Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre presents
Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre presents
Astana Opera presents
Days of Culture of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Mariinsky Theatre (Branch in the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania) presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
Sverdlovsk State Academic Musical Comedy Theatre presents
Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
What can be more beautiful on the stage near the sea than a ballet based on a marine theme? Le Corsaire choreographed by the head ballet master Eldar Aliev is the show to see on the Mariinsky Theatre Primorsky Stage. Since the time of its creation Le Corsaire was off to a long and successful journey. It was composed practically by the same brilliant artistic alliance that fifteen years earlier brought the immortal Giselle to the world. The librettist Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, the composer Adolphe Adam (whose music score later was added with pieces of other composers), and the choreographers Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa presented a new ballet masterpiece for musical theatre. This new ballet was just as romanticist and romantic as the sad and illusory Giselle yet it was very different.
Premiere in Vladivostok: 25 April 2015.
The performance has one interval.
Music by Adolphe Adam using music by Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pyotr Oldenburgsky
Libretto by Eldar Aliev based on the libretto by Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier
Choreographer: Eldar Aliev (using fragments of Marius Petipa’s choreography)
Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
Costume Designer: Galina Solovieva
Lighting Designer: Eldar Aliev
Assistant Lighting Designer: Nikita Kursov
Assistant Choreographer: Reiko Otsuka (Japan)
Repetiteur: Alexander Kurkov
Photo by Ilya Korotkov.
Photo by Fernando Lopez.
Photo by Ilya Korotkov.
Photo by Ilya Korotkov.
Photo by Ilya Korotkov.
Photo by Gennady Shishkin.
Photo by Ilya Korotkov.
Saturday, 18:00
Saturday, 14:00
Corsairs are sailing at full sail through a terrible storm towards an Eastern shore.
Act I
Scene 1. At the market
The Corsairs led by Conrad arrive at a marketplace in Adrianople. Fanfares announce the impending arrival at the market of rich and influential Seid Pasha who intends to buy girls for his harem.
Seid Pasha and his retinue, accompanied by slave trader Lankendem arrive at the market. His first purchase is Gulnara, a carefree beauty with inexhaustible energy. After him Lankendem exhibits Greek girl Medora. Seid Pasha, and everyone around him, is stunned by her beauty. Conrad and Medora's eyes meet and the world ceases to exist. As a sign of this sudden surge of love, Conrad gives the girl an amulet in the form of a bracelet, which will now protect her and bring happiness. Neither Seid Pasha, who has bought Medora without haggling, nor his resplendent procession, just out of view, can return the lovers to reality.
The action is over, the market place empties. The Corsairs are the last to leave.