In February 2016, SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana will perform Sleeping Beauty, the famous ballet set to the music of the Russian great Tchaikovsky. Fairytales, romance and magic are the combination with which we can "cuddle up" in the coming month on February 6, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and thus ensure that the wait for spring passes faster.
Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in two acts, which premiered on the stage of the Ljubljana Opera House on October 17, 2013. The Sleeping Beauty, which was first performed in 1890, has been considered the purest work of the classical ballet repertoire from the very beginning, which was provided by the two Russian musical giants Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Marius Petipa, who is the author of the original production.
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The story of Sleeping Beauty comes from the work Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant, which in literal translation would mean "Sleeping Beauty in the Forest". They also wrote their version of the story Brothers Grimm, a classic fairy tale about a sleeping beauty, a spell, a good and an evil fairy and a noble prince, has seen many stage, film, book and other adaptations since its inception.
In 2013, he took care of the first installation of Sleeping Beauty in our country Irek Mukhamedov, the then artistic director of the Ljubljana Ballet Ensemble. In his career, Mukhamedov was the first soloist of the famous Bolshoi Theater and the first soloist of the English Royal Ballet, and he also danced all the main male roles in all classical ballets in different parts of the world. We will be able to see her on stage in the role of Princess Aurora Tjašo Kmetec, Nino Noč and Giorgio Vailati, the conductor of the ballet with many pas de deux, romantic ensemble scenes and variations will be Marko Gasperšič.
The magical Sleeping Beauty, who will take us to a fairytale world for at least one evening in February and thus shorten our wait for spring in the cold month, will February 6, 19 and 20 on view at 6 p.m., February 17 and 18 and at 7:30 p.m.
For a taste, you can watch some excerpts from Sleeping Beauty in the clip below:
More information:
www.opera.si
