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Walpurgis Night (Divertimento)

Leonid Lavrovsky

The choreographic reworking of the fifth act of the opera Faust performed by Lavrovsky recreates the Bacchanal of Mephistopheles and combines figures of the most demanding classical technique with a sensuality that anticipates some of the main trends of modern choreography.

  • World premiere by: the Ballet Theater Bolshoi at Bolshoi Theater, Moscow (Russia), 1941
  • Premiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza: (Ballet del Teatro Lírico Nacional) at Grand Teatre Liceu, Barcelona (Spain), May 19th 1988
La-noche-de-Walpurgis-portada

Información

  • Coreography:
    Leonid Lavrovsky
  • Music:
    Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
  • Musical Performance:
    Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Armando Gatto (conductor)
  • Staging:
    Azari Plisetski, Valentina Savina
  • Set Design:
    Gran Teatre del Liceu
  • Costume Design:
    Arrigo & Milá
  • Running time:
    20 minutes
  • Premiere cast CND:
    Arantxa Argüelles, Hans Tino, Raúl Tino; Adriana Salgado, María Luisa Delgado, Rosanna López (ninfas); Javier Serrano, Luis Martín Oya, Eduardo Castro, José Manuel Armas (sátiros) and corps de ballet