CASTING: RAYMONDA MAR 8, 2 PM
CASTING:
ACT I
Raymonda's home in England
Raymonda: Frances Chung*
John de Bryan: Max Cauthorn*
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: Joshua Jack Price
Sister Clemence: Carmela Mayo
Henriette: Julia Rowe
Bernard and Beranger, Friends of John’s: Alexis Francisco Valdes, Simone Pompignoli
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, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Aaliyahmarie Key, Elizabeth Mateer, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee,
Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Maggie Weirich, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
Benjamin Davidoff, Luca Ferrò, Jakub Groot, Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks João Percilio da Silva, Dylan Pierzina, Jasper True Stanford, Archie Sullivan, Ben Taber, Myles Thatcher, Adrian Zeisel
with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
–INTERMISSION–
ACT II
The party in Abdur Rahman’s tent
Ratchuli: Norika Matsuyama, Archie Sullivan
Spanish Couples: Kamryn Baldwin, Sasha Mukhamedov, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Fernando Carratalá Coloma
Entertainers: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Swane Messaoudi, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, SunMin Lee, Juliana Wilder,
Graydon George, Jakub Groot, Andris Kundzins, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Davide Occhipinti, Logan Shaw, Asher Stephenson, Ben Taber, Adrian Zeisel
Abdur Rahman’s Guards: Benjamin Davidoff, Luca Ferrò, Lleyton Ho, 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: Thamires Chuvas, Jacey Gailliard, Katharine Lee, Nicole Moyer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Juliette Windey
Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks, João Percilio da Silva, Archie Sullivan, Ben Taber
Bridesmaids: Kamryn Baldwin, Jihyun Choi, Isabella DeVivo, Jasmine Jimison, Elizabeth Powell
Soldiers: Luca Ferrò, Lleyton Ho, Victor Prigent, 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