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
- Hudba:
- Ludwig Minkus
- Orchestrace:
- John Lanchbery
- Choreografie:
- Michal Štípa podle M. Petipy
- Režie:
- Michal Štípa
- Hudební nastudování:
- Jiří Petrdlík
- Dirigent:
- Miriam Němcová / Jiří Petrdlík
- Scéna:
- David Janošek
- Kostýmy:
- Michaela Wenzelová
- Světelný design:
- Michal Kříž
- Asistenti choreografie:
- Zuzana Hradilová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Asistent režie:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Inspice:
- Kristýna Miškolciová
Prersons and actors
- Nikia:
- Afroditi Vasilakopoulou / Shiori Nirasawa
- Solor:
- Justin Rimke / Riccardo Gregolin
- 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, Pablo Dorado, Kristian Kralev
- Fakíři:
- Giacomo Mori, Simone Carosso, Campbell Wilson, Go Minakami, Pablo Dorado / Richard Ševčík, Nicoló Marchi
- Solorovi přátelé:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke, Simone Coluccio / Nicoló Marchi, Riccardo Gregolin
- Chrámové tanečnice:
- Aneta Pašková / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Luisa Isenring / Shiori Nirasawa, Maya Vought / Adéla Krandová, Victoria Roemer / Zsófia Strbka, Michela Quartiero / Leonor de la Serna, Kristina Pires / Fanny Westring
- Rádžovi poddaní:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke, Simone Coluccio, Nicoló Marchi, Giacomo Mori, Riccardo Gregolin / Kristian Kralev
- Odalisky sólo:
- Sara Antikainen / Luisa Isenring, Jarmila Hruškociová / Novella Petrucci
- Odalisky:
- Michela Quartiero / Leonor de la Serna, Victoria Roemer / Maya Vought, Shiori Nirasawa / Katica Ruip, Aneta Pašková, Luisa Isenring / Nina Nashiki, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Adéla Krandová
- Pas de quatre:
- Kristina Pires / Ayaka Mitono, Fanny Westring / Michela Quartiero, Margarida Gonçalves / Maya Vought, Shiori Nirasawa / Katica Ruip
- Grand pas:
- Novella Petrucci, Luisa Isenring / Mami Mołoniewicz, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Aneta Pašková, Sara Antikainen / Nina Nashiki, Riccardo Gregolin / Giacomo Mori / Simone Coluccio, Sky Natzke / Justin Rimke
- Stíny trio:
- Margarida Gonçalves / Sara Antikainen / Fanny Westring, Mami Mołoniewicz / Luisa Isenring / Novella Petrucci, Victoria Roemer / Fanny Westring / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz
- Stíny:
- Sara Antikainen, Margarida Gonçalves, Shiori Nirasawa, Luisa Isenring, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Aneta Pašková, Novella Petrucci, Michela Quartiero, Kristina Pires, Victoria Roemer, Maya Vought, Fanny Westring, Hinata Doi, Ayaka Mitono, Nina Nashiki, Katica Ruip, Leonor de la Serna, Zsófia Strbka, Katherine Lee, Adéla Krandová, Mami Mołoniewicz
- Waltz:
- Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Aneta Pašková, Michela Quartiero / Hinata Doi, Maya Vought / Katherine Lee, Katica Ruip / Fanny Westring, Zsófia Strbka / Adéla Krandová / Ayaka Mitono / Leonor de la Serna, Simone Carosso / Richard Ševčík, Riccardo Gregolin / Giacomo Mori, Simone Coluccio, Sky Natzke, Kristian Kralev, Nicoló Marchi
- dále tančí baletní soubor DJKT
- Orchestr opery DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
