Season 223 - Thursday, March 16, 2006
VI International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY
With the support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography General partner of the Mariinsky Theatre Внешторгбанк.
Supported by HOTEL ALTERIA.
“Premiere”
Ondine
Ballet in 2 acts, 6 scenes
Music: Cesare Pugni
Libretto: Jules Perrault and Fanny Cerrito (based on the novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)
Conductor: Mikhail Agrest
Choreography: PIERRE LACOTTE
Assistant Choreographer and Repetiteur: Anne Salmon
Set and costume design: Pierre Lacotte
Lighting designer: Alexander Naumov
Responsible accompanist: Lidiya Zvereva
Responsible tutor: Vyacheslav Khomyakov
Accompanists: Alexandra Zhilina, Maria Nazarova
Tutors:
People's Artist of the USSR Ninella Kurgapkina, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize, Professor Gabriela Komleva, People's Artist of Russia Tatyana Terekhova, Elena Vorontsova, Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Gennady Selyutsky, Larisa Postizheva (ARB)
The production was supported by BSGV
Director, host of the performance - Margarita Sukhova Head of the artistic and production department - Sergey Grachev, Igor Suvorov
Characters and performers:
Ondine; (laureate of international competitions) Evgenia Obraztsova
Matteo; (laureate of international competitions)
Leonid Sarafanov
Giannina; Yana Serebryakova
Queen of the Sea; Victoria Tereshkina
Two friends in pink; Olga Esina and Ekaterina Petina
Two friends in green; Tatyana Nekipelova and (laureate of the International Competition) Elena Chmil
Matteo's friends; Maxim Khrebtov and Anton Pimonov
Two naiads (winner of the International Competition)
Nadezhda Gonchar and (laureate of the International Competition) Olesya Novikova
Four Naiads; Olga Esina, Ksenia Dubrovina, Ekaterina Petina and Evgenia Dolmatova
Matteo's mother; Natalia Sveshnikova
Father Matteo; Andrey Yakovlev (1st)
Tarantella; Polina Rassadina (winner of the International Competition) Elena Chmil, Tatyana Nekipelova, Ekaterina Ivannikova, Alexey Timofeev, Denis Firsov (winner of the International Competition) Grigory Popov, Anton Lukovkin
Pas de quatre; Ekaterina Petina, Ksenia Dubrovina, Maxim Khrebtov, Anton Pimonov
Boy with bread; (student of the Academy of Russian Ballet named after A. Ya. Vaganova) Denis Tarasov
His mother; Valeria Karpina
Puppets; (students of the Academy of Russian Ballet named after. A. Ya. Vaganova) Valeria Chaikina, Snezhana Ostroumova
Two old ladies; Galina Papyrina, Tatiana Kovmir
Solo in orchestra:
Ivan Tersky (clarinet), Viktor Kulyk (cornet), glaureate of international competitions) Olga Bystrova-Okhromenko (organ), Elizaveta Alexandrova (harp)
Brief summary of the ballet:
Act I
The young Sicilian sailor Matteo is preparing for his marriage to the beautiful village girl Giannina.
One day he catches the enchanting naiad Ondine in his net, and she confesses her love for him.
Matteo is astounded by Ondine´s beauty, but he tries to resist his emotions. Bewitched, he returns home to his mother and Giannina.
Ondine, invisible to humans, follows him. She provokes discord and anxiety, even appearing to him in his dreams.
Ondine asks the Queen of the Sea to allow her to become a woman and marry the man she loves. The Queen of the Sea refuses her request, although when she sees her grief and when her friends beg for her she agrees on the condition that Ondine marries Matteo before the petals fall from the rose that the Queen of the Sea gives her. Ondine returns to land to meet her beloved.
Act II
Festival of the Madonna.
Bride and groom are following a religious procession. Suddenly Ondine appears from a well. Only Matteo sees her. He is thrown into confusion. Giannina cannot understand what is wrong with him. She asks him to pray to the Madonna, but instead of the Madonna, Matteo´s eyes are fixed on Ondine.
Dressed as a peasant woman, Ondine arrives at the festival. Matteo is once again thrown into confusion. The sounds of a mandolin being played by a young sailor interrupt a tarantella. Giannina is disturbed by the melody. Matteo wishes to dispose of his rival and is staggered to discover that the young boy is Ondine trying to enchant him. Giannina is preparing for the wedding. Matteo remains with the fishermen. Thunder peals. The fishermen seek shelter. Matteo remains alone on the shore. The beauty of the lightning reflected upon the sea fascinates him. There is a glow from the water, and Ondine appears with her friends. She beckons him to follow her, trying to make him give up his betrothed. Matteo resists. Ondine throws herself into the sea with the other naiads. Matteo, astounded at what he has seen, loses consciousness. Matteo´s mother is searching for him on the shore. Giannina appears in her white wedding dress. The young couple board a boat to sail to the church. Matteo's mother covers Giannina´s head with a veil.
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