Saturday I went to the Staatsoper's premiere/revival of Anna Karenina. Boris Eifman choreographed Leo Tolstoy's classic and set it to excerpts from Tchaikovsky's music. The Volksoper (with dancers from the Staatsoper) had put this production on before, the year after its world premiere in St. Petersburg in 2005, and this was its first return to Vienna. Unfortunately Eno Peci had a sudden illness so they had to replace the three leads with Ketevan Papava (Anna), Kirill Koulaev (Karenin), and Alexis Forabosco (Wronski).
I found a very good article, complete with pictures, from the last time Anna Karenina was in Vienna, and although the dancers were of course different, I thought this was a wonderful description of the ballet. So, if you're interested in such things, enjoy:
Volksoper: Boris Eifman's Anna Karenina
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