Carmen Suite / Scheherazade

Attention! Event rescheduled from 05.04 to 27.05. All tickets remain valid on the new date.

On May 27, the main event of Spring is on the stage of the Kirovograd Regional Philharmonic Society! Ekaterina Kukhar in the ballet Carmen and Scheherazade!

A real evening of Spanish and Eastern passion and performed by the prima ballerina of the National Opera of Ukraine, the judge of the show "Dancing with the Stars" and the best ballerina of Ukraine Yekaterina Kuhar.

(Ekaterina Kuhar) Ekaterina Kukhar - prima ballerina of the National Opera of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of international competitions. She is invited to dance to the best ballet scenes in the world, and in Ukraine, thanks to her name, ballet art has more fans. Ekaterina Kukhar is a symbol of modern Ukrainian ballet. She draws with her body every detail in the dance neatly and beautifully, from turning her head to her fingertips, and her dramatic talent will help the viewer literally live with her ballerina the story of her characters.

About the performance

Carmen Suite is a masterpiece of world ballet. The story of the tragic fate of the gypsy Carmen and the soldier Jose who blindly fell in love with her, whom she abandons for the sake of young Torero. A love triangle that ends in tragedy will not leave you indifferent.
The content of the novel by Prosper Merimee, which is revealed in the opera in four acts, is condensed into one in the ballet. The ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya stood at the origins of the idea of the ballet on the opera Carmen. For her, the Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso composed the libretto and choreography of Carmen Suite, and her husband and composer Rodion Shchedrin wrote a transcription for the ballet.

Libretto: based on the novel by Prosper Merimee Carmen: Alberto Alonso
Choreography: Alberto Alonso
Music: Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin
Ballet for 1 act

About the ballet "Scheherazade"

In the shah’s harem, Zobeida is trying to appease her husband. But Shahriar is gloomy: Brother Zeman, the ruler of Persia, who came to him, assures us that the shah’s wives are unfaithful. Shahriar announces that he is going hunting. In his absence, the inhabitants of the harem beg the chief eunuch to let their lovers, slaves, into the harem. Suddenly returning Shakhriar finds wives having fun with lovers. Zobeida herself in the arms of Zolotov slave. Janissaries of the ruler Shahriar for the treason with sabers execute wives and slaves. Zobeida prays to leave her life, but, having received a refusal, kills herself.

Libretto and Choreography: Mikhail Fokin
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ballet for 1 act

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