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DON QUIXOTE at Wiener Staatsoper


“DON QUIXOTE”

Scintillating virtuosity and vitality are the characteristics of the ballet classic Don Quixote , the center of the lovers Kitri Qimin Wang and Basil danced by Denys Cherevychko do
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usic by the Austrian Ludwig Minkus. In this Rudolf Nureyev version is the music arranged by John Lanchberry.

It was interesting to enjoy the set and costumes by
In Moscow in 1869, first performed in dialogue was the work of centuries-long between the Spanish folk dance and the dance stage of civilization at its height. The Frenchman Marius Petipa had his ballet by episodes from the legendary novel by Cervantes for inspiration. The music was composed by the Austrian Ludwig Minkus. In the east since the premiere is a fixed point in the repertoire, was Don Quixote in the West only after 1966 at the Vienna State Opera performed by Rudolf Nureyev input device in the international fixtures.
From Vienna, the ballet came into the world – 1981 Paris and the opera – and returns after a lengthy absence, now in a rehearsal of the ballet director Manuel Legris back into the house on the ring.

This season the Premiere was 28 February 2011
. We attended the last performance
this season May 1st 2011.

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