Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions

Lucien, a young composer, sets out to conquer the Parisian scene in search of glory. His success soon blinds him, and he betrays his friends and his love. Lost Illusions is a new ballet created in Moscow in 2011 by Alexei Ratmansky with dramaturgical advice from Guillaume Gallienne. This stylised adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel features thwarted love, ambition, and disillusionment, with 19th century Paris as its backdrop.

• Leonid DesyatnikovOriginal Music Composer

• Vladislav LantratovLucien
• Diana VishnevaCoralie
• Ekaterina ShipulinaFlorine
• Artem OvcharenkoThe First Danser (Youth, Robber's Leader)
• Egor SimachevCamusot, a banker, Coralie's patron
• Alexander FadeyechevDuke, Florine's patron
• Anna AntropovaBerenice, Coralie's servant
• Chinara AlizadeFriend to Lucien
• Anna RebetskayaFriend to Lucien
• Yuri BaranovFriend to Lucien
• Egor KhromushinFriend to Lucien
• Yan GodovskyBallet Master