Don Quixote
Choreographer:
Alexander Gorsky, Rostislav Zakharov
Staged by:
Witold Borkowski
Composer:
Ludwig (Léon) Minkus
Music arranger:
Geoffrey Corbett
Set designer:
Voytek
Costume designer:
Voytek
Rambert premiere:
28 Jun 1962, Ballet Rambert, Empire Theatre
World premiere:
10 Feb 1940, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia
Work note:
Evening-length ballet in four acts. Ballet Rambert was the first company in the West to stage the full ballet.
Production note:
Libretto: Marius Petipa after Miguel de Cervantes
Scene/role note:
Prologue: Don Quixote's Study; Act I: The Square in Barcelona; Act II: Scene 1 - Inside the Inn; Act II: Scene 2 - A Gypsy Encampment; Act III: Don Quixote's Dream; Act IV: Prologue - Outside Barcelona; Act IV: The Square of Barcelona at Fiesta Time.
Music title:
Don Quixote (1871)
Music details:
Live music: chamber orchestra
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0181
Performances
| Date | Programme | Venue |
|---|---|---|
|
28 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote* | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
|
29 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
|
30 Jun 1962 Matinee |
Don Quixote | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
|
30 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |