Raymonda - Glazunov | Novikova, Vogel (La Scala 2011)

Raymonda, ballet in 3 Acts, live broadcast from Teatro alla Scala, Milan 2011.

Raymonda (Russian: Раймонда) is a grand ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Alexander Glazunov (his opus 57) and libretto by Lydia Pashkova. Raymonda was created especially for the benefit performance of the prima ballerina Pierina Legnani, and first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1898 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The choreography and mise-en-scène of the Imperial Ballet's original production of Raymonda was recorded in 1905 in the method of Stapanov choreographic notation during rehearsals for performances starring the renowned Russian ballerina Olga Preobrajenskaya in the title role.

In 2011 Sergei Vikharev utilized the notation to stage a new version of Raymonda for the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala. The production also restored the original décor and costumes from designs prepared for the first production of 1898.

Music by Aleksandr Glazunov
Libretto by Lidia Pashkova and Marius Petipa, based on a medieval legend.

Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor - Mikhail Yurovsky

Choreography - Marius Petipa (1898)
Choreographic revivel and staging- Sergei Vikharev

Cast & Characters:
Raymonda, niece of Countess de Doris - Olesya Novikova
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiancé - Friedemann Vogel
Abderakhman, Saracen knight - Mick Zeni

Corps de ballet of Teatro alla Scala
Ballet Director - Makhar Vaziev

With the participation of the students of Accademia Teatro alla Scala Ballet School, directed by Frédéric Olivieri.