Bolshoi Ballet: A Hero of Our Time

Pechorin, a young officer, embarks on a journey across the majestic mountains of the Caucasus, on a path set by his passionate encounters. Disillusioned and careless, he inflicts pain upon himself and the women around him… The story, based on the larger-than-life hero Pechorin, is adapted from Mikhail Lermontov’s literary masterpiece in three separate stories recounting his heartbreaking betrayals. Is Pechorin a real hero? Or is he a man like any other? This brand new production by choreographer Yuri Possokhov is a tragic poetic journey that can only be seen at the Bolshoi. Filmed live on April 9th 2017.

• Vincent BataillonDirector
• Mikhail LermontovWriter
• Ilya DemutskyOriginal Music Composer

• Igor TsvirkoPechorin (Bela)
• Olga SmirnovaBela
• Artem OvcharenkoPechorin (Taman)
• Ekaterina ShipulinaUndine
• Vyacheslav LopatinOld Woman / Yanko
• Ruslan SkvortsovPechorin (Mary)
• Svetlana ZakharovaMary
• Kristina KretovaVera
• Denis SavinGrushnitsky
• Alexander VodopetovKazbich
• Georgy GusevTwo Mountaineers / Blind Boy / Wounded Soldier
• Ilya ArtamonovTwo Mountaineers / Wounded Soldier