The Sleeping Beauty
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One of the most famous, beautiful and solemn classical ballets, and, what rarely happens, with a happy ending. The genius of Tchaikovsky and Petipa turned Perrault's fairy tale into a real hymn to love that can bring back from eternal sleep.
At the Bolshoi Theater, the ballet is being performed in the version by Yuri Grigorovich, and since 2024 with the unrivaled set design and costumes by Simon Virsaladze, Grigorovich's regular co-author at the Bolshoi.
Actors
King Florestan XIV
Queen
Anastasia Meskova
Princess Aurora
Elizaveta Kokoreva
Prince Désiré
Lilac Fairy
Alyona Kovalyova
Evil Fairy Carabosse
Princess Florine
Anastasiya Stashkevich
Bluebird
Klim Efimov
Fairy of Diamonds
Catalabutte
Yuriy Ostrovskiy
Crew
Libretto based on fairy tales by Charles Perrault
Marius Petipa, Ivan Vsevolzhskiy
Ballet Master
Regina Nikiforova
Lighting designer
Mikhail Sokolov
The main thing is that the fairy tale has a happy ending: the princess finds her happiness; the evil, albeit incredibly charismatic fairy is punished, and the most beloved fairy tale characters dance at the wedding.
Language
Russian
Runtime
2 hours 13 minutes
2024
6+
Stills
Bolshoi Theatre in cinemas 2024/2027
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