Thursday, May 5, 2011
[WATCH]: Boris Eifman - Russian Hamlet (part 5)
Part 5 : ) The ballet is structured in three parts, beginning with a prologue, in which the young Paul witnesses the murder of his father, Peter III, brought about by Catherine with the complicity of her lover (called the Favorite in the ballet, probably referring to the historical figure Grigory Orlov, who became Catherine's lover in 1760 before she ascended to the throne in 1762). It then moves into Act I without a break. The first act depicts an intrigue-filled Russian court, with
