Firebird (Vishneva): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei and Lullaby

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Uploaded by on Mar 12, 2009

Prince Ivan summons the Firebird, who bewitches King Kashchei and his subjects to dance the Infernal Dance, and then puts them to sleep.
The original 1910 choreography by Mikhail Fokine, performed by the Kirov Ballet (Mariinsky Ballet)
[Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet 2002 October]
Firebird: Diana Vishneva
Ivan: Andrei G. Yakovlev
Princess: Yana Serebriakova
Kashchei: Vladimir Ponomarev
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography and Libretto: Mikhail Fokine
Reconstruction: Isabelle Fokine and Andris Liepa

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  • And as a side note, you can really see the influence of Rimsky-Korsakov on Stravinsky's work.

  • Beautiful! Thank you. :)

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  • I love the Firebird's costume :).

  • excellent video, excellent recording, horrible synching... please fix this issue if possible. The video is literally about two seconds behind the music...

  • VERY BEST of the BEST EVER!... The KIROV...staging, DANCE, costumes, makeup ... orchestration... TOPmost BEST... Dear Igor Stravinsky would CHEEEER! Thank you, Maestro... Great Great RUSSIAN Folk Story! ... HUGS!, Johnny.

  • Excellent!! My only complaint is that there wasn't more!!

  • excelent vídeo... EXCELENTE VÍDEO!!!!. COMgratulations from Perú.

  • Exquisite - thank you so much!!

  • Vishneva is so wonderful in this role. Great video. Thank you!!

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