Firebird, a story finding its roots in Russian folktales is full of love and magic. It tells the story of Prince Ivan, lost in the forest of the evil and immortal Kastchei. Prince Ivan spots a magnificent creature picking golden apples and he captures her. The creature is the Firebird. Desperate for her release, the Firebird gives him a magic feather in exchange for her freedom.
Chopiniana Choreographic composition in one act
Music: Frederic Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller) Choreography: Michel Fokine (1908) Scenario: Michel Fokine Revised version: Agrippina Vaganova (1931) Set design based on original sketches: Orest Allegri
World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Running time: 30 minutes
Scheherazade Choreographic drama in one act
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Symphony suite Scheherazade) Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910) Scenario: Leon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytales Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa Set and costume design: Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Leon Bakst
World premiere: 4 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: 45 minutes
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
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