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The Flames of Paris

The Flames of Paris

Classical ballet in three acts

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Set in the time of the French Revolution and sweeping in its power and tempo, The Flames of Paris could be called one of the most successful Soviet ballets; at the initial performances, every last member of the audience stood up and joined the artists in singing La Marseillaise. 

 

In that time and place this joint effort by the composer, the librettists and the choreographer to create a genuine ballet drama was considered innovative. This emblematic ballet story requires the dancers simultaneously to be capable of demonstrating a high level of skill at both classical ballet technique and character portrayal. At the Budapest Opera it was last put on in 1977, now Michael Messerer reconceives the piece for the Hungarian National Ballet.
 
Authors
Choreography after Vasily Vainonen
Michael Messerer
Composer
Boris Asafyev
Libretto
Nikolay Volkov | Vladimir Dmitrijev
Set based on the original designs by Vyacheslav Okunev by
Oleg Molchanov
Costume designer
Nóra Rományi
Répétiteur
Evgeny Popov
Company répétiteur
Albert Mirzoyan | Irina Prokofieva | Tamás Solymosi | Attila Szakács
 
Cast
Conductor   Balázs Kocsár
Jeanne, daughter of Gaspard  Balaban Cristina | Tanykpayeva Aliya | Takamori Miyu
Philippe, a Marseillais  Rónai András | Timofeev Dmitry | Morimoto Ryosuke
Mireille de Poitiers, actress Pap Adrienn | Sharipova Elena | Lee Yourim
Antoine Mistral, actor Lagunov Ievgen | Balázsi Gergő Ármin | Okajima Takaaki
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard  Melnyk Vladyslav | Radziush Mikalai | Szigeti Gábor
Thérèse  Földi Lea | Sawatzki Aglaja | Mizinova Liudmila
Amour in the Pastoral  Wakabayashi Yuki | Lee Yourim | Pap Adrienn
Gaspard  Szigeti Gábor | Komarov Alekszandr mv. | Kovtun Maksym
Louis XVI, King of France Bajári Levente | Hajdu András | Vékes Roland
Marie Antoinette  Papp Zsuzsanna | Arany Csilla | Weisz Sára
Master of ceremonies Myasnikov Boris | Kovtun Maksym | Komarov Alekszandr mv.
Farandola solo men  Morimoto Ryosuke | Palumbo Valerio | Molnár Dávid | Topolánszky Vince | Bäckström Mattheus | Guerra Yago | Cottonaro Gaetano
Basque male solo  Szegő András | Melnyk Vladyslav | Kerényi Miklós Dávid
Basque girl, lyric dance Boros Ildikó | Kerényi Barbara | Földi Lea
Basque men  Morvai Kristóf | Taran Dumitru | Taravillo Mahillo Carlos | Sardella Francesco | Topolánszky Vince | Molnár Dávid
Liberty pas de deux  Pap Adrienn | Balázsi Gergő Ármin | Sharipova Elena | Kekalo Iurii | Lee Yourim | Radziush Mikalai
Equality pas de trois  Konstantinova Anastasiia | Furuhashi-Huber Inès | Omarova Adema | Starostina Kristina | Pokhodnykh Ellina | Földi Lea | Golovyna Yuliya | Horányi Adrienn | Sharipova Elena
Fraternity variation Cottonaro Gaetano | Palumbo Valerio | Kiyota Motomi | Yamamoto Riku | Taran Dumitru | Pál Iván
 
 

Synopsis

I. Act
Scene 1
It is the summer of 1792. We see three figures near the forest castle of the Marquis Costa de Beauregard, in the outskirts of Marseille. Gaspard and his children emerge from among the trees: the 18-year-old Jeanne and the 9-year-old Jacques are pulling a cart laden with firewood behind them when one of the cart’s axle breaks and a wheel falls off. The repairs are difficult, and the two children play instead of helping. We suddenly hear the hunting horn, signalling the return of the Marquis from his hunt. Gaspard and the children hurry to fix the cart, but they are unable to escape an encounter with the Marquis. In his wrath, de Beauregard upsets the cart and sets his soldiers on the poor peasant. The Marquis himself starts beating him until Jeanne intervenes, risking her safety for her father. The Marquis hears the revolutionary anthem “La Marseillaise” and hurries to seek shelter in his castle.

The crowd from Marseille, led by Philippe, is passing through the woods towards Paris to lend their support to the republicans. They stop to help Gaspard and Jeanne repair the cart axle and its wheels. Jacques enthusiastically waves the revolutionary flag. Meanwhile, the Marquis uses a secret door to escape from the castle. The peasants give an enthusiastic welcome to the people from Marseille. Philippe asks the peasants to join them, and Gaspard and his children head off to Paris in their company.

Scene 2

A ball at the Palace of Versailles. The ladies-in-waiting and the officers of the royal guard dance a Sarabande. At the end of the dance, the master of the ceremonies invites the guests to watch a performance by the court theatre: Mireille de Poitiers and Antoine Mistral perform a love scene depicting the story of Amor’s victims.

King Louis XVI and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette arrive. The people raise their glasses to the monarchy. The Marquis de Beauregard enters, arriving straight from Marseille, with the tricolour and a ribbon in his hand with the text: “War on the palaces, peace to the cottages!” The Marquis reads a letter in which Louis XVI asks Prussia to send troops to France and help quell the revolution. The King is asked to sign the document. He stalls, but Marie Antoinette persuades him to sign his name. All those present salute the royal pair with their weapons.

After the monarch and the queen leave the ballroom, the merriment continues. The Marquis de Beauregard invites Mireille to dance; she has no other choice and must accept the invitation. The Marquis is uncouth and disrespectful, so Mireille attempts to escape from him. Antoine, making use of the lapse in the officers’ attention, reads the letter signed by the King. The Marquis returns to the ballroom, notices the paper in Antoine’s hand, realises Antoine knows everything, grabs a pistol, and shoots him. At the sound of the pistol shot, Mireille hurries back to the room and sees Antoine’s lifeless body and the paper in his hand. She reads it and understands why he had to die. She keeps the letter and hurries out of the palace.

Act II

Scene 1

At night, the commoners, among them Basques and Auvergnese, assemble on a square in Paris. The Parisians are happy to see the company of men arriving from Marseille. The Basques are good fighters, especially Thérèse, a passionate participant of the protests. Mireille de Poitiers arrives with the letter in her hand, which reveals the aristocracy's schemes. The people distribute weapons and head off in the direction of the royal palace, waving the tricolour and singing the revolutionary song.

Scene 2

The people storm the Palace. The Marquis de Beauregard and the Swiss Guard attempt to halt the attackers, but they infiltrate the Palace rooms. Philippe attacks the Marquis, who tries to shoot Philippe, but the crowd sweeps him away along with the guardsmen. Thérèse falls, the flag in her hand. The battle is over: the people have taken control of the Palace.

Act III

The people celebrate in the occupied royal palace. Mireille de Poitiers performs the Freedom pas de deux using the tricolour, symbolising the victory of the revolution. The actors then perform the allegorical Equality and Fraternity dances. Not only has the day of freedom arrived, so has the day Jeanne and Philippe get married.

 

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