Details

Based on the original tale by Cervantes. The ballet follows the adventures of Kitri, the adventurous peasant girl, who runs off to a gypsy encampment with her sweetheart, the local barber Basilio, rather than follow her father's wish that she marry the outrageously silly, but wealthy Gamache. After romantic and comic complications including a sword-fight, tilting at the windmill and a moonlit pas de deux, chivalrous Don Quixote resourcefully ensures a happy ending. New Production. Sponsored (2001) by The Jean Sainsbury Royal Opera House Fund, the Benefactors' Circle and The Friends of Covent Garden. There will be a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast on Saturday 22 September. Approx running time 2 hours 50 minutes.

Cast/Performers

Tamara Rojo (Jul 22 / 26), Carlos Acosta (Jul 22 / 26), Alina Cojocaru (Jul 24 / 27mat), Johan Kobborg (Jul 24 / 27mat), Miyako Yoshida (Jul 25mat), Inaki Urlezaga (Jul 25mat), Darcey Bussell (Jul 25 / 27), Jonathan Cope (Jul 25 / 27)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Minkus, John Lanchbery (arrangement), John Lanchbery (additional music)
Company: Royal Ballet
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev (after [Marius Petipa])
Design: Anne Fraser
Costume: Barry Kay
Conductor: Charles Barker