The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Esmeralda) : A Classical Ballet in Two-Acts
The Hunchback of Notre Dame “ESMERALDA” : A classical two-acts ballet by The Kremlin Ballet, Russia
Tuesday 15 October 2019, 7:30 PM
Music: Riccardo Drigo & T. Puni
Libretto: Andrei Petrov
Artistic Director & Choreographer: Andrei Petrov
Conductor: Evgeny Volynsky
Designer: Grigory Belov
Costume Designer: Olga Polyanskaya
The performance contains chorographical episodes by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Agrippina Vaganova
Esmeralda based on Victor Hugo’s romantic tale of the ESMERALDA (Notre Dame de Paris) (Notre Dame de Paris) is a dramatic production with choreography by Andrei Petrov. The Kremlin Ballet Theatre was founded nearly three decades ago at the Kremlin Palace, and ever since has been an integral component of the creative achievements Russian ballet. Several masters have guided the destiny of this ballet theatre including Vladimir Vasiliev, Yury Grigorovich, Ekaterina Maximova, Galina Ulanova, Marina Semyonova, Sofya Golovkina and Boris Pokrovsky. A special treat for lovers of ballet, the story set in 15th century Paris, remains quite true to the original plot, as three men from different walks of life, the hunchback bell ringer Quasimodo, his adopted father Claude Frollo, a priest, and Phoebus, the captain of the King’s archers, compete to win the heart of Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy.
