Nijinsky - Gala XXVII           Sunday, 15 July 2001
               - Giselle and Friends -


This program is from 2001 Year Book.


conductor : Howard Williams
orchestra : Das Philharmonische Staasorchester

I
2 Act from
Der Nussknacker
( The Nutcracker)		 music : Peter I. Tschaikowsky
choreography : John Neumeier
set & costume : Juergen Rose
premiere : 27. Oct. 1974, Hamburg Ballett, Staatsoper		 Marie : Natalia Wojciechowska
Drosselneier : Radik Zaripov
Guenther : Milan Jarosch
Louise : Anna Grabka
Ballet soloists and Corps de Ballet of Royal Theater : Students of Hamburg Ballt School
from
Blumenfest von Genzano
( The Flower Festival in Genzano)		 music : Edvard Helsted and Holger Simon Pauli
choreography : August Bournonville
premiere : 9. Dec. 1985, Koeniglich Daenisches Ballet, Kopenhagen		 Alina Cojocaru
Johan Kobborg
Royal Ballet, London
Pas de deux from 3 Act
Die Kameliendame
( The Lady of the Camellias )		 music : Frederic Chopin, Ballade in G minor op.23
choreography : John Neumeier
costume : Juergen Rose
premiere : 4. Nov. 1978, Stuttgarter Ballet, Wuerttembeigische Staatsoper, Stuttgart		 Marguerite Gautier : Anna Polikarpova
Armand Duval : Lloyd Riggins
from
Giselle		 music : Adolphe Adam
choreography : Mats Ek
set & costume : Marie-Louise Ekman
premiere : 1982 Cullbergbaletten		 Giselle : Beate Vollack
Albrecht : Norbert Graf
Bayerisches Staatsoper, Muenchen
Scene from 3 Act
Sylvia		 music : Leo Delibes
choreography : John Neumeier
set & costume : Yannis Kokkos
premiere : 30. June 1997, Ballet de i'Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier
premiere in Hamburg : 7. Dec. 1997, Hamburg Ballett, Staatsoper		 Sylvia : Heather Jurgensen
Aminta : Ivan Urban
Hamburg Ballet Ensemble
Pas de deux from
Le Corsaire		 music : Adolphe Adam arranged by Riccardo Drigo
choreography : Rudolf Nurejew after Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa
premiere : 23. Jan. 1859, Opera Paris
premiere by ABT : 25. Dec. 1962, Civic Opera House, Chicago		 Gillian Murphy
Eyhan Stiefel
Amerivan Ballet Theatre
II
Getting Closer music : Ned Porem, String Symphony
choreography : John Neumeier
premiere : 27. Oct. 1999, American Ballet Theater, New York		 Alexandre Riabko
Laura Cazzaniga, Jiri Bubenicek
Joelle Boulogne
Natalia Horecna, Helene Bouchet, Niurka Moredo, Adela Pollertova
Peter Dingle, Jacek Bres, Anton Alexandrov, Guido Warsany
Pas de deux from
Mercurial Manoeuvres		 music : Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Piano Concerto No.1, C major op. 35
choreography : Christopher Wheeldon
premiere : 28. Aprol 2000, New York City Ballet, Diamond Project, New York State Theater		 Silvia Azzoni, Carsten Jung
Study to
Blackbird		 music : Traditional music, arranged by Dirk Haubrich
choreography : Jiri Kylian
costume : Joke Visser
light : Henk Palmers
a performance before premiere : This pas de deux is a part of full-length work "Black Bird" which will be played at Saitama Arts Theatre in Saitama on 6. Doc. 2001		 Megumi Nakamura, Ken Ossola
from
Odyssee
( Odyssey )

A Retirement of Anna Grabka		 music : George Couroupos
choreography : John Neumeier
set : Yanis Kokkos
premiere : 20. Nov. 1995, Hamburg Ballett, Megaron Concert Hall, Athen
premiere in Hamburg : 17. Dec. 1995, Hamburg Ballett, Staatsoper		 The Goddes-Pallas Athene : Anna Grabka
Telemachos : Ivan Urban
III
2 Act from
Giselle		 music : Adolphe Adam
new choreography & staging : John Neumeier
traditional choreography : Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa
artistic advice : Natalia Makarova
set & costume : Yannis Kokkos
premiere : 10. Dec. 2000, Hamburg Ballett, Staatsoper		 Giselle : Elizabeth Loscavio
Albert : Ethan Stiefel*
Myrtha : Anna Polikarpova
Moyna : Izabella Milewska
Zulma : Adela Pollertova
Berthe : Anna Grabka
Hilarion : Carsten Jung
Hamburg Ballet Ensemble
* American Ballet Theatre