Premiered on June 21, 2007.
Presented with two intervals.
Running time: 3 hours 35 minutes.
Libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
and Joseph Mazilier edited by Marius Petipa
Choreography: Marius Petipa
The Bolshoi Theatre production
M. Petipa choreography revival: Yuri Burlaka
Designer: Boris Kaminsky
Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
Music Director: Pavel Klinichev
Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
Use is made in the production of music by Leo Delibes, Cesare Pugni, Pyotr von Oldenburg, Riccardo Drigo, Albert Zabel, Julius Gerber.
Music dramaturgy conception — Yuri Burlaka
Score restored by Alexander Troitsky
The original score by Adolphe Adam/Leo Delibes for Le Corsaire has been made available by L’Opera national de Paris from the archives of La Bibliotheque nationale de France
The choreographic notation has been made available by the Harvard University Theatre Collection
Evgeny Ponomaryov’s costume sketches (1899) used in the production have been made available by the St. Petersburg State Theatre Library
The bazaar square.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Pas d’esclaves.
Anastasia Goryacheva and Denis Medvedev. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. |
Pas d’esclaves.
Andrei Bolotin. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Pas d’esclaves.
Daria Khokhlova and Denis Medvedev. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Alexei Loparevich as Seyd, the Pasha.
Gennadi Yanin as Lanquedem. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Forbans.
Photo by Nadezhda Bausova. |
Danse des forbans.
Anna Antropova, Vitaly Biktimirov. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Danse des forbans.
Anna Antropova, Denis Savin. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Denis Savin as Birbanto.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Anna Nikulina as Medora.
Vladislav Lantratov as Conrad. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Maria Alexandrova as Medora.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Vladislav Lantratov as Conrad.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Svetlana Zakharova as Medora.
Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
Svetlana Zakharova as Medora.
(Little corsair). Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
Svetlana Zakharova as Medora.
Denis Matvienko as Conrad. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Anna Nikulina as Medora.
Vladislav Lantratov as Conrad. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Gennadi Yanin as Lanquedem.
Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. |
Olga Stebletsova, Anna Nikulina,
Anna Leonova as Odalisques. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
«Le Jardin Anime» Scene.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Kristina Kretova as Gulnare.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
"Le Jardin Anime" Scene.
Svetlana Zakharova as Medora. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. |
Ekaterina Shipulina as Medora.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
"Le Jardin Anime" Scene.
Svetlana Zakharova as Medora. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
"Le Jardin Anime" Scene.
Maria Alexandrova as Medora. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. |
Anna Tikhomirova as Gulnare.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Grand Pas des Eventails.
Photo by Elena Fetisova. |
Ekaterina Shipulina as Gulnare.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Grand Pas des Eventails.
Ekaterina Shipulina, Denis Rodkin. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
Grand Pas des Eventails.
Svetlana Lunkina, Ruslan Skvortsov. Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
Vladimir Vorokhobko as Lanquedem.
Maria Alexandrova as Medora. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov. |
Alexei Loparevich as Seyd, the Pasha.
Mikhail Lobukhin as Conrad. Ekaterina Shipulina as Medora. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
The corsair’s ship.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
A scene from the performance.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
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