CASTING: RAYMONDA MAR 6, 7:30 PM
CASTING:
Conductor: Martin West
ACT I
Raymonda's home in England
Raymonda: Misa Kuranaga*
John de Bryan: Harrison James
Raymonda's Mother: Joanna Berman
Raymonda's Sister: Rebecca Blenkinsop
Raymonda's Aunt: Elizabeth Mateer
John's Mother: Katita Waldo
Photographer: Jakub Groot
*Denotes premiere in the role
A camp outside Sevastopol, Crimea
Abdur Rahman: Cavan Conley
Sister Clemence: Sasha Mukhamedov
Henriette: Seojeong Yun
Bernard and Beranger, Friends of John’s: Luca Ferrò, Victor Prigent
Field Marshall Belasyse: Ricardo Bustamante
Nurses: Kamryn Baldwin, Jihyun Choi, Norika Matsuyama, Carmela Mayo, Leili Rackow, Julia Rowe
Women in the camp, Nurses, Soldiers, Guards:
Sofia Albers, Katherine Barkman, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katherine Lee, SunMin Lee, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng,
Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder
Benjamin Davidoff, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Lleyton Ho, Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Jasper True Stanford, Archie Sullivan, Nathaniel Remez,
Alexis Francisco Valdes, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
–INTERMISSION–
ACT II
The party in Abdur Rahman’s tent
Ratchuli: Carmela Mayo, Joshua Jack Price
Spanish Couples: Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Nathaniel Remez
Entertainers: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich
Graydon George, Andris Kundzins, Lucas López, Davide Occhipinti, Simone Pompignoli, Logan Shaw, Asher Stephenson, Ben Taber, Adrian Zeisel
Abdur Rahman’s Guards: Benjamin Davidoff, Lleyton Ho, Justin-Cooper Meeks, João Percilio da Silva, Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford
–INTERMISSION–
ACT III
In the grounds of Raymonda’s estate
Hungarian Workers: Elizabeth Mateer, Jasper True Stanford
with: Sofia Albers, Gabriela Gonzalez, Swane Messaoudi, Hui-Wen Peng, Leli Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich
Benjamin Davidoff, Lleyton Ho, Andris Kundzins, Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Ben Taber
Bridesmaids: Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Isabella DeVivo, Norika Matsuyama, Carmela Mayo
Soldiers: Nathaniel Remez, Archie Sullivan, 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