Le Corsaire (The Pirate)

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English National Ballet au Palais Garnier de Paris

Staging: Anna-Marie Holmes (after Marius Petipa and Konstantin Sergeyev).
Sets and Costume Design: Bob Ringwood.
Music: Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Prince Pyotr van Oldenburg, Ludwig Minkus, Yuly Gerber, Baron Boris Fitinhof-Schnell, Albert Zabel and J. Zibin. Version. Edited by Lars Payne and Gavin Sutherland.

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The most thrilling of all classical ballets

Le Corsaire (The Pirate) follows the escapades of a dashing pirate, Conrad, who journeys across the high seas to save his beautiful harem girl, Medora. It is a swashbuckling fantasy tale of captive maidens and cutthroats, love and betrayal.

Full of action, passion and romance, this classic story ballet has been reinvented by English National Ballet, the only UK company to perform the complete work.

This extravagant and exhilarating production enthralled audiences and received rave reviews when it premiered in 2013. Staged by Anna-Marie Holmes, with the breath-taking sets by Hollywood designer Bob Ringwood (Batman) Le Corsaire is an unmissable, entertaining adventure.

Le Corsaire

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English National Ballet "Le Corsaire"

“Le Corsaire” is one of the great classics created by Marius Petipa for the Mariinsky Theatre. Like all excellent Russian classics it is a true epic story that offers drama, an exotic landscape and the best pyrotechnics of the classic technique. It’s a men’s ballet, with heroic and passionate characters and with the famous pas de deux that made a legend of Nureyev when he first performed in England with Dame Margot Fonteyn. This is a unique and unmissable opportunity as it has never before been performed by a British company.