21 November 2020 (Sat), 19:30 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783 - Stars of the Stars Classical Ballet Sergei Prokofiev "Stone Flower" ballet in three acts
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes (till 21:40)
The performance has 1 intermission
Schedule for Sergei Prokofiev "Stone Flower" ballet in three acts 2022
Dancer: Viktoria Tereshkina Dancer: Yekaterina Osmolkina Dancer: Andrei Yermakov Dancer: Konstantin Zverev
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky Choreography: Maestro Yuri Grigorovich Set Designer: Simon Virsaladze Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukin
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra Ballet company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
fantastic ballet in 2 act
Premiere of this production: 31 May 1954, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia
The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118, is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953.
The Stone Flower is the last ballet for which Sergei Prokofiev wrote music, and is based on a fairy tale story from the Urals, a mixture of real-life scenes and fantastic dreams, of classical dance and folk choreography.
In the words of the ballet's choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, the story concerns "the fate of the stone carver, Danila, who wishes to see the full power of the stone and show its beauty to the people. The creative urge which possesses Danila and the desire to create more perfect art is the leitmotif of the ballet."
Danila, who is in love with Katerina, desires to create a malachite vase that will be as simple ad beautiful as a flower. During this quest, Danila is led to the underground realm of the Queen of the Copper Mountain, who wishes to help him but also wants him for herself. But the strength of Danila and Katerina's love eventually moves the Queen of the Copper Mountain to release him, and the young lovers return to their village with the secret of creating beauty from stone.
Synopsis
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, tries to warn her that Albrecht is not who he claims to be, but Giselle doesn’t want to hear him. Left alone, Hans enters the hunter’s cottage and removes Albrecht’s sword with bears his noble coat of arms. The sounds of a horn announce the arrival of a hunting party, amongst whom the Count’s betrothed – Bathilde and her father. They stop to seek rest in the village. The Count’s fiancée, charmed by Giselle’s innocence and beauty, gives the girl an expensive necklace. The hunting party retires and the peasants begin a celebration of their own to mark the harvest. At the height of the festivities Hans appears. He accuses Albrecht of lying and shows the Count’s sword as proof. Giselle refuses to believe it. Then Hans blows the hunting horn and before the embarrassed Count his fiancée appears. Giselle is in despair. She loses her reason and dies.
Act II It is midnight. Hans has come to Giselle’s grave. The Wilis appear – the ghosts of brides who died before their weddings – and frighten him. They emerge from their graves with a passion to dance the way they could not when still alive and anyone who happens to be in the graveyard at the time must dance till they drop dead. Myrtha, the Queen of the Wilis, summons Giselle’s soul from her tomb and initiates her into their order. Count Albrecht comes to his beloved’s grave. His grief and despair touch Giselle. She forgives Albrecht. The Wilis force Hans to dance until he is exhausted and, spinning round, throw him into the lake. The same fate awaits Albrecht. Myrtha forces him to dance. Giselle begs Myrtha to set Albrecht free but Myrtha is unmoved. Dawn breaks. With the rise of the sun the Wilis lose their power. Albrecht is saved. Giselle bids farewell to her beloved – this time forever...
Adolphe Adam "Giselle" (fantastic ballet in two acts) Characters
Giselle - a young, pretty seamstress with a weak heart who falls in love with Albrecht.
Albrecht - the romantic hero. A prince who is in love with Giselle but is engaged to Bathilde.
Hilarion - the village gamekeeper who is in love with Giselle.
Berthe - Giselle's mother.
Wilred - Albrecht's squire.
Bathilde - Albrecht's fiancee.
Myrta - the queen of the wilis.
Schedule for Sergei Prokofiev "Stone Flower" ballet in three acts 2022
Stone Flower (Kirov Ballet) by Sergey Prokofiev |
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About This Video 11:46 Mariinsky Theatre "Stone Flower" ballet by Sergey Prokofiev.
Performed by Kirov Ballet.
Aleksandr Guliaev and Anna Polikarpova |
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