Choreography: Maya Plisetskaya
Based: the play by Anton Chekhov
Recorded: 1982, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
A brilliant adaptation of the Chekhov play, with music by Rodion Shchedrin and choreography by Maya Plisetskaya, who portrays both the symbolic seagull, and Nina, the catalyst for the work's tragic denouement. In the apparitions of the seagull, Plisetskaya appears to soar in the air with arms undulating like the wings of a great bird. Her Nina is complex amalgam of innocence and desire, and Alexander Bogatirev’s anguished Konstantin, Lyudmila Butzkova's Arkadina, and Boris Efimov's Trigorin triumph on a similar level.
The Seagull / Nina Zarechnaya: Maya Plisetskaya
Konstantin Treplev: Alexander Bogatirev
Arkadina: Lyudmila Butzkova
Trigorin: Boris Efimov
Masha: Irina Shostak
Sorin: Boris Myagkov
Medvedenko: Vasiliy Smoltzov
Dorn: Andrey Petrov
Polina Andryevna: Irina Nesterova
Shamrayev: Vasiliy Vorokhobko
Yakov: Mikhail Mineyev
Cook: Nikolai Aktchurin
Chambermaid: Natalia Noikina
Stage design: Valery Levental
Costume design: Maya Plisetskaya, Pierre Cardin |
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