Catarina, ou La Fille du bandit
Катарина, или Дочь разбойника
"Katarina, or the Robber's Daughter" is a courageous educational project of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, which for the first time in Russia presents to the public a ballet forgotten for more than a hundred years from the legacy of the outstanding choreographer, librettist, author of the famous "Giselle" Jules Perrot.
Actors
Katarina, leader of the bandits
Elena Svinko
Diabolino, Katarina's assistant
Georgiy Bolsunovskiy
Salvator Rosa, artist
Yuriy Kudryavtsev
Florinda, a Spanish widow, Salvador's fiancée
Anastasia Osokina
Duke Albano
Kirill Litvinenko
Officer
Denis Kazarin
Page
Daniil Kostylev
Innkeeper
Demid Zykov
Scullion
Nikita Lysenko
Judge
Aleksey Balva
Crew
Choreography
Sergey Bobrov, Yuliana Malkhasyants
Conductor
Ivan Velikanov
Author of orchestral reconstruction
Pyotr Pospelov
Stage designer
Alyona Pikalova
Costume designer
Elena Zaiceva
Lighting designer
Ruslan Mayorov
Video Director
Evgeniya Streletskaya
The Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre has brought this charming, undeservedly forgotten production back to life, paying tribute not only to the virtuoso dances, but also to the various plot revisions: the ballet is danced, suddenly, with several endings, for every taste.
- performance, best conductor (Ivan Velikanov),
- best choreographer (Sergey Bobrov and Yuliana Malkhasyants),
- best female role (Elena Svinko - Katarina),
- best male role (Matvey Nikishaev - Salvator Rosa and Marcello Pelizzoni - Diavolino),
- brst composer in a musical theatre (Pyotr Pospelov),
- best designer in a musical theatre (Aliona Pikalova),
- best costume designer in a musical theatre (Elena Zaitseva),
- best lighting designer in a musical theatre (Ruslan Mayorov).
In three of them, the performance was awarded this high prize: its laureates were Elena Svinko, Pyotr Pospelov and the performance itself as the best work of the season in ballet.
Language
None
Runtime
2 hours 47 minutes with one intermission
Act 1
70 min
Intermission
10 min
Act 2
87 min
2024
12+
Stills
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