Le Corsaire by Kevin McKenzie (Ethan Stiefel, Julie Kent, Joaquin de Luz) | Act 1/3

Emmy award-winning broadcast “American Ballet Theatre in Le Corsaire“, from California, 1998. Ballet in three acts, starring Ethan Stiefel, Julie Kent, Joaquin de Luz, and Paloma Herrera with Vladimir Malakhov, Jonathan Fagan, Rebecca Massey, and Georgina Parkinson. Watch Act II: Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: Ethan Stiefel - Conrad Julie Kent - Medora Joaquin de Luz - Birbanto Vladimir Malakhov - Lankendem Paloma Herrera - Gulnare Angel Corella - Conrad’s slave Christine Dunham - Lead pirate woman Michael Owen - Pasha Corps de Ballet Jonathan Fagan Rebecca Massey Georgina Parkinson Choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Prince Oldenbourg Libretto by Jules-Henri de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier in a version by Konstantin Sergeyev Kevin McKenzie - Artistic director Ermanno Florio - Music director David Lansky - Production manager 0:00 Summary by the cast 4:48 Overture 6:12 Act I: The Bazaar American Ballet Theater resurrected ’’Le Corsaire,’’ a three-act Russian ballet that ends with the spectacular sinking of a ship. The ballet, based on a poem by Lord Byron (1814), was first performed in London in 1837. © Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution