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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – The Czar’s Last Daughter

Staging team

  • Conductor: P. Šnajdr
  • Choreography: Y. Vámos
  • Stage director: Y. Vámos
  • Libreto: Y. Vámos
  • Set designer: M. Scott
  • Costume designer: M. Scott
  • Lighting designer: K. Gärditz
  • Assistant choreographer: A. Afanassiev, J. Cuoco, M. Šebor, A. Ščekaleva, H. Vláčilová
  • Assistant choreographers, children´s parts: L. Kjellsson, P. Ďumbalová

Cast

One of the most successful European choreographers of our time, Yuri Vámos, has won acclaim for his highly individual adaptations of such ballet classics as The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, or Spartacus. In his version of The Sleeping Beauty, he transformed, in close collaboration with the stage artist Michael Scott, the traditional fairy-tale subject into a spectacular ballet drama dealing with the happy life and tragic end of the Russian imperial family. In the ballet’s scenes set at the court, he evokes the figure of Anna Anderson, who spent her whole life in the belief of being the Tsar’s daughter. In Anna Anderson-Anastasia’s recollections, aristocratic scenes in the imperial palace metamorphose into images of an innocent childhood spent amid splendour, as well as into a reminiscence of the classical Russian ballet with all its virtuoso attributes. The production promises a very special experience to look forward to by all lovers of strong story-telling, as well as by aficionados of top-class mastery of the art of ballet.

Premiere: Jan 23, 2010

Response in the press

“It surely has plenty to offer to the ballet lover. Fine, and often even surprising performances delivered by members of the Prague State Opera’s recently formed ballet ensemble, attest to their dancing skills and their ambition to display them to the maximum … It proved a major experience to see again in Prague, cast in the leading parts, Andrea Kramešová and Filip Veverka, two remarkable Czech dancers who have excelled during the last few years on international stages.”

Marcela Benoniová, Prague, Právo, February 2, 2010

“Dancing the lead role of Anna/Anastasia at the January 23 premiere, guest performer Andrea Kramešová was dazzling… She is very convincing – her emotionally charged Anna really lives the story from the beginning. And she makes a good match with her dance partner, Filip Veverka in the role of Neznámý … Among the members of the Prague State Opera ballet company, Veaceslav Burlac shines as Tsarevich Alexei … The Prague State Opera orchestra, led by young Czech conductor Pavel Šnajdr, was also impressive. An untraditional production, Sleeping Beauty – The Czar’s Last Daughter is a very special experience that will leave a lasting impression on all ballet lovers.”

Johana Mücková, Prague, Prague Post, February 3, 2010

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