This ballet, inspired by Byron’s poem, tells the story of the love between a pirate and a beautiful slave-girl. The action takes place against the backdrop of the open sea, in remote grottoes, amid the hustle and bustle of an eastern bazaar and the languid luxury of a sultan’s harem. The duels and kidnappings are thrilling, but it is Marius Petipa’s timeless choreography that really delights. This romantic masterpiece, first performed in Russia in 1858, has been returned to the repertoire in 2015 by the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s Ballet Master in Chief, Mikhail Messerer.
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Ludwig Minkus, Riccardo Drigo, Pyotr Oldenburgsky, Nikita Trubetskoy, Antoine Simon
Libretto by Jules Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges revised by Mikhail Messerer
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev revised by Mikhail Messerer
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