Raymonda is one of the most elegant and celebrated ballets of all time – and rarely seen in its entirety.It was the creation of Marius Petipa (the renowned Maître de Ballet to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres), the composer Alexander Glazunov, the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and the author and columnist Countess Lidiya Pashkova.Scenario is based on medieval knight's legends.
Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich after scenario by Lidia Pashkova,
based on medieval knight`s legends
Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich (version of 2003)
Scenes in choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky used
Designer: Simon Virsaladze
Music Director: Pavel Sorokin
Lighting Designer: Mikhail Sokolov
Assistant Choreographer: Natalia Bessmertnova
Presented with two intervals.
Premiered on May 10, 2003.