The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
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Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre
22 Jul 2025, Tue • 7 PM
The "star hour" of the drama ballet was heralded by the appearance in 1934 at the Leningrad Theatre, then not yet known as the Kirov, of the ball...
Composer:
Boris Asafyev
Cast:
Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Ballett
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
Premiere of this production:
28 September 1934,
The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Mariinsky), Leningrad
Prologue
Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria.
Act I
Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter of a noble Polish lord, are underway at the old castle. The castle is ablaze with lights and music can be heard. Maria and her bridegroom Vaslav appear in the dusky park. They are o ... Read More
Ballet
Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre
23 Jul 2025, Wed • 7 PM
The "star hour" of the drama ballet was heralded by the appearance in 1934 at the Leningrad Theatre, then not yet known as the Kirov, of the ball...
Cast:
Mariinsky Orchestra, Mariinsky Ballett
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
Premiere of this production:
28 September 1934,
The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Mariinsky), Leningrad
Prologue
Khan Ghirei is lost in reverie by the “Fountain of Tears”, built in memory of Maria.
Act I
Birthday celebrations for Maria, the daughter of a noble Polish lord, are underway at the old castle. The castle is ablaze with lights and music can be heard. Maria and her bridegroom Vaslav appear in the dusky park. They are o ... Read More
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai is a full-length ballet in four acts, choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov to music by Boris Asafyev. The libretto by Nikolai Volkov is based on the 1823 poem of the same title by Alexander Pushkin. The ballet premiered on 28 September 1934 at the Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, with Galina Ulanova as Maria, Olga Iordan as Zarema, Mikhail Dudko as Khan Girey, and Konstantin Sergeyev as Vaslav.
Bakhchysarai is in the Crimea, near Yalta. The Bakhchisaray Palace was originally built in the sixteenth century and has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt since. The fountain, which still stands in a courtyard, is called the Fountain of Tears.
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