20.06.2016
The Bronze Idol
A ballet based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem The Bronze Horseman and set to Reinhold Glière’s Symphony No. 3 will feature in our 184th theatre season in a new guise. The world première of the performance, created by choreographer Lar Lubovitch and stage designer George Tsypin, took place at the Mikhailovsky Theatre on 25 May 2016 under the name I Love You, Peter’s Great Creation... The stage history of the ballet will now move forward with a new name — The Bronze Idol. The new name is in keeping with the ballet’s thematic scheme and is intrinsically linked to Pushkin’s text.
In the world of theatre, renaming productions is fairly common practice. Reinhold Glière’s ballet The Red Poppy, for example, was also performed as The Red Flower. Aram Khachaturian’s ballet popularly known as Gayane was originally called Happiness. And one of George Balanchine’s most recognizable compositions, based on a score by Georges Bizet, was originally performed as Le Palais de cristal, but is now known all over the world as Symphony in C.
In the world of theatre, renaming productions is fairly common practice. Reinhold Glière’s ballet The Red Poppy, for example, was also performed as The Red Flower. Aram Khachaturian’s ballet popularly known as Gayane was originally called Happiness. And one of George Balanchine’s most recognizable compositions, based on a score by Georges Bizet, was originally performed as Le Palais de cristal, but is now known all over the world as Symphony in C.
