Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka
Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s finally free before realizing that she’s in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with the famous Torero Escamillo, but she can’t make Don José go away. Petruska: At Saint-Petersburg’s carnival, three puppets are playing the same role over and over: the unhappy lover Petrushka, the coquette and a Moor. Fed up with this endless part that never goes well for him, Petrushka attacks his rival and flees from the puppets theater. Carmen Suite, staged by Alberto Alonso, is a one act ballet about a passionate, free-spirited woman caught in a love triangle. Stanislavsky’s Petrushka, choreographed by Edward Clug, encapsulates the story of a puppet that came to life, burdened by the human emotions of love, jealousy, and rage. Both stories envelop the characters which refuse to abide by the rules, to whom even the thought of submission is repulsive.
Cast
Svetlana Zakharova
as Carmen
Denis Rodkin
as Jose
Mikhail Lobukhin
as Torero
Vitaly Biktimirov
as Corregidor
Olga Marchenkova
as Fate
Denis Savin
as Petrushka
Ekaterina Krysanova
as The Ballerina
Dmitry Dorokhov
as Moor
Vyacheslav Lopatin
as Charlatan
Karim Abdullin
as Young Merchants
