Details

The work of Michel Fokine, who joined the Kirov Ballet in 1898 before becoming the principal choreographer of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is celebrated in a mixed programme including The Firebird, one of his most acclaimed ballets.

Cast/Performers

Uliana Lopatkina, Altynai Asylmuratova, Irma Nioradze, Faroukh Ruzimatov, Igor Zelensky

Creatives/Company

Company: Kirov Opera
Choreographer(s): Fokine, Mikhail Fokine (Petrushka), Mikhail Fokine (Petrushka), Mikhail Fokine (Petrushka)), Andris Liepa (Petrushka))
Music(s): Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Glazunov (Les Sylphides)), Keller (Les Sylphides)), Igor Stravinsky (Petrushka), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Petrushka)
Design(s): Orest Allegri (Les Sylphides), Alexandre Benois (Petrushka), Leon Bakst (Petrushka), Anna Nezhnay (Petrushka)), Anatoly Nezhny (Petrushka))
Lyrics(s): Mikhail Fokine (Petrushka), Leon Bakst (Petrushka)