Bolshoi Ballet in London this summer

Ivan Vasiliev in Spartacus

Photograph :  Damir Yusupov

July 19th sees the Bolshoi Ballet litereally blast into town with Spartacus.  There hardly seems a more fitting ballet with which to open their London season.  You may have seen Carlos Acosta dance the title role when he guested with the Company - a huge honour for him and a thrill for the audience if you were lucky enough to be there - but it's also true to say that the Bolshoi have their own incredibly talented dancers and the First Night cast is Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Svetlana Zakharova and Alexander Volchkov.  Could you want for more ?

Back in March I published the full casting, which is reproduced here for ease of reference.  If you are unfamiliar with the Company and would like some guidance as to which casts to see, my recommendations are highlighted in large font (please bear in mind that booking has been open for a while and you may not be able to buy tickets to see the recommended casts at this late stage).  The Company are so jam packed full of stars that any of the casts will be excellent.  Casting is always subject to change, and updates will be posted here.

July 2010


Spartacus
Monday 19th July, 7.30pm
Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Svetlana Zakharova, Alexander Volchkov

Tuesday 20th July, 7.30pm
Pavel Dmitrichenko, Anna Nikulina, Maria Alexandrova, Yury Baranov

Wednesday 21st July, 7.30pm
Mikhail Lobukhin, Nina Kaptsova, Ekaterina Krysanova, Artem Shpilevsky

Coppélia
Thursday 22nd July, 7.30pm
Maria Alexandrova, Ruslan Skvortsov
Friday 23rd July, 7.30pm
Natalia Osipova, Viacheslav Lopatin

Saturday 24th July, 2.00pm
Anastasia Stashkevich, Viacheslav Lopatin

Saturday 24th July, 7.30pm
Natalia Osipova, Ruslan Skvortsov

Serenade/Giselle
Monday 26th July, 7.30pm
Serenade - Ekaterina Krysanova, Anna Leonova, Anastasia Yatsenko, Artem Shpilevsky
Giselle - Svetlana Zakharova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Maria Allash

Tuesday 27th July, 7.30pm
Serenade - Anastasia Yatsenko, Anna Leonova, Anastasia Stashkevich, Artem Shpilevsky
Giselle - Natalia Osipova, Alexander Volchkov, Maria Allash

Wednesday 28th July, 7.30pm
Serenade - Ekaterina Krysanova, Anna Leonova, Anastasia Yatsenko, Artem Shpilevsky
Giselle - Anna Nikulina, Ruslan Skvortsov, Anna Leonova

Paquita/Petrushka/Russian Seasons
Thursday 29th July, 7.30pm
Paquita - Maria Alexandrova, Alexander Volchkov
Petrushka - Ivan Vasiliev, Natalia Osipova, Denis Savin
Russian Seasons - Natalia Osipova,  Svetlana Zakharova, Andrey Merkuriev

Friday 30th July, 7.30pm
Paquita  - Anzhelina Vorontsova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Petrushka  - Viacheslav Lopatin, Ekaterina Krysanova, Vitaly Biktimirov
Russian Seasons - Natalia Osipova

Spartacus
Saturday 31st July, 2.00pm
Pavel Dmitrichenko, Anna Nikulina, Yury Baranov, Maria Alexandrova or Ekaterina Shipulina??

Saturday 31st July, 7.30pm
Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Svetlana Zakharova, Alexander Volchkov

AUGUST 2010

Le Corsaire
Monday 2nd August, 7.30pm
Maria Alexandrova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Ekaterina Krysanova

Tuesday 3rd August, 7.30pm
Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova

Wednesday 4th August, 7.30pm
Ekaterina Shipulina, Ruslan Skvortsov, Anastasia Yatsenko

Thursday 5th August, 7.30pm
Maria Alexandrova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Ekaterina Krysanova

Don Quixote
Friday 6th August, 7.30pm
Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin

Saturday 7th August, 2.00pm
Ekaterina Krysanova, Andrey Merkuriev

Saturday 7th August, 7.30pm
Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev

Sunday 8th August, 3.00pm
Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin