The Flames of Paris
16 August - 17 August 2013 | Main Stage
Alexei Ratmansky’s revival of a revolutionary ballet by Vasily Vainonen is given its UK premiere by the celebrated Bolshoi Ballet.
When to see it
Booking for 16 August 2013 - 17 August 2013 opens
- Booking opened 9 April 2013 for General Public.
- Booking opened 12 March 2013 for Friends of Covent Garden.
- Booking opened 1 March 2013 for Supporting Friends.
- Booking opened 27 February 2013 for Premium 1 Friends.
- Booking opened 26 February 2013 for Premium 2 Friends.
SOLD OUT
Saturday 17 August 2013, 2.00pm | Main Stage
- Sorokin
- Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
- Shipulina
- Volchkov
100+ Tickets
Saturday 17 August 2013, 7.30pm | Main Stage
- Sorokin
- Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
- Alexandrova
- Lantratov
100+ Tickets
News and features
The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Covent Garden this summer
The Moscow-based company brings a mix of classics and new work.
Background
The Bolshoi Ballet presents the first UK performance of Alexei Ratmansky’s revival of a classic ballet by Vasily Vainonen. The Flames of Paris depicts the tumultuous era of the French Revolution and contains one of the most stunning pas de deux in the whole of the ballet repertory. The work was first performed in Leningrad in 1932 and features a powerfully evocative score by Boris Asafiev.
Bolshoi Ballet
Running times
The performance will last for about 2 hrs 10 minutes | Including one interval. Act One will last for about 54 minutes, followed by a 30 minute interval. Act Two will last for about 45 minutes.
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