“Les Millions d'Arlequin” La Sérénade & Le Rendezvous des Amoureux - R.Drigo/M.Petipa 1900

Описание: Production credits “Harlequinade” 2022

Choreography by Marius Petipa
Staging and additional choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Assisted by Tatiana Ratmansky
Costume and Set design by Robert Perdziola inspired by Orest Allegri and Ivan Vsevolozhsky
Lighting design by Brad Fields Recreated in 2022 by Graham Silver
Composer: Riccardo Drigo

Harlequinade is a co-production of American Ballet Theatre and The Australian Ballet.

Harlequinade is generously supported by The Margaret Ellen Pidgeon Fund, the Melba Alma Cromack Fund and the K. M. Christensen & A. E. Bond Bequest.

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Cast:

Columbine (Benedicte Bemet), in love with the penniless,

Harlequin (Brett Chynoweth), is imprisoned by her father,

Cassandre (Steven Heathcote), watched over by, Pierrot (Callum Lindane).

Her father arranges for her to marry the wealthy,

Léandre (Timothy Coleman), but Pierrot’s wife,

Pierrette (Sharni Spencer)


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Act I

No. 04 La sérénade (00:00)

No. 05 Le rendezvous des amoureux (Pas d'ensemble)—

—a. Andante (03:11)

—b. Danse des amis de Columbine et d'Arlequin (08:32)

—c. Variation pour Columbine (10:35)

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Harlequinade was created in 1900 by Marius Petipa, who choreographed some of classical ballet’s most enduring works, including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. Working with the original notation of Petipa’s choreography, Alexei Ratmansky, former director of the Bolshoi Ballet and artist in residence at American Ballet Theatre, has produced a loving and humorous revival.

Harlequin and Columbine are in love, but her father, who wants her to marry a rich buffoon, has her locked up by Pierrot, his loyal servant. Pierrot’s wife, sympathetic to the young couple, helps her escape, and a Good Fairy gives Harlequin a magical slap stick that helps him triumph over the odds and win Columbine’s hand in marriage.

The melodic, lilting score is by Riccardo Drigo, a close collaborator of Tchaikovsky’s; the sets and costumes were created by Robert Perdziola, based on a close study of the 1900 originals, which are held at a museum in St Petersburg.