13 May 2018 (Sun), 12:00 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783 - Classical Ballet "Carnaval" (pantomime ballet in one act) Robert Schumann
Running time: 1 hour
Schedule for "Carnaval" (pantomime ballet in one act) Robert Schumann 2022
Bass: Sergei Alexashkin Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov Mezzo soprano: Kristina Kapustinskaya Tenor: Nikolai Emtsov
Choreography: Michel Fokine Composer: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
Le Carnaval ballet became world-famous due to its production by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (Theater des Westens, Berlin, 20 May 1910), with new sets and costumes by Leo Bakst, with Lydia Lopokova as Columbine and Vaslav Nijinsky as Harlequin. It is based on the music of Robert Schumann's piano suite Carnaval, Op. 9, as orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov and Alexander Tcherepnin. It was choreographed by Michel Fokine to his own libretto
The music is highly evocative, and Rimsky-Korsakov's famed powers of orchestration are abundantly in evidence throughout the score. According to the Soviet critic Boris Asafyev, writing in 1922, Sadko constitutes the summit of Rimsky-Korsakov's craft. From the opus 5 tone poem the composer quoted its most memorable passages, including the opening theme of the swelling sea, and other themes as leitmotivs - he himself set out to "utlize for this opera the material of my symphonic poem, and, in any event, to make use of its motives as leading motives for the opera"
Carnaval pantomime ballet in one act
Set and Costume design: Leon Bakst The revival team: Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova
Schedule for "Carnaval" (pantomime ballet in one act) Robert Schumann 2022
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