Main Stage

14 October

19:00

2017 | Saturday

Evening of one-act Ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky: Firebird. Les Noces (The Wedding).

Ballet in 2 acts

Artists	Credits
Ballet company Mariinsky Ballet Music by Igor Stravinsky Choreography by Michel Fokine (revisions) Tatiana Noginova, Costume Designer Sergei Lukin, Lighting Designer Maestro Valery Gergiev, Musical Director

Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes

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

Mariinsky Theatre:
1 Theatre Square
St. Petersburg

Mariinsky-2 (New Theatre):
34 Dekabristov Street
St. Petersburg

Mariinsky Concert Hall:
20 Pisareva street
St. Petersburg

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