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As You Like It
| Choreographer |
Neumeier, John |
| First Performance | 13.7.1985 |
| Place of First Performance | Hamburg State Opera, Germany |
| Finnish premiere | 26.3.1992 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Style | Classic Ballet |
| Duration (min) | 120 |
| Scenography | Klaus Hellenstein |
| Costume designer | Klaus Hellenstein |
| Lighting Designer | John Neumeier |
| Performers of the premiere |
Jaques: Asla Jääskeläinen, Rosalind, the daughter of the Old Duke: Susanna Vironmäki; Celia, the daughter of Duke Frederick: Ulrika Hallberg; Orlando, the son of Sir Roland de Boys: Sampo Kivelä; Oliver, the son of Sir Roland de Boys: Kimmo Sandell; Touchstone, the clown: Mika Saarelainen; Phebe, the shepherdess: Tuuli Tuominen; Silvius, the shepherd: Petri Toivonen; Audrey, the peasant girl: Sini Länsivuori; Eva, the shepherdess: Nina Hyvärinen; William, the shepherd: Thomas Rydberg; The Old Duke: Jorma Uotinen, Duke Frederick, the brother of the Old Duke: Aku Ahjolinna; Le Beau, the courtier of Duke Frederick: Pasi Sinisalo; Charles, the wrestler of Duke Frederick: Valeri Kononen; Adam, Orlando's servant: Tuomo Railo; Rosalind as a child: Asta Lindholm, Celia as a child: Julia Kuusiholma, Oliver as a child: Jouni Kanniainen, Orlando as a child: Pekka Lajunen. Nature: Francis Guardia, Mari Mäkelä, Armi Tihtonen, Tomi Blåberg, Kare Länsivuori, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Nicholas Rowe. The Court: Kirsi Heino, Anu Koskinen, Virve Lehtinen, Kirsi Mansnerus, Arja Tervo, Tomi Blåberg, Kare Länsivuori, Juha-Pekka Myllymäki, Dan-Eje Olsson, Nicholas Rowe. Shepherds: Marilena Fontoura, Francis Guardia, Tuija Lindholm, Mari Mäkelä, Özen Erdinc, Maritta Saxholm, Armi Tihtonen, Eeva Tikka, Leena Virtanen, Tomi Blåberg, Henrikki Heikkilä, Jonas Lundqvist, Nicholas Rowe, Aapo Siikala, Mikko Siiskonen, Sakari Tiitinen, Klaus Vesala, Pekka Yli-Marttila. |
| Description | The work is a ballet in 10 scenes after William Shakespeare. The central themes of As You Like It are love and nature. Typically for Shakespeare, the situations and relationships between the characters are complicated by disguises and confusions. However, the end is happy: there are several engaged couples, some characters decide to go into a monastery and the single character who was a loner from the start remains alone. |
| Other Information | Conductor: Ari Angervo, choreographer's assistants: Victor Hughes, Susanne Menck, Ilse Wiedman, repetiteurs: Jutta Mustakallio, Kennet Oberly, violin solos: Ollitapio Lehtinen, flute improvisation: Anja Voipio. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Railo, Tuomo: Adam, Orlando's servant (1992) Uotinen, Jorma: Old Duke (1992) Kononen, Valeri: Charles, the wrestler of Duke Frederick (1992) Jääskeläinen, Asla: Jaques (1992) Vironmäki, Susanna: Rosalind, the daughter of the Old Duke (1992) Hallberg, Ulrika: Celia, the daughter of Duke Frederick (1992) Sandell, Kimmo: Oliver, the son of Sir Roland de Boys (1992) Saarelainen, Mika: Touchstone, the clown (1992) Tuominen, Tuuli: Phebe, the shepherdess (1992) Toivanen, Petri: Silvius, the shepherd (1992) Länsivuori, Sini: Audrey, the peasant girl (1992) Hyvärinen, Nina: Eva, the shepherdess (1992) Rydberg, Thomas: William, the shepherd (1992) Ahjolinna, Aku: Duke Frederick (1992) Sinisalo, Pasi: Le Beau, the courtier of Duke Frederick (1992) Hänninen, Maija (1992) Kivelä, Sampo: Orlando, the son of Sir Roland de boys (1992) Saikkonen, Sami: Charles, the wrestler of Duke Frederick (1992) |