Bolshoi Live in HD
Bolshoi Season Overview
Beginning in October 2011, for the first time audiences in eight venues in Ireland can see a full season of live performances by the legendary Bolshoi Ballet transmitted live in HD by satellite from the Stage of the great Bolshoi Theatre in the heart of Moscow .
Arguably the world’s greatest and most famous ballet company, this new departure by the Bolshoi Ballet will bring thrilling live performances of the greatest of world class ballet productions to audiences all around Ireland and throughout the world. There is all of the thrill and excitement of a real live performance, fabulous sound and pictures, along with the feeling that you have the best seats in the house and are part of audience in the theatre.
| 2011-12 Bolshoi live in HD Season | |||
| Esmeralda | Cesare Pugni. | (live) | Sunday 9th October 2011 at 4 pm |
| The Sleeping Beauty | Tchaikowsky. | (live) | Sunday 20th November 2011 at 3pm |
| The Nutcracker | Tchaikowsky. | (recorded live) | Sunday 18th December 2011 at 3 pm |
| Le Corsaire | Adolphe Adam. | (live) | Sunday 11th March 2012 at 3 pm |
| The Bright Stream | Shostakovitch. | (live) | Sunday 29th April 2012 at 4 pm |
| Raymonda | Glazunov. | (live) | Sunday 24th June 2012 at 4 pm |
Sunday 9th October 2011 at 4pm
A sumptuous ballet in 3 acts and 5 scenes, based on the Victor Hugo story of Notre Dame de Paris (made famous on film as the Hunchback of Notre Dame)
The Poet Gringoire, sentenced to be hanged, is saved by the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda who agrees to marry him. Archdeacon Frollo, torn between his love for God and his obsession with the gypsy girl, sends his henchman Quasimodo to capture her. Esmeralda is rescued by Phoebus, the captain of the guard, who gives her his scarf as a souvenir. Later, alone, Esmeralda, starts dreaming about the handsome captain… Back to top
The Sleeping Beauty – Tchaikowsky
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Sunday 20th November 2011 at 3pm
Based on the well-known fairy tale, with a sumptuous score by Tchaikowsky, – the Sleeping Beauty is one of the world’s best loved ballets.
At the christening of princess Aurora, the evil fairy Carabosse throws a terrible curse upon her and predicts that she will prick her finger and die on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, the Lilac Fairy who has not yet offered her gift, lessens the curse: Aurora will be plunged into a deep sleep for a hundred years but will be awakened by a prince’s kiss. The fateful birthday arrives and the king and queen urge the beautiful princess to choose a husband. Having forgotten about diabolical Carabosse, they do not notice that, disguised as an old woman, Carabosse is approaching Aurora… Back to top
The Nutcracker – Tchaikowsky (Recorded live)
Sunday 18th December 2011 at 3pm
The perennial Christmas favourite of toys who come to life at night –with magical music by Tchaikowsky.
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, offers her a nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. At midnight, after the celebrations are over, Marie watches a miracle: the Christmas tree begins to grow, the toys come to life and all the lead soldiers are under Nutcracker’s command. The Mouse King and its army of mice declare war. Nutcracker flies to Marie’s rescue as she is threatened by the mouse army… Back to top
Le Corsaire – Adolphe Adam
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Sunday 11th March 2012 at 3pm
A swashbuckling romantic tale of the rescue of a beautiful slave from her tyrannical master by a handsome pirate – with some of ballet’s most famous individual passages, including the famous Pas de Deux.
Medora, a young Greek girl, is sold by a slave dealer. The pirate Conrad seizes Medora and declares his love for her. Conrad’s right-hand-man, who is jealous of Conrad, sends Medora back to the slave dealer who sells her back to her former owner. Conrad and his men show up to take Medora away again but he is recognized through his disguise, captured, and sentenced to death. To save his life, Medora, now in love with Conrad, plots with another slave girl, Gulnare, and tricks her owner into marrying Gulnare. That evening Medora dances for Pasha, convinces him to lay down his weapons, and Conrad enters to take her away. The ship on which Medora and Conrad escape sinks in a terrible storm but the two lovers are saved when they wash up on a rocky island.” Back to top
The Bright Stream- Shostakovitch
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Sunday 29th April 2012 at 4pm
The Bolshoi’s production of the Bright Stream has been described as one of the funniest ballets ever seen on stage, when a big city dance troupe visits a collective farm to perform for the bemused workers.
During a harvest festival on a collective farm in the Russian steppes, a Moscow dance troupe arrives from the big city to entertain the workers, causing all manner of hilarious trouble when they interact formally and informally with the locals in the process. With a sparkling and witty score by the great Dmitri Shostakovitch, The Bright Stream is a rich, comedy of errors love story with mistaken identities, hilarious deceptions and happy resolutions. Back to top
Raymonda – Glazunov
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Sunday 24th June 2012 at 4pm
To a lush exotic score by Alexander Glazunov, Raymonda tells the tale of a French noblewoman betrothed to a Crusader Knight, and her attempted abduction by a spurned Saracen rival for her affections.
Raymonda has said farewell to her betrothed Knight as he leaves on the crusades. Subsequently a saracen knight appears at a royal event and makes a terrifying declaration of love to her. Rejected, he attempts to abduct her, but is foiled by the return of her betrothed, who defeats his rival in single combat. The Ballet ends with the famous celebratory Hungarian dance in honour of the Hungarian King. Back to top
