On 15 June, 2018 it is the fourth time the Opera organises the International Iván Nagy Ballet Gala. Besides the artists of the Hungarian National Ballet, guest stars of the New York City Ballet, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre and the Mikhailovsky Theatre appear on stage of the Erkel Theatre.
Internationally renowned ballet dancer and several-time ballet director Iván Nagy passed away in 2014. After returning to Hungary, he had committed himself to the service of his homeland and worked with us again as a consultant to the Hungarian State Opera. He imparted a wide range of professional knowledge, enhancing the Hungarian National Ballet’s work and leaving a great empty space in our ensemble’s ranks with his demise. In his memory, we each year organise an international ballet gala night, in which soloists from the greatest ballet companies in the world join the artists of the Opera’s ballet ensemble to pay tribute to Iván Nagy’s knowledge and humanity.
Conductor: András Déri, Imre Kollár
Director: Tamás Solymosi
Ballet masters: Ildikó Pongor, Angéla Kövessy, Imre Dózsa, Dace Radina, Kornélia Mráz
Featuring the Hungarian National Ballet, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, and the students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute
Programme:
Valse des Fleurs
Choreographer: Kornélia Mráz
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Featuring the students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute
Tchaikovsky pas de deux
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Featuring Sara Mearns and Chase Finlay (New York City Ballet)
Carnival in Venice – Satanella pas de deux
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Composer: Cesare Pugni
Featuring Kim Minjung and Gergely Leblanc (Hungarian National Balett)
La Sylphide pas de deux from act II
Choreographer: August Bournonville
Composer: Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Featuring Karina Sarkissova and András József Rónai (Hungarian National Balett)
Don Quixote pas de deux
Choreographer: Alexander Gorsky
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Featuring Evgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi Theatre), Kimin Kim (Mariinsky Theatre)
La fille mal gardée (Lise variation)
Choreographer: Alexander Gorsky
Composer: Peter Ludwig Hertel
Featuring Katica Ruip Katica (Hungarian National Ballet Institute)
Etudes
Choreographer: Harald Lander
Composer: Carl Czerny, Knudåge Riisager
Featuring Tatiana Melnik (Hungarian National Ballet), Leonid Sarafanov (Mikhailovsky Theatre), Semyon Chudin (Bolshoi Theatre)