Bolshoi Theater: Swan Lake and Don Quixote @ Lincoln Center

Bolshoi Theater: Swan Lake:

@ Lincoln Theater - July 18-20

Featuring:

Composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Choreographer Yuri Grigorovich

Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky

Set designer Simon Virsaladze

Libretto Yuri Grigorovich

After the scenario by Vladimir Begichev and Vasily Geltser

Music director and conductor Pavel Sorokin

The love of Prince Siegfried and his Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by sinister, supernatural forces in one of ballet’s most famous stories. Choreographer Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling and Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music underline the magic and drama of this timeless work.

Bolshoi Theater: Don Quixote

@ Lincoln Theater - July 23,25

Featuring:

Composer Ludwig Minkus

Choreographers Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky

New choreographic version Alexei Fadeyechev

Set designer Sergei Barkhin

Libretto Marius Petipa

After the novel of the same name by Miguel de Cervantes

Music director Alexander Kopylov

Conductor Pavel Klinichev

The exploits of Cervantes’s legendary hero in search of his perfect love are seen in a critically acclaimed staging by Alexei Fadeyechev. Featuring dazzling costumes re-created from historic sketches, this is classic Bolshoi, teeming with life and set to a cadence of castanets and tambourines.