Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding).

The Firebird
russian fairytale in two scenes

Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Libretto: Michel Fokine
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa
Set and costume design: Anna and Anatoly Nezhny
after original sketches: Alexander Golovin, Leon Bakst and Michel Fokine

World premiere: 25 June 1910, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de l’Opera, Paris
In the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre since 1994

Running time: 44 minutes

Les Noces
russian choreographic scenes with singing and music to folk text from the Kireyevsky Collection
Scene plan, music and text: Igor Stravinsky (1923)
Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska (1923)

Decor and Costumes: Natalia Goncharova (1923)
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Staged: Howard Sayette
Decor reproduced: Boris Kaminsky
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting: Vladimir Lukin

World premiere: 13 June 1923, Ballet Russe de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de la Gaiete-Lyrique, Paris
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 9 June 2003

Running time: 20 minutes