Carmen plus Scheherazade

February 15, 16, 17, • 8pm, 2007
February 15 • 1:15pm Student Matinee
February 17 • 2pm* Tea Matinee *Free tea & cookies for Subscribers from 1-2pm Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Choreography Jean Grand – Maître
Live Music Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin

“Jean Grand-Maître’s Carmen is a portrayal of magical, captivating dance that exalts sensuality and an alluring sexual energy. It is an emotionally vivid and dramatic ballet that echoes the percussive, strikingly memorable score.” John Alleyne

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Romance. Seduction. Uncontrollable passion. Inspired by Prosper Mérimée’s original French novella and Georges Bizet’s most popular opera, Carmen tells the tragic love story of a fiery Gypsy temptress who pushes the men in her life to the explosive limits of their savagery.

PLUS Scheherazade

Choreography John Alleyne Music Nikolai Rimsky – Korsakov
Prologue to Scheherezade Michael Bushnell

One of John Alleyne’s most popular ballets, Scheherazade is a reworking of the ancient collection of Persian-Indian-Arabian tales known as The Arabian Nights to Rimsky-Korsakov’s sweeping, passionate score.