Paguita by Paris Opera Ballet

Time: 2008/5/16-2008/5/18
Venue: The National Centre for the Performing Arts-Opera House
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Featuring the Stars, principal dancers and dancers of the Paris Opera National Ballet
Music : Edouard-Marie-Ernest Deldevez et Ludwig Minkus
Produced by David Coleman
Adaptation and choreography: Pierre Lacotte (2001) from versions of Joseph Mazilier (1846) and Marius Petipa (1882)
Stage Design and Costums: Luisa Spinatelli
Lightings: Philippe Albaric
Orchestra of the Chinese Central Ballet company
Musical Director : Philippe Beran
Thestory is preposterous nonsense, but the final-act wedding festivitiesmake for a happy ending with lots ofanything-you-can-dance-I-can-dance-better splash and dash. Much ofMarius Petipa’s trademark choreography is included, the fouettés adinfinitum, so the viewer is assured of a visual spectacle. The ParisOpera Ballet has not only rescued this work from near extinction, buthas given it a first-class production.

Synopsis:

Lucienis obligated to marry Serafina, who’s considered a good match. A bandof gypsies arrives. Their leader, Igo, wants to marry Paquita, butPaquita has some mystery concerning her uncertain past. She has alocket containing the portrait of her deceased father, a man she neverknew. Igo steals the locket so no one will discover her true identity,especially Lucien, who is much more interested in Paquita than in hisfiancée Serafina. Let’s skip to the end: the locket is recovered(people in plays never destroy incriminating evidence), and lo andbehold, Paquita is not a gypsy after all. She’s the daughter of Charlesd’Hervilly, a nobleman who was slain in a massacre precedent...

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