Nijinsky - Gala XXII              Sunday 23. June 1996
            - Myth and Metamorphsis -
           ( Mythos und Metamorphose )

conductor : Markus Lehtinen
orchestra : Das Philhaomonische Staatsorcheter

I
The Saga of King Arthur
( Artus - Saga )
music : Tibetan Music,
          Jean Sibelius 2 movement of Symphony No.1

choreography :
John Neumeier
Merlin : Janusz Mazon
Sea : Joelle Boulogne, LauraCazzaniga
Heather Jurgensen, Chantal Lefevre
Odette Borchert, Karin Brennan, Catherine Dumont, Anne-Catherine Haller, Natalia Horecna, Emilija Jovanovic, Niurka Moredo, Karen Niles, Eva Perez, Sakura Shimizu, Vanessa Tamburi, Joanne White
King Arthurr : Ivan Liska
Queen Ginevra : Anna Polikarpova
Sir Lancelot of Sea : Lloyd Riggins
Court Ladies of Queen : Silvia Azzoni, Valeria Chmilnicka, Lisa Cueto, Joelle Henry, Sonya Herrmann, Dina Kirkdorffer, Megumi Kondo, Diana Martinez Morales, Adela Pollertova, Parvaneh Scharafali
Knights : Alexander Auld, Radoslaw Boguski, Jacek Bres, Johan Holten, Carsten Jung, Vladimir Kocic, Graeme Mears, Jacopo Munari, Shintaro O-ue, Jacek Tyski
Tristan music : Hans Werner Henze
choreography :
John Neumeier
piano : Homero Francesch
Isolde : Chantal Lefevre
Tristam : Gamal Gouda
Blanchefleur : Laura Cazzaniga
Sea : Odette Borchert, Karin Brennan, Catherine Dumont, Anne-Catherine Haller, Natalia Horecna, Emilija Jovanovic, Niurka Moredo, Karen Niles, Eva Perez, Sakura Shimizu, Vanessa Tamburi, Joanne White
Ondine
 ( Undine )
music : Hans Werner Henze
choreography :
John Neumeier
set : Yannis Kokkos
Ondine, the little mermaid : Raffaela Renzi
Hans, Captain : Maximiliano Guerra
Der Meerhexer : Kim David McCarthy
Meresungeheuer : Carsten Jung, Vladimir Kocic, Jacopo Munari, Nicolas Musin, Radik Zaripov
Sea : Jiri Bubenicek, Otto Bubenicek
Pas de deux from
Diana and Aktaeon
music : Cesare Pugni
choreography :
Agrippina Waganowa
Clairemarie Osta, Nicolas le Riche
II
Fratres music : Arvo Part
choreography :
John Neumeier
violin : Thomas C. Wolf, Jendrik Springer
piano : Guenter Herzfeld
Karen Kain
Jiri Bubenicek, Nicolas Musin, Ivan Urban, Kim David McCarthy
Pas de deux from II Act
Swan Lake
( Schwanensee )
music : Peter I. Tschaikowsky
choreography :
Lew Iwanow
violin :
Thomas C. Wolf
violoncello :
Klaus Wunderer
Anna Polikarpova
Otto Bubenicek
Don't look back music : Rene Aubry
choreography :
Carolyn Carlson
light design : Francois St. Cyr
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
III
Peer Gynt

Peers Geburt, seine Aspekte
Peer und Solveig -
die Andere und ihr Kind
Tod der Mutter
music : Alfred Schnittke
choreography :
John Neumeier
set & cosume :
Juergen Rose
Peer Gynt : Ivan Liska
Aase, his Mother :
Anna Grabka
Peer's Aspects
Kindheit ( Childhood ) :
Shintaro O-ue
Fliegen ( Flying ) :
Janusz Mazon
Erotik ( Erotic ) :
Lloyd Riggins
Draufgaenger :
Jiri Bubenicek
Aggression :
Otto Bubenicek
Zweifel :
Jacopo Munari
Anima :
Heather Jurgensen

Solveig :
Heather Jurgensen
Die Andere :
Chantal Lefevre
ihr Kind ( her Child ) :
Shintaro O-ue
Mads Moen :
Radik Zaripov
Solveigs Eltern :
Diana Martinez Morales, Eduardo Bertini
Norwegische Bergbauern und Trolle
Hello
premiere
music : George Couroupos
choreography :
John Neumeier
violoncello : Yuri Charlotte Bertelmann
piano :
Guenther Herzfeld
Margaret Illumann
Lloyd Riggins
Giselle
extract
music : Adolphe Adam
choreography : Mats Ek
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
Nicolas Le Riche
The dying Swan
( Der sterbende Schwan )
music : Camille Saint-Saens
choreography : Michail Fokine
violoncello : Klaus Wunderer
Maja Plissetzkaja
Odyssey
( Odyssee )
Telemachos und alle anderen
music : George Couroupos
choreography : John Neimeier
Ivan Urban
Hamburg Ballet Ensemble