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.

Cast

Marianela Núñez

Kitri

Carlos Acosta

Basilio

Christopher Saunders

Don Quixote

Philip Mosley

Sancho Panza

Ryoichi Hirano

Espada

Laura Morera

Mercedes

Bennet Gartside

Gamache

Gary Avis

Lorenzo

Melissa Hamilton

Queen of the Dryads

Elizabeth Harrod

Amour