Details

Based on the original tale by Cervantes. The ballet follows the adventures of Kitri, the adventurous peasant girl, who runs off to a gypsy encampment with her sweetheart, the local barber Basilio, rather than follow her father's wish that she marry the outrageously silly, but wealthy Gamache. After romantic and comic complications including a sword-fight, tilting at the windmill and a moonlit pas de deux, chivalrous Don Quixote resourcefully ensures a happy ending. Running time 2hrs 35mins.

Creatives/Company

Music: Minkus
Company: Kirov Ballet
Choreographer(s): Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky
Design(s): Alexander Golovin (based on), Konstantin Korovin (based on)
Costume(s): Alexander Golovin (based on), Konstantin Korovin (based on)