Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions

Release Date: 2014-02-02

Overview: Lucien, a young composer, sets out to conquer the Parisian scene in search of glory. His success soon blinds him, and he betrays his friends and his love. Lost Illusions is a new ballet created in Moscow in 2011 by Alexei Ratmansky with dramaturgical advice from Guillaume Gallienne. This stylised adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel features thwarted love, ambition, and disillusionment, with 19th century Paris as its backdrop.

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Cast

Vladislav Lantratov

as Lucien

Diana Vishneva

as Coralie

Ekaterina Shipulina

as Florine

Artem Ovcharenko

as The First Danser (Youth, Robber's Leader)

Egor Simachev

as Camusot, a banker, Coralie's patron