Don Quixote
Ludwig Minkus
Don Quixote
ballet in 2 acts (5 scenes) and a Prologue
Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes (with one interval)
Please note that the age limit is 10+
Management reserves the right to substitute performers
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
In 1869, Marius Petipa created a ballet based on the story, adapted from Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. Having travelled extensively in Spain, the choreographer got into the spirit and folk dance traditions of this country, and managed to bring their richness and originality to the stage.
However, Petipa, like many of his predecessors, used only two chapters from the second volume of this great literary source, which tell about the failed marriage of the rich Camacho (in the ballet - Gamache) and the beautiful Quiteria (Kitri), beloved of the village boy Basilio. In late December, the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre premiered the comic play, in which only Dulcinea performed pure classical dance, and other heroes performed character dances.
In 1871, Petipa created a new version of the ballet for the premiere at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg. In 1900, Alexander Gorsky staged a new production of Don Quixote. He kept the scenario plan and the base of Petipa’s choreography. Simon’s Spanish Dance and Nápravník’s Fandango were added to Minkus’s music. Gorsky did much to organize the crowd scenes in a new way to avoid ‘any traditional symmetry’. Korovin, Golovin and Clodt's innovative scenography was a success. It was this exact performance that became a classic example not only for the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres, but also for many theatre stages worldwide.
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Choreographer-Producer: Altynai Asylmuratova, People's Artist of Russia
Assistant Choreographers: Konstantin Zaklinsky, Honoured Artist of Russia / Elena Sherstneva
Music Director and Conductor: Arman Urazgaliyev
Conductor: Elmar Buribayev
Set Designer: Ezio Frigerio
Costume Designer: Franca Squarciapino
Projection Designer: Sergio Metalli
Lighting Designer: Jacopo Pantani
Stage Managers: Altynganym Akhmetova, Ainur Khalelova
BALLET DANCERS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
Please note: there are animals (horse and donkey) in the performance
Tickets purchased at the Astana Opera are exchangeable and refundable only in cases of cancelled or postponed performances. In all other cases, no refunds and exchanges are possible.
