barely an infant he is already ...

Act I A coffee-house. Ferrando and Guglielmo proclaim the virtues of the sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi, to whom they are betrothed; Alfonso is sceptical (trio, ...

Mozart’s biting yet charming indictment of the aristocracy is a supremely elegant and tuneful work. Figaro must defend his fiancée, Susanna, from the clutches of ...

Prologue Hoffmann is returning home following a wild night out. He is in love with a beautiful girl he does not know who lives in ...

Act I A sacred wood Woodland creatures dance in the moonlight before the shrine of Eros, the god of Love. They are interrupted by the ...

Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote’s house Having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

Act I On the eve of his wedding, James, a young Scotsman, sees a vision of an enchanting, winged Sylph. She is an ethereal spirit ...

Act I Three witches appear and describe their evil deeds. When they hear a drum heralding Macbeth’s approach, they break into dance and song. Macbeth ...

Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. … 1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor’s reign, having ...

Act I Red Square in Moscow. Dawn. The boyar Shaklovity – a protégé of Tsarevna Sofia – is dictating an anonymous letter to Peter I ...

SYNOPSIS The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in ...

The Legend of Love was the second ballet by the young Leningrad choreographer Yuri Grigorovich staged at the Kirov – now Mariinsky – Theatre, and ...

ACT I PROLOGUE A Square in the Ancient Russian City of Putivl Prince Igor, together with his son Vladimir and his army of warriors, is ...

Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Act I The action unfolds in a forest near the Duke’s palace. Oberon, King of the Fairies and Elves, has quarrelled with his wife Titania. ...

Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Jewels is one of Balanchine’s best-loved ballets in Russia. It has long been one of the choreographer’s calling cards at the Mariinsky Theatre as well ...

Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

Act I Count Albrecht, in love with the peasant girl Giselle, keeps his noble status a secret from her. Giselle’s other admirer Hans, a woodsman, ...

Act I In 18th-century Seville Don Jerome arranges to marry his daughter Louisa to Mendoza, an ugly but very rich old fish merchant who has ...

ACT I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Iolanta, King Rene’s daughter, is blind. But the girl herself as yet does not know she is blind: Rene has issued a decree by which ...

It is the 28th May 1825, the eve of the coronation of King Charles X of France, at the Golden Lily Inn. Illustrious names from ...

Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...

And yet these answers are no proof of standard thinking but rather the logical result of an intense creative life. Swan Lakeis a ballet without ...

SYNOPSIS ACT I Driven by a violent storm to take shelter, Daland anchors his ship in the bay of Sandwike, some miles from his home ...

Act I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore’s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore’s daughter, ...

PROGRAMME: I. The Nutcracker (III act) II. Tchaikovsky Pas de deux III. Russkaya IV. Jewels (III part. Diamonds)...

Act I Scene 1. Katerina Lvovna leads an unhappy existence in the home of her husband, the distinguished merchant Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov. The marriage has ...

Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

PROLOGUE Before the curtain rises Tonio appears dressed as a clown. He explains to the audience what they are about to see on stage. "Real ...

SYNOPSIS King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind. But the girl is blissfully ignorant of her blindness: at René’s command, the mention of vision and light ...

SYNOPSIS Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the ...

Carmen is a passionate, free-spirited woman in contrast to the temperamental and fickle Don José. Fate, a ballerina dressed in black and a representation of ...

Act I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina’s daughters can be heard singing in the distance – Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Act I Scene 1. At the Pharaoh’s palace at Memphis news arrives of an impending invasion by the Ethiopians. The High Priest Ramfis prays to ...

Prologue Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria. Act I Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter ...

Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...

Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Act I Count Albrecht has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Act I Pinkerton buys a house. He tells Sharpless of his infatuation for a Japanese girl and of his intention to marry her for "nine ...

ACT I A ball at the ducal court of Mantua. The Duke has aroused the fury and indignation of the courtiers in making Rigoletto, a ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream This work by the outstanding American choreographer George Balanchine was christened by critics as “a dream about Russian ballet.” That is, ...

It is a great pity that you can’t hang your favourite music on the wall like a beautiful picture, or on a shelf like a ...

ACT I Scene One The Summer Garden in springtime. Two officers, Chekalinsky and Surin, are concerned about the fortunes of their friend Herman, who visits ...

Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Pétrouchka was first staged by Michel Fokine during the saisons russes in Paris in 1911. Fokine’s ballet was brought to the Mariinsky ...

Headlining this incredible triple bill evening is Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Artistic Director Robert Mills will put his own spin on this classic tale of good ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

The opera is set in Paris. The 1930s. ACT I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the bitter ...

Prologue A winter´s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their ...

ACT I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...

ACT I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina's daughters can be heard singing in the distance - Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

Act I In a dense forest, the evil master of the woods Shurale is inside the trunk of a tree. Ali-Batyr, a young hunter, appears ...

Tableau I. The merchants of Novgorod are sitting down to a feast, rejoicing in their prosperity. Nezhata, a singer and gusli player from Kiev, sings ...

Like a stroll through the labyrinths of love, Le Parc follows its course through the codes of seduction, from initial encounters to physical love and ...

Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...

Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Act I Svetozar, Prince of Kiev is celebrating the marriage of his daughter Lyudmila to the warrior Ruslan. The guests praise the Prince and the ...

ACT I Scene 1 Pskov, 1570 The garden of the Tsar´s governor-general in Pskov, Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov. The maidens are amusing themselves, watched over ...

