Don Quixote

Production de 2017

• Conductor

  Gavriel Heine

• Choreography

  Rudolf Noureev

• Music

  Ludwig Minkus
  (1826-1917)

• Libretto

  Miguel de Cervantès

• Arrangements

  John Lanchbery

• Director

  Rudolf Noureev

• Set design

  Alexandre Beliaev

• Costume design

  Elena Rivkina

• Lighting design

  Philippe Albaric

Inspired by Marius Petipa’s choreography, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quichotte is a true celebration of dance with a Spanish flavour. The soloists and the Corps de Ballet are carried away in ensembles and pas de deux to the strains of a spirited score. Written in the 17^th century, Cervantes’ novel recounts the adventures of Don Quixote, an idealist and bookworm who one day decides to ride across Spain with the naive Sancho Panza. In Nureyev’s ballet they meet Kitri and Basilio. The two lovers use every trick in the book – from a puppet performance to a fake suicide – to be reunited, despite Kitri’s father’s resistance. In the end it is Don Quixote who delivers the happy ending after battling windmills and crossing paths with Cupid, Dulcinea and the Queen of the Dryads. The costumes and colourful sets sublimate a vivacious and entertaining work.

The Étoiles, the Premières Danseuses, the Premiers Danseurs and the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet
The Paris Opera Orchestra

Don Quixote

Production de 2017

• Kitri

  Valentine Colasante

• Basilio

  Paul Marque

• La Première Demoiselle d'honneur

  Inès McIntosh

• Don Quichotte

  Yann Chailloux

• Espada

  Arthus Raveau

• La Danseuse de rue

  Célia Drouy

• La Reine des Dryades

  Camille Bon

• Cupidon

  Aubane Philbert

• Sancho Pança

  Baptiste Beniere