The Firebird / In the Night / Raymonda Act III: Mixed: The Firebird
Saturday 22 December 2012, 12.30pm
Main Stage
Booking for 22 December 2012 - 11 January 2013 opens
- Booking opened 17 October 2012 for General Public.
- Booking opened 19 September 2012 for Friends of Covent Garden.
- Booking opened 7 September 2012 for Supporting Friends.
- Booking opened 5 September 2012 for Premium 1 Friends.
- Booking opened 4 September 2012 for Premium 2 Friends.
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The Firebird / In the Night / Raymonda Act III
Exotic, evocative and classically grand: this stunning mixed programme of ballets is a Christmas treat for the grown-up palate..
The Firebird
Good is pitted against evil in Mikhail Fokine's dramatic tale of a magical Firebird – a classic of 20th-century ballet.
Credits
| Choreography | Mikhail Fokine |
| Music | Igor Stravinsky |
| Designs | Natalia Goncharova |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Original staging | Sergey Grigoriev |
| Original staging | Lubov Tchernicheva |
| Staging | Christopher Carr |
Performers
| Conductor | Barry Wordsworth |
| Principal | Itziar Mendizabal |
| Principal | Bennet Gartside |
| Principal | Tara-Brigite Bhavnani |
| Principal | Gary Avis |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
In the Night
Jerome Robbins’s ballet, accompanied by Chopin’s piano nocturnes, hints at chandelier-lit ballrooms and romantic rendezvous.
Credits
| Choreography | Jerome Robbins |
| Music | Fryderyk Chopin |
| Costume designs | Anthony Dowell |
| Staging | Christine Redpath |
Performers
| Conductor | Barry Wordsworth |
| Principal | Sarah Lamb |
| Principal | Zenaida Yanowsky |
| Principal | Alina Cojocaru |
| Principal | Federico Bonelli |
| Principal | Nehemiah Kish |
| Principal | Johan Kobborg |
| Solo piano | Robert Clark |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Raymonda Act III
The final act of Raymonda contains some of the greatest choreography in Russian ballet and was adapted by Rudolf Nureyev.
Credits
| Choreography | Rudolf Nureyev |
| Music | Alexander Glazunov |
| Designs | Barry Kay |
| Lighting design | John B Read |
| Staging | Christopher Carr |
Performers
| Conductor | Barry Wordsworth |
| Principal | Zenaida Yanowsky |
| Principal | Christina Arestis |
| Principal | Ryoichi Hirano |
| Principal | Nehemiah Kish |
| Orchestra | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
