La Bayadère
January 20, 2019 at 04:00 PM
3h20
2 intermissions
Live from Moscow
Synopsis
The temple dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor fall deeply in love, giving way to heated passions, and murderous intrigues when the Rajah and his daughter Gamzatti discover their forbidden love.
Presentation
La Bayadere is one of the greatest works classical ballet history – a story of love, death and vengeful judgement set in India. Dazzling sets, costumes, and one of the most iconic scenes in ballet, the “Kingdom of the Shades,” illuminate the tragic tale of the temple dancer Nikiya’s doomed love for the warrior Solor, and their ulimate redemption. A must-see!
Libretto
after Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov
Choreography
Yuri Grigorovich
Music
Leon Minkus
Cast
Nikiya
Olga Smirnova
Solor
Artemy Belyakov
Gamzatti
Olga Marchenkova
The Rajah
Alexei Loparevich
The Bronze Idol
David Motta Soares
And the Bolshoi Corps de Ballet