ami1436 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 The Bolshoi will be performing in... Chapel Hill!!!!!!! in June. http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/perf...9a-1401d501e54b Casting is as follows: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill Don Quixote June 10, 7.30 pm Kitri - Maria Alexandrova Basilio - Andrei Uvarov June 11, 7.30 pm Kitri - Yekaterina Shipulina Basilio - Alexander Volchkov Swan Lake June 13, 8.00 pm Odette-Odile - Anna Nikulina Prince Siegfried - Andrei Uvarov The Evil Genius - Artem Shpilevsky June 14, 2.00 pm Odette-Odile - Yekaterina Krysanova Prince Siegfried - Alexander Volchkov The Evil Genius – Yuri Baranov I sadly missed out on the chance to buy tickets due to some rather complicated distractions, but am still (pointlessly?) searching for possible opening night tickets for Alexandrova in Don Q. I've seen Shipulina before, but can't quite imagine her as Kitri. Thoughts? Or thoughts on Swan Lake casting? Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 The Bolshoi will be performing in... Chapel Hill!!!!!!! in June. http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/perf...9a-1401d501e54b Casting is as follows: Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill Don Quixote June 10, 7.30 pm Kitri - Maria Alexandrova Basilio - Andrei Uvarov June 11, 7.30 pm Kitri - Yekaterina Shipulina Basilio - Alexander Volchkov Swan Lake June 13, 8.00 pm Odette-Odile - Anna Nikulina Prince Siegfried - Andrei Uvarov The Evil Genius - Artem Shpilevsky June 14, 2.00 pm Odette-Odile - Yekaterina Krysanova Prince Siegfried - Alexander Volchkov The Evil Genius – Yuri Baranov I sadly missed out on the chance to buy tickets due to some rather complicated distractions, but am still (pointlessly?) searching for possible opening night tickets for Alexandrova in Don Q. I've seen Shipulina before, but can't quite imagine her as Kitri. Thoughts? Or thoughts on Swan Lake casting? Kitri is not Shipulina's best role by any means, and Volchkov isn't really your dream Basilio either. If choice is allowed, go for Alexandrova/Uvarov in Don Q and Krysanova/Volchkov in Swan Lake. Krysanova has to my mind developed into one of the company's most interesting young ballerinas. Link to comment
ami1436 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 With all the changes in casting at the Kennedy Center, I thought I'd check to see if Chapel Hill's casting is still accurate? Link to comment
emilienne Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 With all the changes in casting at the Kennedy Center, I thought I'd check to see if Chapel Hill's casting is still accurate? Bolshoi has apparently added a gala event, "An Evening with the Bolshoi", as some sort of fund raising event on that Saturday (13 June). Aside from the original casting announcement dated April, the website itself lists no corrections to the casts, so it's questionable whether the box office knows. It's probably worth calling about, however. Their website: http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/ Also, when I looked to buy tickets for my family about a month ago, tickets had sold out for all but the Shipulina Don Q. However, now the box office reports "limited availability" on all dates. Emi Link to comment
ami1436 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Thanks, Emi -- the 'gala' is a dinner followed by premier seats for Swan Lake (an expensive dinner at that!): http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/perf...ab-8f1838e4cf36 Link to comment
ami1436 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Just to add -- I'm totally frustrated by how expensive the tickets are! Link to comment
ami1436 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 just a note -- now it looks like they don't know who will be Basilio tomorrow! And Shipulina replaces Nikulina on Saturday http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/season/press-offi...x.php?id26=1175 Link to comment
Helene Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Does Uvarov dance Basilio? He was scheduled for two Solors with Gracheva in Berkeley, but Tsiskaridze replaced him in the first and Volchkov in the second, at least according to the substitution insert. Link to comment
ami1436 Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 I think we in NC may have lucked out -- replacing Uvarov was....... Vasiliev! When I saw that on the cast sheet I was a bit scared -- he's short! They're about the same height flat and she towered over him en pointe -- but he managed very well, including the one handed lifts. The biggest issue height-wise were finger pirouettes.... a larger problem may have been the stage.... it's small for this company (I felt that in Act I and Act III they maybe could have not used the entire set -- especially the back stairs, and that in Act 1 they could have had less people on stage during the main solos). They did change some choreography to deal with the stage size, and considering the amount of rosin used, I'm guessing the stage was pretty slippery -- luckily no accidents. However, I'm downplaying everything.... it was a fabulous performance, with a sold-out appreciative audience that stopped everything after the Grand Pas for a standing O -- and another full standing O at the end. I'll write more, including casting, in the morning. Link to comment
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