CASTING: RAYMONDA MAR 2, 2 PM
CASTING:
Conductor: Martin West
ACT I
Raymonda's home in England
Raymonda: Wona Park*
John de Bryan: Wei Wang*
Raymonda's Mother: Katita Waldo
Raymonda's Sister: Jamie Adele Stephens
Raymonda's Aunt: Maggie Weirich
John's Mother: Joanna Berman
Photographer: Nathaniel Remez
*Denotes premiere in the role
A camp outside Sevastopol, Crimea
Abdur Rahman: Esteban Hernández
Sister Clemence: Jennifer Stahl
Henriette: Isabella DeVivo
Bernard and Beranger, Friends of John’s: Luca Ferrò, Lucas López
Field Marshall Belasyse: Ricardo Bustamante
Nurses: Katherine Barkman, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Thamires Chuvas, Elizabeth Powell, Tyla Steinbach, Seojeong Yun
Women in the camp, Nurses, Soldiers, Guards:
Sofia Albers, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow,
Maggie Weirich, Angela Watson, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Lleyton Ho, Andris Kundzins, Justin-Cooper Meeks, João Percilio da Silva, Dylan Pierzina, Victor Prigent, Jasper True Stanford,
Archie Sullivan, Ben Taber, Myles Thatcher with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
–INTERMISSION–
ACT II
The party in Abdur Rahman’s tent
Ratchuli: Julia Rowe, Alexis Francisco Valdes
Spanish Couples: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Victor Prigent, Jihyun Choi, Joshua Jack Price
Entertainers: Carlota Cruz, Maya Chandrashekaran, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, SunMin Lee, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder Graydon George, Jakub Groot, Lleyton Ho, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Simone Pompignoli, Logan Shaw, Asher Stephenson, Ben Taber
Abdur Rahman’s Guards: Benjamin Davidoff, Justin-Cooper Meeks, João Percilio da Silva, Jasper True Stanford, Archie Sullivan, Mingxuan Wang
–INTERMISSION–
ACT III
In the grounds of Raymonda’s estate
Hungarian Workers: Kamryn Baldwin, Myles Thatcher
with: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Katharine Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Nicole Moyer, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliette Windey, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Andris Kundzins, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford, Ben Taber
Bridesmaids: Jihyun Choi, Norika Matsuyama, Carmela Mayo, Elizabeth Powell, Seojeong Yun
Soldiers: Lleyton Ho,Simone Pompignoli, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Adrian Zeisel
Supervisors, Children: Students of San Francisco Ballet School
Musicians: Mariya Borozina, Chester Englander, Steve Sanchez
Raymonda (SF Ballet Premiere)
Direction and Choreography: Tamara Rojo, after Marius Petipa
Music: Alexander Glazunov, adapted and edited by Gavin Sutherland and Lars Payne
Staged by: Loipa Araújo, Daniel Kraus, Vadim Sirotin, and Hua Fang Zhang
Additional Principal Coaching: Julio Bocca
Sets and Costume Design: Antony McDonald
Lighting Design: Mark Henderson
Choreographic Assistant: Renato Paroni de Castro
Character Dances: Vadim Sirotin
Dramaturg: Lucinda Coxon
Choreographic Research and Stepanov Notation: Doug Fullington
Video Designer: Alexander Gunnarsson
World Premiere: January 2022—English National Ballet, London Coliseum; London, England
SF Ballet Premiere: March 1, 2025—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California