Tchaikovsky sleeping beauty ballet

The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)

The Sleeping Beauty

Alexandra Ansanelli and David Makhateli take their bows during a Royal Ballet production of The Sleeping Beauty on 29 April

Choreographed&#;byMarius Petipa
Composed&#;byTchaikovsky
Libretto&#;byMarius Petipa
Ivan Vsevolojsky
Based onCharles Perrault's fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood"
Date&#;of premiere15 January
Place&#;of&#;premiereMariinsky Theatre
St.

Petersburg

Original ballet companyMariinksky Ballet
CharactersPrincess Aurora
Prince Désiré
Lilac Fairy
Carabosse
King Florestan XXIV
His Queen
Catalabutte
Good Fairies, Courtiers, etc.
Designs&#;byIvan Vsevolozhsky
SettingKing Florestan's palace and a woodland glade in the 17th and 18th centuries
GenreFantasy
TypeClassical

The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts.

Marius Petipa and Ivan Vsevolozhsky wrote the story of the ballet. It was based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood". Tchaikovsky wrote the music.

Tchaikovsky sleeping beauty The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица, romanized: Spyashchaya krasavitsa listen ⓘ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in It is the second of his three ballets and, at minutes, his second-longest work in any genre.

Marius Petipa designed the dances. The Sleeping Beauty was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 15 January Carlotta Brianza danced the Princess and Pavel Gerdt the Prince, with Marie Petipa as the Lilac Fairy and Enrico Cecchetti as Carabosse. It was first presented in Europe in a shortened version by the Ballets Russes in London on 2 November Catherine Littlefield designed the first complete Sleeping Beauty in the United States, and presented the production on 12 February at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, with the Philadelphia Ballet.[1]

Background

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About ten years after Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake was presented for the first time, Tchaikovsky was asked to write a ballet for the Mariinsky Theatre in St.

Petersburg. The ballet would be based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood". Tchaikovsky was very happy this story had been chosen. It was set in the age of Louis XIV. He would have the chance to write music in the Baroquestyle.[2]

Petipa gave Tchaikovsky very special directions about tempi, meter, and other musical matters.

He even specified the length of particular pieces in exact numbers of bars. He asked for a Waltz in Act 1, a Mazurka in Act 2, and a Polonaise in Act 3. The ballet is tied together (and its drama and suspense heightened) through the repeated use of the two musical themes representing good and evil, personified by the Lilac Fairy and Carabosse respectively.[2] Petipa's specifications stimulated Tchaikovsky's imagination, rather than hindered it as one might expect.[3]

Tchaikovsky's interest in setting the tale reaches back to It was then that he wrote a little ballet on the story for the children of his sister Alexandra Davydova.

He had done the same for Swan Lake. In November , he had a conference with theater officials and Petipa. A draft of the scenario was drawn up. Petipa provided Tchaikovsky with a detailed analysis of the musical requirements. The composer set to work, and finished the score on 1 September [4]

Story

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Prologue

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A brief overture contrasts the themes of the malicious Carabosse and the benevolent Lilac Fairy.

When the curtain rises, the court assembles for Princess Aurora's christening. Six fairies present their gifts. Carabosse, a fairy overlooked by the master of ceremonies, enters. She curses Aurora. The Princess shall die on her 16th birthday, she says, after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel.

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The remaining seventh fairy the Lilac Fairy comes forward. She cannot put the curse to rest, but she can soften it. The Princess shall not die, she commands, but sleep one hundred years. At the end of that term, a Prince will awaken her with true love's kiss.

Act 1

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Sixteen years after the christening of Princess Aurora, the court assembles in the palace gardens to celebrate Aurora's birthday.

Villagers dance a waltz. Aurora dances an adagio with four noble suitors. Carabosse enters unnoticed and slips Aurora a spindle. The Princess pricks her finger on the spindle. She falls to the ground, sound asleep. The Princess is carried into the palace by the noble suitors. The Lilac Fairy puts the entire court to sleep, then causes a dense forest of trees and thorns to surround the castle.

Act 2

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Scene 1.The Prince's hunt. A woodland glade with a river in the background. The stage is empty.

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Hunting horns are heard. Prince Desire, his tutor Galifron, and his friends enter. They have paused in the hunt to take refreshments. Several dances are performed by various ladies of the court. The hunt is resumed. The Prince is tired so chooses to remain alone in the forest. Here, he meets the Lilac Fairy who emerges from a boat of mother of pearl on the river.

She has chosen him as the prince to awaken princess Aurora, and presents various visions of the princess to him. He quickly falls in love with her from the visions and begs the Lilac Fairy to lead him to her. The Lilac Fairy guides him through the forest until they reach the enchanted castle where Aurora rests.

Scene 2.Sleeping Beauty's castle. The Sleeping Beauty lies on a canopied bed.

The King and Queen sleep in armchairs nearby. The courtiers and pages sleep standing up and leaning upon one another. Dust and cobwebs cover everything.

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The Sleeping Beauty (Russian: Спящая красавица, romanized: Spyashchaya krasavitsa listen ⓘ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in It is the second of his three ballets and, at minutes, his second-longest work in any genre.

The Lilac Fairy and the Prince enter. He tries to rouse the Princess and the court, but without success. The Lilac Fairy stands aside without interfering. The Prince kisses the Princess. She awakens. The dust and cobwebs disappear.

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    • The court awakens. The King grants the marriage of the Prince and Princess.

    Act 3

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    The Wedding of Prince Désiré and Princess Aurora on the esplanade of King Florestan's palace. The court assembles to celebrate the marriage of Prince Désiré and Princess Aurora. The King and Queen make their entrances with the newlyweds.

    The festivities begin with a series of divertissements. The Diamond, Gold, Silver, and Sapphire Fairies dance. Several fairy tale characters dance: Puss in Boots and the White Cat; the Bluebird and Princess Florine; Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf; Cinderella and Prince Fortuné; and finally Hop o' My Thumb with his brothers and the ogre.

    The Prince and Princess dance a pas de deux. Roman, Persian, Indian, American, and Turkish characters dance a Sarabande. The act ends with a tableau vivant representing the Glory of the Fairies. This tableau was changed to represent the Glory of Apollo.

    Tchaikovsky sleeping beauty imslp: Rachmaninoff arranged the entire ballet Sleeping Beauty for piano four-hands in , which was published by P. Jurgenson in October of that year (Plate ). This is possibly based upon the except Moscow: P. Jurgenson, ().

    Gallery

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    • The Bluebird and Princess Florine,

    • Leon Bakst design for Carabosse

    • Leon Bakst costume design for a Chinese lady in The Sleeping Beauty ()

    • Marie Petipa as the Lilac Fairy and Lyubov Vishnevskaya as an Attendant,

    • Carlotta Brianza and Pavel Gerdt in Act 3,

    • Original cast,

    • Anna Johannson and two pages,

    • Enrico Cecchetti and Varvara Nikitina as the Bluebird and Princess Florine,

    Notes

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    1. ↑Balanchine pp.

    2. ↑ Hurley, pp.
    3. ↑Warrack , p.
    4. ↑Warrack , pp.

    References

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