The events in Odessa at 11 January 2019

Ballet extravaganza "The Nutcracker"

11 January 2019, 18:30
category: play
from 40 to 350 UAH
place: The Opera and ballet theatre (Tchaikovsky lane, 1)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet extravaganza in 2 acts with prologue based on Ernst Hoffmann's fairy tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" Libretto by Marius Petipa, revised by Vladimir Troshchenko Fragments of choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Honored Artist of Russia Vasily Vainonen and Knight of the Order of Diaghilev Anatoly Emelyanov were used Duration of the performance with intermission: 2 hours Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is rightfully considered a great reformer of ballet music. It was he who brought new dynamics and end-to-end development of musical themes and images to the classical interpretation of ballet. These artistic principles were vividly reflected in the Christmas fairy tale “The Nutcracker,” written by order of the director of the imperial theaters Ivan Vsevolozhsky. The libretto of the performance was based on Hoffmann’s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” (from the series “The Serapion Brothers”) retold by Alexandre Dumas the Father. The plot of the ballet was outlined by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the author of the program and choreography was Marius Petipa. Initially, Tchaikovsky did not like the content of The Nutcracker. The libretto of the opera “Iolanta”, which was simultaneously proposed to him, aroused much greater interest (both of these works, a two-act ballet and a one-act opera, were supposed to be staged on the same evening). However, gradually Pyotr Ilyich became interested in the new ballet. The music of “The Nutcracker” was first performed on March 7, 1892 at one of the St. Petersburg symphony concerts of the Russian Musical Society (RMS).“The Nutcracker” first appeared in the repertoire of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater in 1950 in a choreographic interpretation by Vakhtang Vronsky. Subsequently, choreographers Igor Chernyshev (1969), Natalya Ryzhenko (1985), Vladimir Troshchenko (2008) offered their original versions of the ballet on the theater stage, taking into account the experience of their predecessors, but focusing on their own understanding of Tchaikovsky’s music, personal aesthetic inclinations and the demands of the time. The path of choreographers to comprehend the music of “The Nutcracker” turned out to be long, and the score of this ballet remains incredibly attractive also for the ballet theater of the 21st century.

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