NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS

Biography

Ballet in 2 acts, 13 scenes.

Music - Maurice Jarre. Libretto and choreography - Roland Petit based on the novel of the same title by Victor Hugo. Choreographer - Luigi Bonino. Costume designer - Yves Saint Laurent. Set designer: René Allio. Assistant production choreographer - Gillian Whitingham. Conductor - Arman Urazgaliev. Costume renewal designer- Philippe Binot. Lighting designer and production coordinator - Jean-Michel Desire. Assistant costumes renewal designer - Assel Dosmuratova.

The production was staged at the Astana Opera Theatre, premiered on June 24, 25, 2016.

Characters and performers: Esmeralda - Madina Basbayeva, Aigerim Beketayeva; Quasimodo - Bakhtiyar Adamzhan, Rustem Seitbekov; Frollo - Gaziz Ryskulov, Serik Nakysbekov; Phoebus - Zhandos Aubakirov, Arman Urazov.

One of the best ballets of the famous choreographer, staged back in 1965, where he reads the famous novel by Hugo in a completely new way, filling the ballet with modern problems and not at all romantic feelings. In the image of the hunchback Quasimodo, the choreographer does not use external devices, but conveys his physical ailment and ugliness only through plasticity. The storyline focuses on Esmeralda's relationships with Claude Frollo, Phoebus and Quasimodo. The production was staged jointly with the “Roland Petit Ballets” Foundation (France).