Original choreography: Marius Petipa (1898)
Choreographic revival and staging: Sergej Vikharev
This La Scala premiere marks the most faithful version of Raymonda yet to the original, which met with triumphant success in St Petersburg in 1898. Based on a medieval legend with ladies, knights, crusaders and Saracens, cathedrals and castles, the libretto had all the ingredients needed to spark the imagination of the young Alexander Glazunov in his first ballet score and the infinite wisdom of Marius Petipa, who complemented it with an enormously rich and endless succession of dances. Drawing on notation from the Harvard archives, original designs housed in the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Theatre Library, La Scala presents the last great work from the glory days of the Imperial Ballet.
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
Region Code: 0
Running Time: 154 mins
DVD 9 / NTSC
FSK 0
