Shostakovich's The Bolt [1931]

[innopac]

Does anyone know where there is either a detailed description in English of the original production The Bolt by Shostakovich or a translation of the libretto by Viktor Smirnov?

[rg]

THE ART OF THE DANCE IN THE USSR by Mary Grace Swift (University of Notre Dame Press, 1968) has some good details about the ballet's beginnings in the USSR.

[innopac]

THE ART OF THE DANCE IN THE USSR by Mary Grace Swift (University of Notre Dame Press, 1968) has some good details about the ballet's beginnings in the USSR.

Thank you so much!

[miliosr]

London's GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design has mounted a show of photographs, costume designs and other materials pertaining to The Bolt:

http://www.grad-london.com

[California]

Does anyone know where there is either a detailed description in English of the original production The Bolt by Shostakovich or a translation of the libretto by Viktor Smirnov?

My copy of Bolt includes a nice booklet, with color photographs, the Smirnov libretto, and a lengthy (5 pages) report on the history of the ballet (by Simon Morrison), in French, English, and German. For anyone curious about Ratmansky's interest in Shostakovich, this is worth getting. I can't imagine it will ever be shown in North America, but it tells us a lot about the arts in the Soviet Union.

http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Bolt-Anastasia-Yatsenko/dp/B000NVL4MY/

[yudi]

There are many video records of interviews with Ratmansky, the stage set designer, the music conductor, E. Smirnova & V. Smirnov, on my Bolt DVD. A Lot of detailed information about the ballet story, its background, ideas to choreograph and set-design, music analysis of Bolt. All video clips are with English/French subtitles.