Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)

CHOREOGRAPHY Jorma Elo
MUSIC Igor Stravinsky, arranged by Alyssa Wang
COSTUME DESIGN Charles Heightchew
LIGHTING DESIGN Brandon Stirling Baker
CALLING STAGE MANAGER Heather Olcott

World Premiere
May 14, 2009, Boston Ballet, Boch Center Wang Theater

CONDUCTOR MISCHA SANTORA
Boston Ballet Orchestra 

VIKTORINA KAPITONOVA, LIA CIRIO, WANTING ZHAO, JI YOUNG CHAE, ALEXANDRIA HEATH
EMILY ASTON, SAGE HUMPHRIES, ALAINAH GRACE REIDY
TYSON ALI CLARK, GEARÓID SOLAN, LASHA KHOZASHVILI, SANGMIN LEE, DANIEL R. DURRETT
HENRY GRIFFIN, SCHUYLER WIJSEN, SAMUEL YUAN

20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

The Seasons’ Canon

CHOREOGRAPHY Crystal Pite
MUSIC Max Richter
Recomposed Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons selections*
SCENIC DESIGN AND REFLECTED LIGHT BACKDROP CONCEPT Jay Gower Taylor
REFLECTED LIGHT BACKDROP DESIGN Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser
LIGHTING DESIGN Tom Visser
COSTUME DESIGN Nancy Bryant
STAGING Eric Beauchesne and Anna Herrmann

World Premiere
September 26, 2016, Paris Opera Ballet
Boston Ballet Premiere
October 24, 2024, Citizens Opera House, Boston

Spring
SEO HYE HAN
PAUL CRAIG, LASHA KHOZASHVILI, SEOKJOO KIM, ALEXANDER NICOLOSI
Ensemble

Summer
CHISAKO OGA and SANGMIN LEE
JI YOUNG CHAE and DANIEL RUBIN
CHYRSTYN MARIAH FENTROY and PAUL CRAIG
HALEY SCHWAN
JEFFREY CIRIO and SUN WOO LEE
with
SEOKJOO KIM and ALEXANDER NICOLOSI
Ensemble

Autumn
Ensemble

Winter
SEO HYE HAN
LASHA KHOZASHVILI, SEOKJOO KIM, ALEXANDER NICOLOSI, PAUL CRAIG
Ensemble

Ensemble
Emily Aston, Sebastian Bondar, Kaitlyn Casey, Katie Cerny, Ji Young Chae, Jeffrey Cirio, Lia Cirio, Tyson Ali Clark, Ethan Collins, Paul Craig, Michael Dadlez, Finn Duggan, Daniel R. Durrett, Daniela Fabelo, Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy, Evelina Godunova, Kallie Green, Henry Griffin, Seo Hye Han, Alexandria Heath, Lauren Herfindahl, Sage Humphries, Viktorina Kapitonova, Lasha Khozashvili, SeokJoo Kim, Pavel Kulev, Sangmin Lee, Sun Woo Lee, Alexa Malone, Wesley Miller, Abigail Merlis, Alexander Mockrish, Isaac Mueller, Kyra Muttilainen, Alexander Nicolosi, Chisako Oga, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Lawrence Rines Munro, Daniel Rubin, Sydney Santo Domingo, Francisco Schilereff, Haley Schwan, Yue Shi, Gearóid Solan, Sam Stampleman, Madoka Sugai, Emma Topalova, Spencer Wetherington, Schuyler Wijsen, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski, Samuel Yuan

The Seasons’ Canon is a co-production with Boston Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet

*”Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons” Written by Max Richter. Published by Mute Song Ltd. and Rough Trade Publishing.
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music. Performed by Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Raphel Alpermann, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, Andre de Ridder. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon under license from Universal Music Enterprises.

WITH APPRECIATION

Boston Ballet is grateful to the Catalyst Fund, with major support from the Abrams Foundation.
This production of Jorma Elo’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) is generously supported by the Sylvia T. Pope Artistic Fund.
This production of Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon has been made possible by a generous gift from Biz Morris. Additional support provided by the Mikko Nissinen Artistic Fund.

Casting is subject to change.
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Performance length: Approximately one hour and 30 minutes with one 20 minute intermission.

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