Premiered on November 11, 1997.

Sung in Russian.
Presented with one interval.
Running time: 2 hours 25 minutes.

Supported by Bolshoi Theatre Development Foundation (Moscow — Vienna)

Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev
based on Carlo Gozzi’s fairy-tale of the same name

Music Director: Peter Feranec
Stage Director: Peter Ustinov
Designer: Oleg Sheintsis
Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
Choreographer: Mikhail Kislyarov

Curtain.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Andrei Grigoriev as Pantalone.
Vladimir Matorin as King of Clubs.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
A scene from the performance.
Valery Gilmanov as King of Clubs.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Marat Gali as Prince.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Yuri Vedeneyev as Leandro.
Yevgenia Segenyuk as Princess Clarice.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
A scene from the performance.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Irina Rubtsova as Fata Morgana.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Andrei Grigoriev as Pantalone.
Vladimir Matorin as King of Clubs.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Vladimir Krasov as Farfarello.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Vyacheslav Voynarovsky as Truffaldino.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Oxana Gorchakovskaya as Ninetta.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
A scene from the performance.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.