This is a breath-taking ensemble performance of Petipa's popular Don Quixote, loosely based on Cervantes famous novel, from the world-renowned Mariinsky Ballet.
The Mariinsky's top principal male, Leonid Sarafanov (the Prince in Decca's Mariinsky Nutcracker, released in 2007) gives another virtuosic yet elegant performance as Basilio in this lively and colourful production.
ARTISTS
- Vladimir Ponomarev (Don Quixote)
- Anton Lukovkin (Sancho Panza)
- Igor Petropv (Lorenzo)
- Olesya Novikova (Kitri)
- Leonid Sarafanov (Basilio)
- Vladimir Lepeyev (Gamash)
- Andrei Merkuriev (Espada)
- Corps of the Mariinsky Ballet &
- Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
- Pavel Bubelnikov
- Choreography: Marius Petipa
- TV Director: Brian Large