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2004.10
Raymonda |
| OPERA HOUSE
6 performances
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Choreography : Marius Petipa
Music by Alexandr Grazunov
Revised by Maki Asami
Scenery and Costumes Design: Luisa Spinatelli
Lighting Design : Sawada Yuji
Conductor : Ermanno Florio
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| <CAST> |
| October 2004 |
Friday 10/15 6:30pm |
Saturday 10/16 5:00pm |
Sunday 10/17 2:00pm |
| Raymonda |
Svetlana Zakharova |
Yoshida Miyako |
Svetlana Zakharova |
| Jean de Brienne |
Andrei Uvarov |
Ethan Stiefel |
Andrei Uvarov |
| October 2004 |
Friday 10/22 6:30pm |
Saturday 10/23 3:00pm |
Sunday 10/24 2:00pm |
| Raymonda |
Yoshida Miyako |
Terashima Hiromi |
Shiga Misae |
| Jean de Brienne |
Ethan Stiefel |
Morita Kentaro |
Yamamoto Ryuji |
| Raymonda |
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Svetlana Zakharova |
Yoshida Miyako |
Terashima Hiromi |
Shiga Misae |
| Jean de Brienne |
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| Andrei Uvarov |
Ethan Stiefel |
Morita Kentaro |
Yamamoto Ryuji |
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<ADVANCE TICKETS>
Available from Sunday 5 September, 2004 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm)
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| Background |
Raymonda, the last great work by Marius Petipa,
will be presented as an NNTT original production. Based on the Artistic
Director’s own revised choreography, it will be directed by
the director herself.
Filled with exotic charm, it is a masterpiece that has many famous
scenes, which could be described as a summation of Russian classical
ballet as established by Petipa. Artistic Director Maki Asami does
not necessarily view Abderkrakhman, who falls in love with Raymonda,
as an adversary to her fiancé and wishes to depict the love
story as a universal love between a man and a woman that can happen
in any age. With this interpretation coupled with fantastic, fairytale-like
scenery that she has requested Spinatelli to design, Asami aims for
an original staging of Raymonda not found in the previous
versions and will pursue themes with which even people today can easily
identify with.
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Scenery Design by Luisa Spinatelli |
| Synopsis |
| The setting is medieval France. Raymonda,
niece of a countess, is waiting for the return of her lover Jean de
Brienne, who joined the crusade and is away from home. The Saracen
knight Abderkrakhman is also fascinated by the beautiful Raymonda.
He attempts to possess her but fights a duel with Jean, who has just
returned home. Having won the duel, Jean is permitted by the countess
to marry Raymonda, and a grand wedding ceremony unites the two lovers.
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