Ballets Russes From the Mariinsky Ballet
An evening of one-act ballets on the music by Igor Stravinsky.
The Firebird - a Russian folk tale in two scenes
Struck by the beauty of the dazzling Firebird, young prince Ivan captues her. She begs for her freedom, promising to help Ivan in return. When Ivan is imprisoned by the terrible Kashchei, the Firebird, true to its pledge, intervenes and tells Ivan the secret of the Kashchei’s immortality.
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
The Rite of Spring is a series of episodes depicting a wild pagan spring ritual. The elders are offering a young girl as a sacrifice to the God of Spring, in order to gain his benevolence. The ballet is divided into two parts – Adoration of the Earth and The Sacrifice.
The Wedding (Les Noces) – A ballet in four scenes
The ballet goes through the entire story of a Russian peasant wedding. In the first scene, the bride prepares for her coming marriage. We then see the bridegroom asking his family to give the marriage their blessing. The third scene depicts the bride’s departure from her family, and finally the ballet culminates in the actual wedding feast.
Stravinsky and the Ballet Russes screening at ODEON cinema Covent Garden.
Date(s):
Other events you may like...
Live at selected ODEON cinemas, the world’s leading orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, in fabulous surround sound and high definition, conducted by the greatly sought after Christian Thielemann. Here he conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker’s solo oboist, Albrecht Mayer, as he performs Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and Anton Bruckner’s richly atmospheric Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”.
This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007, and here he completes the trio. Featuring Eva-Maria Westbroek as Giorgetta in Il Tabarro.
Poignant and tragic: Puccini's 'Madam Butterfly 3D - Royal Opera House'
is opera at its most moving. Told in music and singing of rare and sensual beauty, the story of a Japanese geisha's love for an American naval officer moves hauntingly to its devastating conclusion.
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale.
In Rigoletto, Verdi charts the fate of his larger-than-life characters – the tormented jester trying to avenge himself on his heartless playboy employer the Duke of Mantua, who has carelessly seduced Rigoletto’s innocent daughter Gilda – in music of immense theatrical punch and instant memorability.
Announcing a real treat for musical theatre fans – the Tony award-winning musical, Sondheim’s Company, is screening in cinemas worldwide on 15 March.
Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillan’s first full-evening ballet, and, from its premiere in 1965, has been one of The Royal Ballet’s signature works, popular all over the world.
