Большой театр Беларуси

 

4 April 19:00

Gioachino Rossini

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

comic opera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

6 April 11:00

Gloria Bruni

PINOCCHIO

opera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

17 April 19:00

Ludwig Minkus

DON QUIXOTE

ballet in three acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

13 April 18:00, 14 April 11:00

Sergei Banevich

THE STORY OF KAI AND GERDA (THE SNOW QUEEN)

оpera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

16 April 19:00

Camille Saint-Saëns

SAMSON ET DALILA

opera in three acts

ROMEO AND JULIET. NEW VERSION PREMIERE

 

On 5 and 6 December at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus new version premiere of Romeo and Juliet staged by People’s Artist of the USSR and Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Valentin Elizariev.

The first production of this ballet to the music of Sergei Prokofiev was presented at the Kirov Theatre (now Mariinsky Theatre). This production was staged by the recognized master of the Soviet choreography Leonid Lavrovsky, and for many years his version of the ballet remained canonical.

25 years later, the young director Oleg Vinogradov (Novosibirsk Theatre) embodied this tragedy of the Verona lovers. He put choreography and new directorial ideas at the forefront, minimizing dramatic mise-en-scènes. The most famous performances of different years include productions of Nikolai Boyarchikov (1972, Perm), Yury Grigorovich (1979, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia), Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilev (1981, State Classic Ballet Theatre), Vladimir Vasiliev (1991, Moscow Music Theatre).
Valentin Elizariev’s choreography has always been innovative. He is looking for new interesting ideas, surprises by unexpected stage conceptions. So, only Elizariev introduced a new image in the dueling scenes. And not a single librettist or director laid special emphasis on it before.

The Feud is not so much an image, but a full-fledged character of the production. She gives swords to the Montague and Capulet clans, she whispers suspicions about Romeo to Tybalt and she leans over every defeated hero throughout the performance.

The new production of the Belarusian theatre has very positive reviews from the theatre critics. Valentin Elizariev’s production was called an acting ballet performance, in which the choreographer was able not only to demonstrate the enormous skills of his dancers, but also to reveal their vivid artistry. And it is not only about the leading soloists. The director was able to emphasize the individuality of each artist of the corps de ballet. That’s why the production was deprived of secondary characters. Every character is very important in this tragedy.

‘Our production is about love and hate, about sincere friendship and senseless feud, immortal as love, strong as death, as an eternal question, that humanity asks itself again and again …’ Valentin Elizariev said about his new creation.

Maestro Elizariev hasn’t revealed the details regarding the new version of one of the audience favorite ballet: ‘I have already staged this ballet, but it will definitely be different from the previous one.’ And we can say that any changes are always beneficial to the artwork, because it comes into the world, grows up and changes as any person.

 



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