Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

3h

Music

8

Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri). Still built on Petipa's original choreography, Acosta's clear dramatic structure and vivid stage action gave the ‘boy gets girl despite her father’ story a more convincing air than usual, with Don Quixote's parallel obsession with Dulcinea-Kitri coherently woven into the plot.

Cast

Marianela Núñez

Kitri

Carlos Acosta

Basilio

Christopher Saunders

Don Quixote

Philip Mosley

Sancho Panza

Ryoichi Hirano

Espada

Laura Morera

Mercedes

Bennet Gartside

Gamache

Gary Avis

Lorenzo

Melissa Hamilton

Queen of the Dryads

Elizabeth Harrod

Amour

Christina Arestis

Dulcinea

Yuhui Choe

Kitri's friend

Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Kitri's friend

Valeri Hristov

Matador

Johannes Stepanek

Matador

Itziar Mendizabal

Gypsy couple and fandango couple

Kristen McNally

Tavern girl

Crew

Ross MacGibbon

Director

Hugh Vanstone

Lighting Design

Ludwig Minkus

Original Music Composer

Marius Petipa

Choreographer

Carlos Acosta

Choreographer

Miguel de Cervantes

Original Story

Martin Yates

Conductor