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SUMMARY:"Madame Bovary" - ballet (21.11.2025)
DESCRIPTION:\n"Madame Bovary"\nMusic: Camille Saint-Saëns\, Maurice Ravel\, Gilles Massenet\, Felix Mendelssohn\, George Frideric Handel\nConductor: Eduard Ambartsumyan (Armenia)\nChoreographer: Viktor Ishchuk (Ukraine)\nLibretto: Based on the novel "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert\nScenographer: Andrey Zlobin (Ukraine)\nCostume designer: Gana Ipatieva (Ukraine)\nGeneral Manager of the project: Kiro Pavlov\nAssistant choreographer: Vladimir Borisov (Ukraine)\nAssistant costume designer: Marija Pupuchevska\, Angela Bogeska\nRehearsal staff: Aleksandra Mijalkova\, Vasil Chichiashvili\, Vladimir Borisov (Ukraine)\nDafina Daniloska – Kochevska\, Marija Josifovska Ristovska\, Biljana Basmadzhieva Kovachevski\nConcertmaster: Jane Bakevski\nPiano: Andreja Naunov\nLighting design: Milcho Aleksandrov\nStage managers: Tijana Tarchugovska Georgieva\, Dubravka Shopova\nAccompanists: Marjan Vasilevski\, Stefan Pehchevski\nIn the main roles:\nEmma Bovary: Marija Kichevska Shokarovska\nCharles Bovary: Francisco Jimenez Ruiz\nRudolph Boulanger: Balazs Loschei - Hungary\nThe Merchant Lere (cabaret manager):\nPharmacist Homme:\nPerforming soloists\, the ballet ensemble and the orchestra of the National Opera and Ballet\nDuration: Act I one hour\nintermission\nAct II one hour\n"Madame Bovary" - Ballet in two acts based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert (1857)\nCharacters:\nEmma Bovary - a young woman obsessed with dreams of romantic love and worldly life\nCharles Bovary - her husband\, a provincial doctor\, good-natured but simple\nRudolph Boulanger – charming aristocrat and seducer\nMerchant Leray (cabaret boss) – salesman who offers riches for debts\nPharmacist Homme – village pharmacist\, insightful and talkative\nThe Marquis and Baroness – hosts of the gala ball\nAnnotation\nYoung and dreamy Emma Bovary is suffocating in her marriage to Charles\, an honest but boring provincial doctor. Against the backdrop of gray days in the province\, her imagination is filled with visions of passion\, balls and Parisian splendor. But on the way to those dreams\, Emma plunges deeper and deeper into self-deception\, adultery\, financial debt and ultimately tragedy.\nAct I\nScene I: Ball in the Castle\nEmma and Charles are invited to a castle where chandeliers shine\, music plays and couples dance\, that is Emma's dream life. She is like in a fairy tale. But returning to her modest home\, everything sinks back into the silence and boredom of provincial life.\nScene II: New acquaintances\nHer world is limited to her husband\, the pharmacist Homme\, and the merchant Lere. But the case brings a new face: Rudolph Boulanger\, a nobleman who comes for medical help. A spark immediately arises between him and Emma. His manners and stories about Paris fascinate her. She eagerly awaits the new meeting.\nScene III: Lere's shop\nEager to impress Rudolph\, Emma goes to Lere\, surrounded by fabrics\, jewelry\, and luxury. She realizes that she cannot afford it. Lere offers her a loan secured by Charles's property. Under pressure\, she accepts.\nScene IV: Promenade in the park\nDuring a walk with influential guests\, Emma becomes close to Rudolph. They move away and passion flares up.\nAct II\nScene I: Rudolph's House\nNow Emma often disappears from home\, surrendering to love at Rudolph's house. They sing a duet of passion and promises. Rudolph promises to take her to Paris.\nScene II: Cabaret Party\nAt a wild party organized by Lere\, Emma and Rudolph lose themselves in a whirlwind of passions. Meanwhile\, Homme shows Charles the evidence of the betrayal. Charles finds Emma in the cabaret. Although hurt\, he begs her for forgiveness. Emma rejects him and announces that she is going with Rudolph.\nScene III: The Collapse of the Illusion\nLere asks for the money. Emma turns to Rudolph\, but he\, seeing her without money\, withdraws. Desperate\, Emma sees suicide as the only way out.\nScene IV: Epilogue\nCharles\, broken by pain\, loses everything\, his wife\, his home\, himself. He remains alone\, in a world without hope.
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