The Pharaoh's Daughter / La Fille du pharaon After all, ballet, friends, is the magic of grace and beauty. “Pharaoh’s Daughter” is a bright, juicy, stylish, legendary fruit of inspiration of many talented people. The plot of the production takes into account a large number of actors: a large troupe is involved, many ballerinas and balleroons can shine with their skills.
The story of the creation of “Pharaoh’s daughter” is overgrown with gossip. At the end of 1861, a high-ranking tsarist official, director of the Imperial Theatres, Andrei Ivanovich Saburov, became interested in the Italian ballerina Carolina Rosati and promised to give money for the production of a new ballet, which would be carried out by choreographer Marius Petipa. After signing the contracts, the capricious ballerina and the arrogant official quarreled, and he decided to cancel the ballet. Then Rosati and Petipa went together in the early morning to Soburov’s house and persuaded him. Then there were scandals with the composer Puni, who destroyed his notes and dances had to be staged without music, and it was already adjusted to dance. So genius was born in adrenaline conditions. Everyone's stressed out.
The action of the ballet takes place in the desert, next to the Egyptian pyramids. A sandstorm and a caravan of merchants begin, and Lord Wilson, who joined them, and a servant take refuge from the storm inside the pyramid. There they go to sleep after high opium. In a dream, the Lord comes buried in the pyramid daughter of the Pharaoh Aspicchia. And the adventures of a past life begin, in which the hero was called Taor. He saves the princess from a lion, escapes with her to a fishing village, survives her disappearance and journey into the underwater world, and the desire to die with him one day from execution by a poisonous snake bite.
When I was a teenager, I read Henry Haggard’s novel Cleopatra. The story of the love of the hereditary priest Garmahis, a doctor, to the great Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Betrayal, tragedy, love to the grave. The theme of ancient Egypt has fascinated my imagination ever since. I always remember this fascinating story as soon as I encounter stories about the pharaohs in my life.
I like to watch ballets on record. I can watch for three days, returning and repeating my favorite moments. It’s great to be able to live at a time when everything is on record, in great quality.