La Bayadère
Ludwig Minkus / Michal Štípa
La Bayadère
A love story in a grand romantic ballet set in the Orient, with captivating music and dazzling virtuosity
This powerful drama of classical ballet—one of the masterpieces of choreographer Marius Petipa, first premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1877—continues to enchant audiences worldwide. Its story of the temple dancer, the bayadère Nikiya, set in ancient India, reflects the 19th-century fascination with distant lands and oriental motifs in dance as well as in other arts.
Inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ballad The God and the Bayadère, the ballet tells the tale of Nikiya and the warrior Solor, whose love is thwarted by the wrath of the powerful Rajah, since his daughter Gamzatti is destined to marry Solor. Nikiya dies from a snake bite, and their unfulfilled love is reunited only in the realm of heavenly spirits.
Ludwig Minkus’s melodic score is considered his greatest achievement, and the “Kingdom of the Shades” scene ranks among the most famous moments in all of romantic ballet. With splendid staging and virtuosic performances, La Bayadère will be presented on the Plzeň stage for the very first time.
Creators
- Music:
- Ludwig Minkus
- Orchestration:
- John Lanchbery
- Choreography:
- Michal Štípa podle M. Petipy
- Director:
- Michal Štípa
- Musical Direction:
- Jiří Petrdlík
- Conductor:
- Miriam Němcová / Jiří Petrdlík
- Set Design:
- David Janošek
- Costume Design:
- Michaela Wenzelová
- Lighting Design:
- Michal Kříž
- Assistant Choreographer:
- Zuzana Hradilová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Assistant Director:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Stage Manager:
- Kristýna Miškolciová
Prersons and actors
- Nikia:
- Afroditi Vasilakopoulou / Shiori Nirasawa
- Solor:
- Justin Rimke
- Gamzatti:
- Margarida Gonçalves / Mami Mołoniewicz / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz
- Bráhman, velekněz:
- Karel Audy
- Fakír:
- Simone Carosso / Go Minakami / Richard Ševčík
- Aya, služebná Gamzati:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Rádža:
- Ondřej Baumrukr / Jan Maléř
- Indický tanec:
- Sara Antikainen / Jarmila Hruškociová, Giacomo Mori / Simone Carosso, Mátyás Sántha / Richard Ševčík, Campbell Wilson, Go Minakami, Kristian Kralev
- Fakíři:
- Giacomo Mori, Simone Carosso, Campbell Wilson, Go Minakami / Richard Ševčík, Nicoló Marchi
- Solorovi přátelé:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke / Nicoló Marchi
- Chrámové tanečnice:
- Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Luisa Isenring / Shiori Nirasawa / Adéla Krandová, Victoria Roemer / Leonor de la Serna, Kristina Pires
- Rádžovi poddaní:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke, Nicoló Marchi, Giacomo Mori / Kristian Kralev
- Odalisky sólo:
- Sara Antikainen / Luisa Isenring, Jarmila Hruškociová / Novella Petrucci
- Odalisky:
- Leonor de la Serna, Victoria Roemer, Shiori Nirasawa / Katica Ruip, Luisa Isenring, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Adéla Krandová
- Pas de quatre:
- Kristina Pires / Ayaka Mitono, Shiori Nirasawa / Katica Ruip
- Grand pas:
- Novella Petrucci, Luisa Isenring / Mami Mołoniewicz, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Sara Antikainen / Giacomo Mori, Sky Natzke / Justin Rimke
- Stíny trio:
- Sara Antikainen, Mami Mołoniewicz / Luisa Isenring / Novella Petrucci, Victoria Roemer / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz
- Stíny:
- Sara Antikainen, Shiori Nirasawa, Luisa Isenring, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Novella Petrucci, Kristina Pires, Victoria Roemer, Hinata Doi, Ayaka Mitono, Katica Ruip, Leonor de la Serna, Katherine Lee, Adéla Krandová, Mami Mołoniewicz
- Waltz:
- Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Hinata Doi / Katherine Lee, Katica Ruip / Adéla Krandová / Ayaka Mitono / Leonor de la Serna, Simone Carosso / Richard Ševčík / Giacomo Mori, Sky Natzke, Kristian Kralev, Nicoló Marchi
- dále tančí baletní soubor DJKT
- Orchestr opery DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
