- Ballet Christian Shpuka
- based on the novel LN Tolstoy
- Music SV Rachmaninov, W. Lutoslawski,
- S. Tsintsadze and I. Bardanashvili
- Choreographer - Director:
- Christian Shpuk
- Artists - director
- Christian Shpuk and Jörg Tsilinsky
- Costume
- Emma Rayott
- Lighting
- Martin Gebhardt
- Video artist
- Tiny Burkhalter
- Sound design
- Martin Donner
The world premiere: October 12, 2014
Ballett Zürich, Opernhaus Zürich
Anna Karenina is a co-production between Ballet Zürich and the Norwegian National Ballet.
The Russian premiere at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko
Moscow Academic Music Theatre: July 15, 2016
By courtesy of the Zürich Opera House
The score has been made available by
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne and Israel Music Centre
First of all Anna Karenina is a book about marriage and about morals. It is also a story about relationship of the personality and society. It was interesting to me to keep up with psychology of heroes and to do so that the audience in the hall understood why each of them makes this or that decision. In the ballet Rachmaninov and Lutoslawski's music sounds. Tchaikovsky was the first idea, of course, but his works were so often used in the ballet that I decided to look for other paints. I wanted that Anna had own voice – and the piano became this voice.
Christian Spuck
Сast
Music Director and Conductor |
Paul Connelly
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Conductor |
Anton Grishanin
Roman Kaloshin
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Count Alexey Karenin |
Stanislav Bukharaev
Ivan Mikhalev
Georgi Smilevski
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Anna Karenina |
Oksana Kardash
Valeria Mukhanova
Natalia Somova
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Count Alexey Vronskiy |
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Manuylov
Dmitry Sobolevsky
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Konstantin Lëvin |
Alexey Lyubimov
Sergey Manuylov
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Kitty |
Ekaterina Ivanova
Natalia Kleymenova
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Stiva |
Alexey Lyubimov
Mikhail Pukhov
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Dolly |
Maria Beck
Valeria Mukhanova
Ksenia Shevtsova
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Princess Betsy Tverskaya |
Natalia Konkina
Anastasia Pershenkova
Olga Sizykh
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Princess Sorokina |
Elena Solomyanko
Yulia Stolyarchuk
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Summary
FIRST ACTION
PROLOGUE
SALON I
Steve Oblonsky is betraying his wife Dolly with the maids. To Kiti Shcherbatskaya, the landowner Konstantin Levin is wooing, who came to the city specially for this purpose.
ARRIVAL IN MOSCOW
Anna Karenina comes from St. Petersburg to Moscow to promote the reconciliation of Steve and Dolly. On the platform Anna is waiting for Steve, and her traveling companion, Countess Vronskaya, meets her son Alex. Anna Karenina and Alexei Vronsky represent each other.
BALL
Levin asks Kitty's hand and receives a refusal. She dreams of Vronsky and hopes to hear an offer from him. But Vronsky's only wish is to meet again at the ball with Anna Karenina. When Anna appears, Vronsky's whole attention is directed only to her. Earth leaves Kitty from under her feet. Anna realizes that she was the reason for Kitty's betrayed hopes, and leaves the ball.
IN SAINT-PETERSBURG
Vronsky goes to St. Petersburg next to Anna. On a trip, they get to know each other more closely. In St. Petersburg, Anna Karenin is met by her husband Alexei and son Sergei.
- IN THE VILLAGE I
- Having been refused, Levin retires to his estate and avoids the upper world.
SALON BETSI
Salon Betsy Tverskoy, Anna's girlfriend, the meeting place of the decadent St. Petersburg light. While the quarrels between Dolly and Stiva continue, Anna and Vronsky enjoy another meeting. When Karenin appears to take his wife home, she refuses to go with him. Karenin become in the salon a subject for gossip: Anna had a shadow named Vronsky. When everyone leaves, Anna and Vronsky can no longer restrain their passion. Vronsky's love makes Anna forget about the feeling of guilt and shame for marital infidelity.
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The higher light is found at the races. Among the assembled Karenina, Oblonsky, Betsy and Countess Vronskaya. Anna's cry at the sight of Vronsky's fall from the horse becomes for Karenin and all those present evidence of her infidelity. Karenin demands that Anna keep adultery.
IN THE VILLAGE II
Levin takes part in haymaking. Working with his peasants, he forgets about the tortures of love and finds a new meaning of life. Changed Kitty comes to the village. He and Levin discover the kinship of souls.
IN THE HOUSE OF KARENIN
After the birth of her daughter from Vronsky, Anna is at death's door. In this situation, Karenin forgives her and her rival. Vronsky, who fears that Anna will return to her husband, is attempting suicide.
INTERMISSION
SECOND ACTION
ITALY / RUSSIA
Vronsky with Anna in Italy. She abandoned her former life - including her son Sergei. Vronsky for her quit military career. They enjoy the fullness of their happiness, but soon Anna begins to yearn for her son, and Vronsky misses society. They return to Russia. It seems that Dolly has reconciled herself to life with the outspoken traitor Steve.
WEDDING
Kitty and Levin found each other and got married.
THE DAY OF THE BIRTH OF SERGEY
Secretly from all, Anna visits the son of Seryozha, who was taken into custody by Karenin's confidante, Lidia Ivanovna. Both quickly put an end to the meeting of the mother and son. Anna and Karenin enter into a difficult dispute, after which the distraught Anna remains alone.
Loneliness IAnna is broken. She doubts Vronsky's loyalty and tries to drown out the pain and jealousy with opium.
INSULATION
Vronsky continues to enjoy social life, and the supreme society exposes the supreme society to contempt and rejects. Even Betsy, once her friend, now turned away from her. Attacks of jealousy and delirium take obsessive forms. In Princess Sorokina, whom Countess Vronskaya had chosen as her future wife for her son, she suspects her rival.
Loneliness II / Death of AnnaLeft by all, Anna loses all connection with reality. Vronsky does not hold her back either. Anna is dying.
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