Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
Release: 2014-03-31
·Runtime: 180m
·★ 8.0
Music
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Opus Arte
Royal Opera House
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Christina Arestis
as Dulcinea
Ryoichi Hirano
as Espada
Melissa Hamilton
as Queen of the Dryads
Yuhui Choe
as Kitri's friend
Beatriz Stix-Brunell
as Kitri's friend
Valeri Hristov
as Matador
Itziar Mendizabal
as Gypsy couple and fandango couple
Christopher Saunders
as Don Quixote
Elizabeth Harrod
as Amour
Kristen McNally
as Tavern girl
Marianela Núñez
as Kitri
Philip Mosley
as Sancho Panza
Laura Morera
as Mercedes
Bennet Gartside
as Gamache
Johannes Stepanek
as Matador
Carlos Acosta
as Basilio
Gary Avis
as Lorenzo
