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:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz
- Bráhman, velekněz:
- Karel Audy / Gaëtan Pires
- Fakír:
- Simone Carosso / Go Minakami / Richard Ševčík
- Aya, služebná Gamzati:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Rádža:
- Ondřej Baumrukr / Jan Maléř
- Indický tanec:
- Sara Antikainen / Jarmila Hruškociová / Andronika Tarkošová, Giacomo Mori / Simone Carosso, Mátyás Sántha / Richard Ševčík, Campbell Wilson, Go Minakami / Giovanni Novara, Ludovico Gallo, Kristian Kralev / Leonardo Germano
- Fakíři:
- Giacomo Mori, Simone Carosso, Ludovico Gallo, Campbell Wilson, Nicoló Marchi, Giovanni Novara / Leonardo Germano
- Solorovi přátelé:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke, Nicoló Marchi / Gabriele Calcagno
- Chrámové tanečnice:
- Kristina Pires / Katherine Lee, Hinata Doi / Ayaka Mitono / Leonor de la Serna, Victoria Roemer / Katica Ruip, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Vittoria Strafezza, Adéla Krandová / Nia Akhalaia, Catarina Azevedo / Tatiana Vacíková
- Rádžovi poddaní:
- Mátyás Sántha, Sky Natzke, Gabriele Calcagno, Nicoló Marchi, Giacomo Mori / Campbell Wilson, Kristian Kralev / Ludovico Gallo
- Odalisky sólo:
- Sara Antikainen / Luisa Isenring, Jarmila Hruškociová / Novella Petrucci / Andronika Tarkošová
- Odalisky:
- Leonor de la Serna / Liza Szücs, Victoria Roemer / Vittoria Strafezza, Katica Ruip / Shiori Nirasawa / Katherine Lee, Kristina Pires / Catarina Azevedo / Tatiana Vacíková, Adéla Krandová / Alina Landgraf, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Ela Zemanová
- Pas de quatre:
- Kristina Pires / Ayaka Mitono, Hinata Doi / Katherine Lee, Victoria Roemer / Leonor de la Serna / Tatiana Vacíková, Shiori Nirasawa / Katica Ruip
- Grand pas:
- Novella Petrucci, Afroditi Vasilakopoulou, Liza Szücs, Luisa Isenring, Alina Landgraf, Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Vittoria Strafezza, Sara Antikainen, Arisa Hirono, Mátyás Sántha, Nicoló Marchi / Justin Rimke, Sky Natzke, Gabriele Calcagno
- Stíny trio:
- Sara Antikainen / Vittoria Strafezza / Arisa Hirono, Mami Mołoniewicz / Luisa Isenring / Novella Petrucci / Hinata Doi, Victoria Roemer / Shiori Nirasawa / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz
- Stíny:
- Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Sara Antikainen, Mami Mołoniewicz / Andronika Tarkošová, Arisa Hirono, Alina Landgraf, Novella Petrucci, Luisa Isenring, Ela Zemanová, Vittoria Strafezza, Adéla Krandová, Liza Szücs, Katica Ruip, Catarina Azevedo, Victoria Roemer, Hinata Doi, Leonor de la Serna / Tatiana Vacíková, Ayaka Mitono, Katherine Lee / Shiori Nirasawa, Kristina Pires
- Waltz:
- Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz / Liza Szücs, Hinata Doi / Catarina Azevedo, Victoria Roemer / Katherine Lee / Tatiana Vacíková, Katica Ruip / Adéla Krandová, Alina Landgraf / Nia Akhalaia / Ela Zemanová, Ayaka Mitono / Leonor de la Serna, Giovanni Novara / Richard Ševčík, Giacomo Mori / Gabriele Calcagno, Simone Carosso / Ludovico Gallo, Sky Natzke, Kristian Kralev, Nicoló Marchi / Leonardo Germano
- dále tančí baletní soubor DJKT
- Orchestr opery DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Irena Štěrbová
