Organization

Admin

Opéra National de Paris

Orchestra

Paris Opera Orchestra

Ballet

Ballet de l’Opéra

Direttore d'orchestra

Vello Pähn

Regia

Coreografia (+2)

Rudolf Nurejew

Scenografia

Scenografia (+2)

Ezio Frigerio

Costumi

Costumi (+1)

Franca Squarciapino

Luci

Vinicio Cheli

Opéra Bastille

Coreografia

Ballerino

Bleuenn Battistoni

Principessa Aurora

Guillaume Diop

Principe Desire (Florimondo)

Sae Eun Park

Paul Marque

Dorothée Gilbert

Ballerino (+1)

Léonore Baulac

Marc Moreau

Valentine Colasante

Hannah O'Neill

Germain Louvet

Amandine Albisson

When Rudolf Nureyev came to Paris in 1961 on tour with the Kirov, shortly before he applied for political asylum, he captived audiences at the Palais Garnier in the role of the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty. Thirty years later, he proposed a new choreography of what he considered to be “the ballet of ballets” for the Paris Opera Ballet.

While retaining the spectacular enchantment of the ballet and the sparkling charm of Tchaikovsky’s music, he brought a new balance to Marius Petipa’s original choreography by giving more prominence to the male roles, particularly that of the Prince.

Absent from the Paris Opera stage for ten years, there is no doubt that Aurora and Désiré, the Lilac Fairy and the Blue Bird, not forgetting the terrible Carabosse, will fascinate new generations.

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