La Sylphide
- Time:
- 16:00
- Duration:
- 2h00
Live from Moscow
SYNOPSIS
On the day of his wedding, the young Scotsman James is awoken with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. Entranced by her beauty, James risks everything to pursue an unattainable love…
PRESENTATION
La Sylphide is one of the world’s oldest surviving ballets, and a treasure in the Danish Bournonville style. Restaged for the Bolshoi by Bournonville expert Johan Kobborg, this production is the ultimate romantic masterpiece.
- Music
- Herman Severin Løvenskiold
- Choreography
- Johan Kobborg
- Libretto
- Adolphe Nourrit and Filippo Taglioni
- Distribution
- Anastasia Stashkevich (Sylph)
- Semyon Chudin (James)
- Anna Balukova (Madge, witch)
- Xenia Zhiganshina (Effie, James' fiancee)
- Artur Mkrtchyan (Gurn)
- Daria Khokhlova (The First Sylph)
