Modern Ballet Radu Poklitaru "Hamlet" World Premiere of the ballet World famous Bolshoi Ballet and Opera theatre (established 1776) - Small Stage
Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Schedule for Radu Poklitaru "Hamlet" World Premiere of the ballet 2022
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich Conductor: Igor Dronov Music Director: Igor Dronov Choreography: Radu Poklitaru Stage Director: Declan Donnellan Designer: Nick Ormerod Light Designer: Judith Greenwood
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Choreographer – Radu Poklitaru Director – Declan Donnellan Designer – Nick Ormerod Libretto – Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Radu Poklitaru Conductor to be announced
THE PRODUCTION TEAM HAS SUGGESTED TO THE THEATRE THAT TWO SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONIES BE USED AS MUSIC FOR THE BALLET. THE BOLSHOI IS AT PRESENT ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS MATTER WITH THE COMPOSER’S HEIRS
Synopsis
Scene
1 Hamlet
remembers a birthday celebration of his childhood attended by the
entire court at Elsinore. He remembers his father and mother the King
and Queen of Denmark. He remembers the chief minister Polonius and his
two children Ophelia and Laertes. He also remembers his uncle Claudius. The
young Hamlet dances with the child Ophelia. Yorick a famous clown
is introduced and dances with him.
Scene
2 The
present. Hamlet and Ophelia, now grown-up, explore their feelings for each
other.
Scene
3 The
court says farewell to Hamlet who is leaving Elsinore to study
at Wittenberg.
Scene
4 Ophelia
is distraught but is told by her brother, Laertes, and father,
Polonius, to have no hope of Prince Hamlet.
Scene
5 The
King suddenly falls ill. He dies and, alone, the Queen mourns for her
husband. Claudius, the King’s brother, appears and consoles the widowed
Queen.
Scene
6 Claudius
and Gertrude are married. Initially the court is doubtful but gradually
Claudius wins their support and the wedding is celebrated. Hamlet returns
and sees his place has been usurped. His mother is still Queen but his
uncle has now become the new King of Denmark.
Scene
7 Hamlet
is left alone. The ghost of his father appears, and the old King shows
that he did not die of natural causes as was believed,
in fact he was murdered. We see Claudius administering the
poison. The ghost tells Hamlet to avenge him.
Scene
8 Hamlet,
alone, kills his uncle in his imagination, but fails when confronted with
the real Claudius. He pretends to be mad.
Scene
9 Polonius
has taken a bundle of love-letters from Ophelia. She is set
up as bait to discover if Hamlet is really mad.
Polonius and Claudius hide. Hamlet appears and Ophelia gives him back the
letters. Ophelia becomes alarmed and Hamlet realizes he is being
spied on. Ophelia has betrayed him.
Scene
10 Hamlet
entertains the court to a film he has made. The film suggests the
murder of his father. Claudius is outraged and Hamlet
is triumphant.
Scene
11 The
Queen’s bedroom. Polonius enters and plans with Gertrude how to manage the
increasingly unstable Prince. When Hamlet arrives, Polonius hides behind
a screen. Hamlet prepares to face his mother alone. Initially tender
and forgiving, Hamlet becomes increasingly angry. The ghost of the King
appears and stops his son from striking Gertrude. Hamlet understands there
is someone spying on him in his mother’s bedroom. Believing that
it is Claudius behind the screen he strikes and realizes that
he has killed Polonius, Ophelia’s father.
Scene
12 Ophelia
rushes to her father’s body. Gertrude weeps. Hamlet is sent
away.
Interval
Scene
13 Ophelia
has lost her sanity.
Scene
14 Ophelia
drowns herself.
Scene
15 A graveyard.
Two gravediggers. Hamlet returns. He finds a skull near a new
grave. It is Yorick’s.
Scene
16 A funeral
procession appears. Hamlet sees it is Ophelia’s. Hamlet and Laertes
fight over the body.
Scene
17 Claudius
calms Laertes and they plot to stage a duel and to use poison
in the duel to murder Hamlet.
Scene
18 Alone
Hamlet is haunted by the ghost of Ophelia.
Scene
19 Norway
is invading Denmark. Elsinore prepares for war.
Scene
20 Hamlet
says farewell to the ghosts of his father, Ophelia and
Yorick.
Scene
21 The
duel. Laertes and Hamlet fight. The Queen accidentally drinks the poison.
Laertes fatally wounds Hamlet. Hamlet kills Laertes and Claudius.
Scene
22 Gertrude
says farewell to her son.
Scene
23 Norway’s
invading army floods onto the stage.
Schedule for Radu Poklitaru "Hamlet" World Premiere of the ballet 2022
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