The action is set in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. Act I Scene 1 Kochubei’s house and garden. The girls bring in Maria, ...

Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

ACT I Driven by a violent storm to take shelter, Daland anchors his ship in the bay of Sandwike, some miles from his home port. ...

ACT I Scene 1. The Royal Palace at Memphis; Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Radames and Ramfis enter. They discuss the rumour that the ...

Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The guests drink to his health ...

Act I Semyon Kotko the soldier is returning from the front, but instead of his home he sees an empty area of land, pitted by ...

Prologue Novodevichy Monastery. ...1598. Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich has died without an heir. Boris Godunov had been the de facto ruler under Fyodor´s reign, having shown ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

PART I 1. The beginning of the legend (Prelude) The square of a medieval town. The Grand Inquisitor and his guards are slowly moving across ...

The opera is set in Paris. The 1930s. ACT I An attic in the Latin Quarter; Christmas Eve Rodolfo and Marcello complain of the bitter ...

Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

Prologue The Shipwreck Three sailors are struggling to save their boat during a storm. The boat sinks. Act I Scene 1 The Sea Shore The ...

Act I It is the wedding day of Figaro, Count Almaviva´s faithful servant. He is to marry the mischievous Susanna, personal maid to the Countess. ...

Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

Prologue A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue ...

ACT I Leporello is waiting outside the Commendatore´s house for his master, Don Giovanni, who has slipped clandestinely into the bedroom of the Commendatore´s daughter, ...

Act I On a cold night in London, patrons leaving the Royal Opera House are trying to find taxis. Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, ...

Tragedians, Comedians, Lyric Poets and Empty-Heads are arguing over what performance they wish to see today. Some insist on a tragedy, others want a comedy. ...

Act I A crowd assembled by the walls of the Imperial palace in Peking listens to a Mandarin reading a decree – anyone who wishes ...

Act 1 Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers ...

Prologue Vronsky is at a railway station where there has been an accident. Looking at Anna’s dead body, he now understands that his life has ...

The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® ...

PART I 1. The beginning of the legend (Prelude) The square of a medieval town. The Grand Inquisitor and his guards are slowly moving across ...

ACT I A ball at the ducal court of Mantua. The Duke has aroused the fury and indignation of the courtiers in making Rigoletto, a ...

It is a great pity that you can’t hang your favourite music on the wall like a beautiful picture, or on a shelf like a ...

Act I Scene 1 Prince Siegfried and his friends are celebrating his coming of age at a private party. The guests drink to his health ...

ACT I A square in Seville In the guard house, Moralès and his soldiers are discussing the passers-by. Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, ...

The King and Queen are celebrating the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. The Lilac Fairy and her attendants appear to the gentle sounds of ...

ACT I Scene 1 The Larin family estate. Mrs Larina's daughters can be heard singing in the distance - Tatiana, always thoughtful and dreaming, and ...

A room in Don Quixote´s house having read some tales of chivalry, Don Quixote decides to set out in search of adventures, defend virtue and ...

ACT I Scene 1 ... Either in a dream or in reality, the barber Ivan Yakovlevich is doing his hateful job in a drunken stupor... ...

Vronsky is at a railway station where there has been an accident. Looking at Anna’s dead body, he now understands that his life has lost ...

Act I Scene 1 Led by Solor, a group of young warriors is hunting a tiger. Breaking away from them, Solor encounters the fakir Magdaveya ...

Act I: Jerusalem The Jews are praying that the Assyrian hordes who have laid siege to Jerusalem will be scattered and that the Throne of ...

Act I Semyon Kotko the soldier is returning from the front, but instead of his home he sees an empty area of land, pitted by ...

A winter´s evening in a village, and three sisters are sitting at home spinning yarn. The eldest and the middle sister boast of their beauty ...

King René’s daughter Iolanta is blind. But the girl is blissfully ignorant of her blindness: at René’s command, the mention of vision and light are ...

The Ballets of George Balanchine Symphony in C is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the ...

Act I A dark forest in a distant land. A young woman flees her past. Prince Golaud, hunting a trail of blood, discovers the runaway ...

Act I Scene 1 Preparations for Raymonda’s birthday celebrations are underway in a grand medieval castle. The seneschal announces the arrival of foreign nobles. René ...

Act I Scene 1 It is early one morning. Romeo, dreaming of love, wanders through the deserted streets of Verona. Little by little, all sorts ...

The stage cantata Carmina Burana (1936) is Carl Orff’s most famous opus, bringing the composer international acclaim and, along with a few other 20th century ...

Act I The action takes place in an old German town at the start of the last century but one. Night is falling. It is ...

The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® ...

Act I Count Albert has fallen in love with a peasant girl, Giselle, though she is ignorant of his rank and believes him to be ...

Act I Paris. A party is underway at the home of Violetta Valéry, a well-known demimondaine. Violetta´s admirers are celebrating her return to health. Alfredo ...

Act I The Emperor of the South-East Islands is married to the daughter of a fairy that he captured while out hunting; once he injured ...

Act I The forest of Fontainebleau While hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau, Don Carlo meets the French Princess Élisabeth de Valois. They are engaged ...

Act I On a square in a small town in Spain, the people are merrymaking and dancing. Visitors at the tavern praise the Beautiful Dulcinée ...

fantasy ballet in three acts (four scenes)...

An American naval officer and a young geisha fall in love. She gives up everything to be with him but only a short time later, ...