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The Sleeping Beauty |
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Choreography : Marius Petipa
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Revised by Konstantin Sergeyev
Supervised by Oleg Vinogradov
Conductor : David Garforth
<CAST>
| April 2005 |
Friday 29 2:00pm |
Saturday 30 3:00pm |
| Princess Aurora |
Svetlana Zakharova* |
Terashima Hiromi |
| Prince Désiré |
Andrei Uvarov |
Denis Matvienko |
| May 2005 |
Sunday 1 2:00pm |
Monday 2 6:30pm |
Tuesday 3 2:00pm |
| Princess Aurora |
Svetlana Zakharova* |
Shiga Misae |
Matada Kumiko |
| Prince Désiré |
Andrei Uvarov |
Denis Matvienko |
Yamamoto Ryuji |
*Nina Ananiashvili , who is originally
to perform the role of Princess Aurora, is unable to
perform. Alternatively, Svetlana Zakharova is taking
her place. Please refer to New
National Theatre News. |
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| Princess Aurora |
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Svetlana Zakharova*
<Bolshoi Theatre>
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Terashima Hiromi |
Shiga Misae |
Matada Kumiko |
| Prince
Désiré |
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Andrei Uvarov
<Bolshoi Theatre> |
Denis Matvienko
(Season Guest Dancer) |
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Prince
Désiré |
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Yamamoto Ryuji |
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Approximate running time : 3 hours, 40 minutes with
intermissions |
<ADVANCE TICKETS>
Available from Saturday 19 March, 2005 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999(10:00am-6:00pm) |
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| Background |
The Sleeping Beauty was performed in commemoration
of the grand opening of the NNTT in October 1997, and its sumptuous
and splendid staging adorned the opening of the theatre's first season.
For the upcoming season, it will be presented during the Golden Week
holiday in May, the season of gentle summer breezes.
Based on Perraultfs widely known fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty is
known for being the largest in scale among the three major ballets
by Tchaikovsky. It is unparalleled in the variety of music, as well
as the large number of characters and the lavish scenery, costumes,
music and choreography. It is a masterpiece with dignity and stylistic
beauty that makes it deserve to be called the high-water mark of 19th-century
Russian ballet which flourished around Petipa.
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The stage photograph of the year 2001, Act 1
(Princess Aurora:Shiga Misae))
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<Synopsis>
The curtain rises on the scene of the christening ceremony to celebrate
the birth of a princess. As fairies bestow their blessings on Princess
Aurora one after another, the wicked fairy Carabosse, who is enraged
that she was not invited to the ceremony, places a curse upon Aurora
that she will one day prick her finger on the needle of a spinning
wheel and die. And on her 16th birthday, Aurora does indeed do just
that and fades away. One hundred years later, when a prince, led by
the Lilac Fairy, kisses the sleeping Aurora, the curse is immediately
broken and Princess Aurora awakens. A grand wedding ceremony is held
for the prince and the princess. |
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