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Ballet

THE BLUE DANUBE

LNOBT Main Stage
A ballet in 2 acts. Running time 2.30
THE BLUE DANUBE

CREATIVE TEAM

LIGHTING DESIGNER
Levas Kleinas
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER
Viačeslav Okunev
CONDUCTOR
Alvydas Šulčys
MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
Martynas Staškus
CHOREOGRAPHER AND EDITOR OF LIBRETTO
Andrej Melanjin
COMPOSER
Johann Strauss

“Some time ago Slava Okunev called me on the phone and said: “Can you imagine: I’m sitting in a cosy cafeteria on the shore of Danube and looking through some old photographs… We should make a ballet using Strauss’ music, which would contain as little of depression as possible, and a lot of irony and glamour”. Just a little bit later I received his sketches by e-mail (it is not very easy to catch Okunev “live”). They reflected exactly what he was talking about, so I was immediately inspired to create a new plotline. I wanted to saturate the love story of this ballet with deep psychological undertones, although I refused to give all of the little details about composer’s tempestuous love affair with Russian girl Olga Smirnitskaya (she’s Anna in the libretto). Instead, I gave some features of the prima ballerina of Imperial Theatres Mathilde Kschessinska to the character of Francisca.”
~ Andrej Melanjin

Premiere: 31 December, 2011