Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri). Still built on Petipa's original choreography, Acosta's clear dramatic structure and vivid stage action gave the ‘boy gets girl despite her father’ story a more convincing air than usual, with Don Quixote's parallel obsession with Dulcinea-Kitri coherently woven into the plot.

• Ludwig MinkusOriginal Music Composer
• Ross MacGibbonDirector

• Marianela NúñezKitri
• Carlos AcostaBasilio
• Christopher SaundersDon Quixote
• Philip MosleySancho Panza
• Ryoichi HiranoEspada
• Laura MoreraMercedes
• Bennet GartsideGamache
• Gary AvisLorenzo
• Melissa HamiltonQueen of the Dryads
• Elizabeth HarrodAmour
• Christina ArestisDulcinea
• Yuhui ChoeKitri's friend