Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡)
Title:
Anna Karenina / direction, Margarita Pilikhina ; music, Rodion Shchedrin ; script, Boris Lvov-Anokhin, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel ; choreography, Maya Plisetskaya ; a Corinth Films release.
Ballet in three acts. At head of title: Maya Plisetskaya in the ballet. At head of title on container: Rodion Shchedrin. Principal dancers, Maya Plisetskaya (Anna Karenina), Alexander Godunov (Vronsky), Vladimir Tikhonov (Karenin), Yuri Vladimirov (man at the station), N. Sorokina (Kitty), M. Sedova (Betsy), A. Sedov (Seryozha Karenin); the Bolshoi Ballet ; the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra ; Yuri Simonov, conductor. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. Program content: c1979. Bonus selection: Maya Plisetskaya dances "The entrance of Carmen."
Summary:
Rarely performed ballet by Rodion Schedrin, starring Maya Plisetskaya and Alexander Godunov.
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