Classical Ballet Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding). Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - established 1783
Schedule for Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding). Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). 2022
Composer: Igor Stravinsky Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev Choreography: Michel Fokine Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukin
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
The Firebird
russian fairytale in two scenes
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography: Michel Fokine (1910)
Libretto: Michel Fokine
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa
Set and costume design: Anna and Anatoly Nezhny
after original sketches: Alexander Golovin, Leon Bakst and Michel Fokine
World premiere: 25 June 1910, Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de l’Opera, Paris
In the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre since 1994
Running time: 44 minutes
Les Noces
russian choreographic scenes with singing and music to folk text from the Kireyevsky Collection
Scene plan, music and text: Igor Stravinsky (1923)
Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska (1923)
Decor and Costumes: Natalia Goncharova (1923)
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Staged: Howard Sayette
Decor reproduced: Boris Kaminsky
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting: Vladimir Lukin
World premiere: 13 June 1923, Ballet Russe de Serge de Diaghilev, Theatre de la Gaiete-Lyrique, Paris
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 9 June 2003
Running time: 20 minutes
Le Sacre du printemps
scenes from pagan Russia in two parts
Music: Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Choreography after Vaslav Nijinsky (1913)
Scene plan: Igor Stravinsky and Nicholas Roerich
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Reconstructed and staged: Millicent Hodson
(Reconstructed choreography © 1987 Millicent Hodson)
Decor and costumes after Nicholas Roerich (1913)
Reconstructed and supervised: Kenneth Archer
(Reconstructed costume and decor designs © 1987 Kenneth Archer)
Lighting: Vladimir Lukin
World premiere: 29 May 1913, Ballets Russes de Diaghilev, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 9 June 2003
Sponsored by the Mariinsky Theatre Trust (UK)
Running time: 40 minutes
Schedule for Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding). Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). 2022
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