The ballet "The Hunchback Horse" has returned to the Bolshoi Theater

The ballet "The Hunchback Horse" has returned to the Bolshoi Theatre. The work of composer Rodion Shchedrin became the third ballet in the line of the children's repertoire of the GABTA on the Historical Stage, besides "The Nutcracker" and "Don Quixote."

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Prince Siegfried was brought to the fore, not Odette and Odile.

Valery Gergiev, General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, became the musical director of the premiere. The leading soloists of the ballet company are engaged in the performance. Izvestia attended the premiere.

The cost of tickets for the production is impressive. The price in the stalls is 50 thousand rubles. In addition, the letter rows appeared — A and B. This means that by buying a ticket to the front row, the audience will be on the third floor from the orchestra pit. The cheapest seat in the gallery is 5 thousand. A standing ticket costs 1,250 rubles, but it is difficult to get it.

The running time of Shchedrin's work is 2 hours and 40 minutes. Choreographer Maxim Petrov slightly doctored the original, but also returned to the performance the numbers that were not performed in other productions.

Petrov invited the artist to perform at the Bolshoi Theater — Juliana Laikova was responsible for the design of the play. She decided to give preference to a restrained performance design. The costumes of the heroes are dominated by gray. The decorations are made in the same cold shade. She dilutes monochrome gray with accents of red. The combination of these colors in clothes is a classic.

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A rather big horse: the ballet "The Hunchback Horse" has returned to the Bolshoi Theater