Don Quijote
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus
Don Quijote
The famous knightly story of the eponymous novel by Miguel de Cervantes that depicts the absurd visions and adventures of Don Quijote, follows the original ballet libretto and concentrates on the romantic couple of Kitri and Basil.
Ballet is returning to us after almost quarter of a century. It celebrates the virtuosity and grace in Spanish temperament. The new take on the well-known classical ballet, presented on virtually all stages around the world, offers an exceptional ballet experience – one of the most challenging ones for the dancers, and one of the most beautiful ones for the audience, full of joy and contagious energy.
scene
The Grand Theatre
opening night
13. 11. 2021
last night
20. 5. 2023
reprise
17
length of performance
135 min
Creators
- Editing of the libretto and direction:
- Jiří Pokorný
- Choreography:
- Jiří Pokorný, Nelly Danko
- Music:
- Ludwig Minkus
- Musical Arrangement:
- John Lanchbery
- Musical arrangement:
- Norbert Baxa
- Conductors:
- Josef Kurfiřt / Norbert Baxa
- Stage Design:
- Daniel Dvořák
- Costume:
- Dana Haklová
- Light Design:
- Antonín Pfleger
- Assistant Choreographer:
- Zuzana Hradilová, Markéta Pospíšilová
- Assistant director:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Stage manager:
- Petr Šmaus
Prersons and actors
- Don Quijote:
- Grzegorz Mołoniewicz
- Sancho Panza:
- Miroslav Suda / Richard Ševčík
- Lorenzo:
- Petr Stopka
- Kitri:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa
- Basil:
- Karel Audy / Gaëtan Pires / Richard Ševčík
- Camacho:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Espada:
- Karel Audy / Justin Rimke
- Mercedes:
- Sara Aurora Antikainen / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Květinářky:
- Abigail Jayne Baker / Kristýna Miškolciová / Margarida Gonçalves, Victoria Svetlana Roemer / Kristina Pires
- Dryáda:
- Frances Baker Lydia / Mami Mołoniewicz / Gaia Ponzio / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Amor:
- Shiori Nirasawa / Victoria Svetlana Roemer / Kristina Pires
- Cikán:
- Mátyás Szilveszter Sántha
- Cikánka:
- Andronika Tarkošová
- Kčmář:
- Jiří Žalud
- Krčmářka:
- Aneta Pašková
- Toreadoři:
- Karel Audy, Gaëtan Pires, Justin Rimke, Vojtěch Jansa, Mátyás Szilveszter Sántha, Angelos Antoniou
- Pas de deux entrance:
- Luisa Dawn Isenring, Avril Wieland / Gemma Marco, Kristina Pires / Victoria Svetlana Roemer, Abigail Jayne Baker / Kristýna Miškolciová / Sari Takizawa / Margarida Gonçalves, Kotono Choda / Lucia Marti Perez, Alyssia Caldonazzi / Sakura Yamada
- Seguidilla:
- Andronika Tarkošová, Alyssia Caldonazzi, Lýdie Švojgerová / Gemma Marco, Adéla Krandová, Kristýna Miškolciová / Victoria Svetlana Roemer / Sari Takizawa, Aneta Pašková, Avril Wieland / Kotono Choda, Luisa Dawn Isenring, Margarida Gonçalves, Avril Negre, Miroslav Suda, Thierry Lynn Jaquemet, Karel Roubíček, Giacomo Mori, Riccardo Giorgio Gregolin
- Cikáni:
- Aneta Pašková, Lýdie Švojgerová / Gemma Marco, Alyssia Caldonazzi, Adéla Krandová, Kristýna Miškolciová, Margarida Gonçalves, Miroslav Suda, Thierry Lynn Jaquemet, Karel Roubíček, Giacomo Mori, Riccardo Giorgio Gregolin, Vojtěch Jansa
- Dryády:
- Abigail Jayne Baker, Alyssia Caldonazzi, Margarida Gonçalves / Sari Takizawa, Kristina Pires, Avril Negre, Victoria Svetlana Roemer / Shiori Nirasawa / Kotono Choda, Michela Quartiero, Lucia Marti Perez, Avril Wieland / Kristýna Miškolciová, Luisa Dawn Isenring, Gemma Marco, Kokona Morizumi
- Orchestr opery DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root, Irena Štěrbová
Premiere on 13th November in JK Tyl Theatre.
