《雷蒙达（Raymonda）》是古典芭蕾舞剧最具代表性的六部作品之一。这六部作品中有三部，是所有人都耳熟能详，倒背如流的，不管你是看过还是没看过。这三部分别是《天鹅湖》、《睡美人》、《胡桃夹子》，其他还有两部《唐·吉诃德》、《舞姬》，加上《雷蒙达》，就是六部最经典的经典！ Alexander Glazunov RAYMONDA Teatro alla Scala, 2011 Soloists: Olesia Novikova, Friedemann Vogel Orchestra, Chorus: Corpo di Ballo, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Michail Jurowski Choreographer: Sergei Vikharev The last great work from the glorious era of the Imperial ballets has never before been performed by the La Scala ballet. Its La Scala premiere marks the most faithful version of Raymonda yet to the original, which met with triumphant success in St. Petersburg in 1898. Based on a medieval legend, with ladies, knights, crusaders and Saracens, cathedrals and castles, the libretto had all the ingredients needed to spark the imagination of the young Alexander Glazunov in his first ballet score, and the infinite wisdom of Marius Petipa, who complemented it with an enormously rich and endless succession of dances, classical variations, exotic dances and character dances, with a grandiose finale, pantomime, lyrical “pas de deux” and a heavily featured corps de ballet. Drawing on notation from the Harvard archives, original designs housed in the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Theatre Library, La Scala presents the last great work from the glory days of the Imperial Ballet.