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Don Quixote
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE BALLET, TOKYO

Don Quixote

<Ballet in 3 Acts and 5 Scenes with Prologue >

OPERA HOUSE


STAFF
Artistic Director : Maki Asami
     
Music : Leon Minkus
Choreography : Marius Petipa / Alexsandr Gorsky
Revised by : Alexei Fadeetchev
     
Conductor : Boris Gruzin
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
     
Designs : Vyatcheslav Okunev
Scenery and costumes executed by : Vozrozhdenie
Lighting : Kaji Kozo
Stage Manager : Morioka Hajime
     
Produced by : New National Theatre, Tokyo

CAST
Kitri : Svetlana Zakharova < Bolshoi Theater > (25th, 26th)
  : Atsugi Mia (29th)
  : Sakai Hana (1st)
  : Motojima Miwa (2nd)

Basilio : Andrey Uvarov < Bolshoi Theater > (25th, 26th)
  : Kaikawa Tetsuo (29th)
  : Yamamoto Ryuji (1st)
  : Henmi Tomohiko (2nd)

   
Uchitomi Yoko / Endo Mutsuko / Omori Yuki / Kawamura Maki / Saito Miho / Takahashi Ari / Tsurutani Miho / Terashima Hiromi / Terashima Mayumi / Nishikawa Takako / Nishiyama Yuko / Matada Kumiko / Yukawa Mamiko
Ichikawa Toru / Guennadi Iline / Emoto Taku / Okuda Shinya / Chen Xiujie / Tomikawa Yuki / Maylen Tleubaev / Grigory Barinov / Yoshimoto Yasuhisa
New National Theater Ballet, Tokyo
*The role of Basilio on July 1, which Sasaki Dai had been scheduled to dance, will be performed by Yamamoto Ryuji and on July 2 will be performed by Henmi Tomohiko. Please refer to New National Theatre News.

PERFORMANCES
2005 June 25 June 26 June 29 July 1 July 2
(Sat.) (Sun.) (Wed.) (Fri.) (Sat.)
3:00  
4:00
5:00    
6:30    
Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes, with 2 intermissions

ADVANCE TICKETS
  Available from sunday 29 May, 2005 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://pia.jp/t
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/

TICKET PRICES (with tax)
Price(yen) 9,450 8,400 7,350 6,300 5,250 4,200 3,570 3,150 1,500
*Rank 8: Sold at the NNTT Box Office and all Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date only. Up to 2 tickets per person. No phone reservations. *Seat Z: Sold to students only at some Ticket Pia outlets on the day before the performance. Any tickets not sold by the performance date will be released to the general public at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. *Same day student tickets (50% off Ranks 1 - 7): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID.

*Opera House Ticket Prices & Seating Plan


handbill [Don Quixote]

Based on Cervantes’s celebrated novel Don Quixote, this ballet was first performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 1869 with choreography by Marius Petipa. This joyful story takes place in Spain, a country blessed by the southern European sun. Colorfully dressed dancers display high levels of dancing techniques, and many elements of Spanish folk dances, which Petipa loved dearly, are included in his choreography. The ballet Don Quixote is well worth seeing.

The NNTT invited Alexei Fadeyechev, the then Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet, to produce Don Quixote and premiered this new production in March 1999. His direction, which was faithful to the spirit of Petipa’s original choreography and yet placed emphasis on the ballet’s common touch befitting the present day, was well received by the audience. Since then, the ballet has spread cheer throughout the broad Opera House every time there has been a repeat performance.
This exciting production will return to the Opera House. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first publication of Cervantes’s novel. Audiences are sure to enjoy the development of the witty and refined story of Don Quixote, which will conclude the 2004/2005 season, a season that has featured a full array of works choreographed by Petipa.

Synopsis

The setting is La Mancha in Spain.Don Quixote goes on a journey accompanied by his servant Sancho Panza.He visits Barcelona.The popular Kitri is in love with the poor barber Basilio.But her father wants her to marry a nobleman.So Don Quixote decides to give her a helping hand…

Kitri
Svetlana Zakharova
<Bolshoi Theater>
Atsugi Mia
Sakai Hana
Motojima Miwa
Basilio
Andrey Uvarov
<Bolshoi Theater>
Kaikawa Tetsuo

Yamamoto Ryuji

Henmi Tomohiko



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