ANNA KARENINA Plisetskaya, Godunov, Tikhonov, Vladimirov, 1974 Плисецкая, Анна Каренина

This ballet was purposewritten for Maya Plisetskaya by Rodion Schedrin and became her first venture into choreography. To reduce Tolstoy s Anna Karenina to a twoact ballet is quite a feat, so many story lines were omitted focusing the ballet on the main triangle : Karenina, her husband, and count Vronsky. Those who have read Karenina in full may find the plot oversimplified and disagree with Plisetskaya s interpretation of Anna. Yet unusual music and the way they dance it make this ballet an interesting experience. Anna Karenine MAYA PLISETSKAYA Count Vronsky ALEXANDER GODUNOV Alexei Karenin VLADIMIR TIKHONOV Station master YURI VLADIMIROV Kittie NINA SOROKINA Music RODION SCHEDRIN Choreograpy MAYA PLISETSKAYA Conductor YURI SIMONOV