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The Bolshoi Ballet

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In tonight's exclusive television performance this great company dance two of the new productions that are part of the repertoire in their present season at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Carmen Suite
A new one-act ballet with choreography by Alberto Alonso to Bizet's well-known music, freely arranged especially for The Bolshoi by Rodion Shchedrin

Legend of Love
The London premiere of this one-act ballet to the music of Arif Melikov with original choreography by Yuri Grigorovich on his first visit with the company to London as its Artistic Director

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Leader, Charles Taylor
Conductor, Alexander Kopylov
Televised by arrangement with The Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Victor Hochhauser
Introduced by Christopher Gable

(Colour)

Contributors

Choreography (Carmen Suite):
Alberto Alonso
Freely arranged by (Carmen Suite):
Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen:
Maya Plisetskaya
Don Jose:
Nikolai Fadeyechev
Escamillo:
Sergei Radchenko
Fate:
Natalia Kasatkina
Toreador:
Alexander Lavrenuk
Carmen's friends:
Tatiana Domashevskaya
Carmen's friends:
Valerie Kochanovskaya
Carmen's friends:
Natalia Ryzhenko
Music (Legend of Love):
Arif Melikov
Choreography (Legend of Love)/artistic director and chief choreographer:
Yuri Grigorovich
Queen Mekhmeney Banu:
Nina Timofeyeva
Shirin, her sister:
Natalia Bessmertnova
Ferkhad:
Mikhail Lavrovsky
Vizier:
Alexander Lavrenuk
Dancers:
Natalia Kasatkina
Dancers:
Elena Khollna
Jester:
Evgeny Zernov
Shirin's companions:
Tatiana Domashevskaya
Shirin's companions:
Galina Kozlova
Shirin's companions:
Natalia Poznyakova
Musicians:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Orchestra leader:
Charles Taylor
Orchestra conductor:
Alexander Kopylov
Chief Designer:
Suliko Virsaladze
Director and Artistic Administrator:
Mikhail Chulaki
Presenter:
Christopher Gable
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Source: Radio Times

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