Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

Apr 10, 2016

2h 55m

★ 0.0

Overview

Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’ hero comes to life in the Bolshoi's critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance. With panache and sparkling technique, principal dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, flamenco dancers, gypsies, and dryads in virtuosic dancing that is quintessential Bolshoi. Captured live on April 10, 2016

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Pathé Live

Bolshoi Theatre

Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater

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Cast

Kitri / Dulcinea

Ekaterina Krysanova

Basilio

Semyon Chudin

Don Quixote

Alexei Loparevich

Sancho Panza

Roman Simachev

Gamache

Denis Medvedev

Juanita

Ksenia Zhiganshina

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Anna Okuneva

A Street Dancer / First Variation in Grand Pas

Anna Tikhomirova

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Ruslan Skvortsov

Mercedes

Kristina Karasyova

The Queen of the Dryads

Olga Smirnova

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