M/K Don Quixote (7pm-St. Petersburg)

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Don Quixote

grand ballet in four acts (seven scenes) with a prologue

Music: Ludwig Minkus

Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (1902)

Tatyana Tkachenko

Mikhail Lobukhin

Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (1902) after Marius Petipa

(Gypsy and Oriental Dances choreographed: Nina Anisimova)

Libretto: Marius Petipa based on the novel: Miguel de Cervantes

Set design: Alexander Golovin and Konstantin Korovin

Restoration of sets: Mikhail Shishliannikov

Costume design: Konstantin Korovin

World premiere: 14 December 1869, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow (choreography by Marius Petipa)

Premiere of Alexander Gorsky´s version: 6 December 1900, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Premiere of Alexander Gorsky´s version in St Petersburg: 20 January 1902, Mariinsky Theatre

Running time: 3 hours