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Article: American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote at New York's Met
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- Musical Opinion
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- September 1, 2004
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American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote at New York's Met
From time to time a performance is genuinely memorable and remains as a source of pleasure for some time after. The opening night of Don Quixote, as performed by American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 7 June, was just such an occasion.
Nina Ananiashvili as Kitri and José Manuel Carreño as Basilio were on great form. These two artists are exceptional performers by any standards, but in this setting they were remarkable. She has a wonderful Bolshoi technique, technically very strong and with a lyrical quality more typical or a Kirov training. Allied to this were her remarkably plastic leaps with an arching ...