Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre - The Sleeping Beauty

Published on Jan 8, 2018

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre - The Sleeping Beauty

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: March 2-4, 2018

Times: 7:30pm

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices: 100, 180, 280, 400, 460, 520, 580, 680


Features: Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre will be presents the new production of the standard of the classical ballet The Sleeping Beauty at Opera house of NCPA in Beijing from March 2-4, 2018.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

For the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, the new production of The Sleeping Beauty is not only a special event, it is also a matter of honour. Among the ballets that 'simply have to be' in our repertory, the first three positions should be taken by all three ballets of Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Finally, we have achieved the full list of Tchaikovsky's ballets.


The Sleeping Beauty is the standard of the classical ballet. It requires from the dancers an impeccable taste of style and particularly rounded positions of arms and legs. The action of this ballet is less dynamic compared to the other two ballets by Tchaikovsky. However, The Sleeping Beauty has a particular romanticism and elegance. Life at the royal courts had little in common with the rush of today's life. Besides, this ballet suits our troupe very well: it has many larger and smaller roles, it has technically demanding scenes created not only for the leads, but also for fairies, gems and other small roles. In my opinion, this ballet contains one of the most difficult female roles in classical ballet: only the best ballerinas can dance the role of Princess Aurore. Besides, there is only one princess in the fairy tale, but we have three princesses on our stage: Jūlija Gurvica - refined and fragile like a doll made out of Sevres porcelain, Elza Leimane - sincere and genuine, and Sabīne Guravska, gifted by nature with a charming presence.


Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre - The Sleeping Beauty

Ballet Company of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
The court ballet in Lithuania was started in the 16th century. At the same time dance was encouraged at school theatres too (e.g. at the Vilnius College founded in 1570, which in 1579 was reorganized into the Vilnius University, at the Kraziai College and the Kaunas College, founded in the 17th century). Latin school drama, which survived more than 200 years, united all the branches of the arts. Traditional plots as well as those taken from Lithuanian history were danced then.


On September 4th 1636 a music drama Il ratto di Helena by playwright Virgilio Puccitellia and unknown composer was staged at the court theatre in Vilnius. The court theatre of Lithuania's Grand Duke and Poland's King Ladislaus Vaza, which had already performed in both capitals Warsaw and Vilnius, produced the premiere. There were 20 dancers in the theatre.


The ballet became particularly popular in the middle of the 18th century. Dramas, called ballets, were produced at the Vilnius University. The nobles of Lithuania supported ballet troupes and ballet schools, directed by Italian and French ballet masters. There were 10 theatres at the courts working for longer or shorter period of time. They survived up to the beginning of the 19th century. At the public town theatres, founded in Vilnius and Klaipeda in 1785, ballet developed somewhat slowly. However, during the 19th century, the ballet in Lithuania was extremely enriched by the guest performances of French, Italian, and later also Russian ballet troupes.


Ballet in Lithuania was truly revived in the autumn of 1920, when Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre was founded (it was opened on December 31th 1920 with the premiere of opera La Traviata by Verdi). On December 4th 1925 the Ballet Troupe of the Theatre showed its first full evening with Leo Delibes' Coppelia (up to then the troupe has danced only in opera productions). Later, ballets by Adolphe Adam, Riccardo Drigo, P. L. Hertel, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Ludwig Minkus, Aleksandr Glazunov, Igor Stravinsky, Georges Auric, etc., by Lithuanian composers Jurgis Karnavicius, Juozas Gruodis, Vytautas Bacevicius, Balys Dvarionas, Juozas Pakalnis, and ballets with music by Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Eric Satie, Francis Poulenc, etc. have been produced. In 1935 Lithuanian Ballet guest performed in Monte Carlo (10 performances) and in London at the Alhambra Theatre (32 performances). Material changes took place in the summer of 1944, when the Red Army once again occupied Lithuania. A lot of theatre artists, half of the ballet troupe among them, emigrated to the West. The ballet studio of the theatre has stopped its work (only in 1952 the Department of Choreography was founded at the Vilnius Art School, which is the present Vilnius Ballet School).


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Online Tickets Booking Available now!

Children under 1.2m are NOT admitted!

Tickets can't returned or changed once sold!

TICKET PRICES

  • 100
  • 180
  • 280
  • 400
  • 460
  • 520
  • 580
  • 680

Prices are in RMB (“×” Sold Tickets), Include Booking Fees

DELIVERY & PAYMENT

Please booking tickets online or sales@theatrebeijing.com. After your reservation is confirmed, our staff will delivery (Free service) the tickets to your address(only in Beijing), you could pay cash(RMB) or credit card.

VENUE GUIDE

Opera House of Beijing National Grand Theatre

Opera House of NCPA

West of Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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