- Raymonda
Raymonda ( _ru. Раймонда, the name of a main character) is a
ballet in three acts, four scenes with anApotheosis , choreographed byMarius Petipa , with music byAlexander Glazunov , his Opus 57. First presented by theImperial Ballet at theImperial Mariinsky Theatre on January 7/19 ,1898 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates) inSt. Petersburg, Russia . The ballet is famous for its "Grand Pas Classique" known as the "Grand Pas Classique Hongrois" or "Raymonda Pas de Dix" from the third Act, which is often extracted from the full-length work to be performed independently.History
Composition history
"Raymonda" was the creation of
Marius Petipa , the renowned "Maître de Ballet " to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, the great composerAlexander Glazunov , and the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial TheatresIvan Vsevolozhsky , and the columnistLidiya Pashkova .Performance history
Source: [http://ruballet-enc.info/ "Энциклопедия Русского Балета (Encyclopedia of Russian Ballet)"]
St. Petersburg Premiere (World Premiere)
*"Date":
7 January ,1898
*"Place":Mariinsky Theatre , St. Petersburg
*"Balletmaster":Marius Petipa
*"Conductor":Riccardo Drigo
*"Scene Designers": O. Allegri, K. Ivanov,Pyotr Lambin Moscow Premiere
*"Date":
23 January ,1900
*"Place":Bolshoi Theatre ,Moscow
*"Balletmaster":Ivan Khlyustin ,Aleksandr Gorsky
*"Conductor":Andrey Arends
*"Scene Designers":Karl Valts (Waltz), Lütke-Meyer, P. IsakovOther Notable Productions
*1908, Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre, balletmaster Gorsky, conductor Arends, décor by
Konstantin Korovin Original Interpreters
The full-length "Raymonda" has been revived many times throughout its performance history, the most noted productions being staged by
Mikhail Fokine for theBallet Russe (1909);Anna Pavlova for her touring company (1914);George Balanchine andAlexandra Danilova for theBallet Russe de Monte Carlo (1946);Konstantin Sergeyev for theKirov Ballet (1948);Rudolf Nureyev forAmerican Ballet Theatre (1975), and for theParis Opera Ballet (1983);Yuri Grigorovich for theBolshoi Ballet (1984);Anna-Marie Holmes (in a 2-act redaction) for theFinnish National Ballet (2004), a version which was then staged for American Ballet Theatre (2004) and theDutch National Ballet (2005).There have been many productions around the world of only extracts from the full-length "Raymonda", being for the most part taken from the "Grand Pas Classique Hongrois" from the third Act, which is considered to be among Marius Petipa's supreme masterworks. The most noted of these productions have been staged by George Balanchine for the
New York City Ballet (1955, 1961, 1973); Rudolf Nureyev for the Royal Ballet Touring Company (1964); andMikhail Baryshnikov for American Ballet Theatre (1980, 1987).In 2005 the
Australian Ballet Company performed a modern version of Raymonda, set in the 1950s, where Raymond is a Hollywood star and has filmed her last film before marrying a European prince. It was choreographed by Stephen Baynes and bears no resemblance to the original ballet.tructure
"Act I (scene 1) — La fête de Raymonde"
*no.01 "Introduction"
*no.02 "Jeux et danses"::—a. "La traditrice"
*no.03 "Entrée de Raymonde"
*no.04 "La lettre de Jean de Brienne
*interpolation: "Entrée d'Abdéràme"
*no.05 "Entrée des vassals et des esclaves"
*no.06 "Pas d'ensemble —"::a. "Valse provençale"::b. "Pizzicato – Variation de Raymonde"::c. "Coda"
*no.07 "Départ des invitées"
*no.08 "La romanesque —"::a. "Prélude"::b. "La romanesque"::c. "Une fantaisie – Variation de Raymonde"
*no.09 "Clémence joue du luth"
*no.10 "Entrée de la Dame Blanche"
*no.11 "Entr'acte symphonique""Act I (scene 2) — Visions"
*no.12 "Tableau de rêve"
*no.13 "Entrée de la vision de Jean de Brienne"
*no.14 "Grand Pas d'action —"::a. "Grand adage"::b. "Valse fantastique"::c. "Variation"::d. "Variation"::e. "Variation de Raymonde" (cut by Petipa from the original production)::interpolation: "Variation pour Mlle. Legnani" ("Valse" from Glazunov's "Scènes de Ballet")::f. "Grand coda"
*no.15 "Scène dramatique"
*no.16 "Ronde des follets et des farfadets""Act I (scene 3) — L'aurore"
*no.17 "Scène finale"
"Act II — Cour d'amour"
*no.18 "Ouverture"
*no.19 "Marche"
*no.20 "Entrée d'Abdéràme"
*no.21 "Pas d'action —"::a. "Grand adage"::b. "Variation"::c. "Variation"::d. "Variation de Raymonde"::e. "Grand coda"
*"Grand divertissement —"::no.22 "Entrée"::no.23 "Pas des esclaves sarrasins"::no.24 "Pas des mariscos"::no.25 "Danse sarrasine"::no.26 "Pandéros"::no.27 "Danse orientale" (cut by Petipa from the original production)::no.28 "Coda générale"
*no.29 "L'arrivée de Jean de Brienne et Roi André II"
*no.30 "Le combat"
*no.31 "Dénouement et final""Act III — Le festival des noces"
*no.32 "Entr'acte"
*no.33 "Grand cortège hongrois"
*no.35 "Rapsodie"
*no.34 "Palotás"
*interpolation: "Mazurka" (taken from Glazunov's "Scènes de Ballet")
*no.36 "Pas classique hongrois —"::a. "Entrée"::b. "Grand adage (a.k.a. "Pas de dix")::c. "Variation"::d. "Variation"::e. "Variation pour quatre danseurs"::f. "Variation de Raymonde"::interpolation: "Variation" (taken from the Act II "Pas d'action", circa 1941)::interpolation: "Variation" (fashioned from the "Danse des enfants", circa 1941)::g. "Grand coda"
*no.37 "Galop générale"
*no.38 "Apothéose – Tourney"
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