Release Date: 2014-03-31
Overview: 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.
Rating: 8 / 10
Marianela Núñez
as Kitri
Carlos Acosta
as Basilio
Christopher Saunders
as Don Quixote
Philip Mosley
as Sancho Panza
Ryoichi Hirano
as Espada
Carlos Acosta - Choreographer
Marius Petipa - Choreographer
Ross MacGibbon - Director
Ludwig Minkus - Original Music Composer
Martin Yates - Conductor
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