Schedule for Maryinsky Theatre presents: Evening of one-act Ballets. Carnaval. The Prodigal Son. Symphony in C 2022


Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra

Carnaval
pantomime ballet in one act

Music: Robert Schumann
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)

Music: Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design: Leon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Prodigal Son
ballet in three scenes

Music: Sergei Prokofiev (Op. 46, 1928-29)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1929)
Book: Boris Kochno (after the biblical parable)
Scenery and costumes: Georges Rouault (1929)
Scenery executed: Prince A. Schervashidze
Costumes executed: Vera Soudeikina
Staging: Karin von Aroldingen and Paul Boos
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich

Premiere: May 21, 1929, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris
Premiere in the Mariinsky Theatre: December, 14, 2001

The Ballet of George Balanchine Prodigal Son is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life

Running time: 40 minutes


Symphony in C
ballet in four movements Music: Georges Bizet
Choreography: George Balanchine (1947)

Staging: John Taras and Patricia Neary
Costume design: Irina Press

World premiere: 1947, Theatre de l?Opera, Paris
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 9 February 1996, St Petersburg