ballet in three acts and a prologue Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Libretto: Nacho Duato after Ivan Vsevolozhsky Choreography: Nacho Duato
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
Stage and Costume Design: Angelina Atlagić Assistant to the Stage Designer adapting the artistic solutions to technical performance: Oleg Molchanov
Assistants to the Stage Designer: Magdalena Vlajić, Branko Cvijić
Costume Engineering: Alla Marusina
Music Director of the production: Peter Feranec
Assistant to the Choreographer: Tony Fabre
Premiere of the production: December 16, 2011
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Performance has two intervals
The Mikhailovsky Theatre has received an absolutely new production of the classical Sleeping Beauty. The renowned Spanish choreographer, Artistic Director of the Mikhailovsky Ballet Nacho Duato has told the famous fairytale in his own way, preserving the incredibly romantic and magical spirit of this famous ballet. Duato’s style, recognizable even in the classical ballet, his light humour and legendary musicality captivate the audience and retain their attention to the very last second.