"Sleeping Beauty" reconstruction 17/17 The Mariinsky Ballet; Obraztsova/Korsakov

Sergei Vikharev's controversial reconstruction of Marius Petipa & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's original 1890 production of "The Sleeping Beauty" for the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet.

**see clip 1 for notes on the production


**Cast -
--Princess Aurora - Eugenia Obraztsova
--Prince Désiré -Anton Korsakov
--The Lilac Fairy - Anastasia Kolegova


**Résumé of pieces for this clip -
--Coda générale
--Apothéose -Apollon en costume de Louis XIV, éclairé par le soleil entouré des fées

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Sleeping
• Beauty
• kirov
• Mariinsky
• ballet
• Tchaikovsky
• Petipa
• Obraztsova
• Korsakov
• Imperial
• Russia

[dreameri24]

Thank you very much for this ballet!! i love this reconstruction!

do you know the year?

[mrlopez2681]

2008

[EricMontreal22]

LOVE the old school apotheosis all the classic ballets had. Always wondered what Nutcracker's must ahve looked like what with the tableax of bees

[mrlopez2681]

have you ever seen photos of Petipa's final revival of "Pharoah's Daughter" in 1898? Now THAT was an apotheosis.....perhaps some of the most masterful decor I have ever seen in any of the old ballets. The dance of the hunstresses was danced in a massive jungle set.

[jengirl2]

glorious!  a joy to watch...thank you again for sharing with all of us ballet lovers!

[sweetaliena]

That's a wonderful reconstruction.

[SamLwin]

Thanks for posting this. Do you know where I buy a copy of this? I've searched on amazon and couldn't find it.

[Bnesque]

Very gorgeous ending!

Thank you for sharing!

[dreameri24]

Thank's!!

[EricMontreal22]

No! I've never seen any photos of Daugher that show off the mise en scen or set--would love to.

One question about the reconstruction Act III set--how come the Kirov/Sergeyev version used in the back a *real* fountain but the reconstruction uses a painted one it seems? I alays assumed the orgiinal 1890 production used real fountains as well (at least in the DVDof the Act 3 done for the New Year's Eve gala it's clearly a painted fountain)