Francesca da Rimini – Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin and Denis Rodkin

Francesca da Rimini, music Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreography Yuri Possokhov; costume designer: Igor Chapurin; lighting Sergei Shevchenko. Amore, three one act ballets. Shot in 14.3.2017 in The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.

Francesca – Svetlana Zakharova (Rus. Светлана Захарова)
Gianciotto, Francesca’s husband – Mikhail Lobukhin (Михаил Лобухин)
Paolo, Gianciotto’s brother – Denis Rodkin (Денис Родькин)

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The rest of the cast:

Guardians of Hell – Karim Abdullin (Карим Абдуллин), Alexei Gaynutdinov (Алексей Гайнутдинов), Anton Gaynutdinov (Антон Гайнутдинов)
Ladies of the Court – Angelina Karpova (Ангелина Карпова), Ana Turazashvili (Ана Туразашвили), Olga Barichka (Ольга Баричка), Ekaterina Besedina (Екатерина Беседина), Ekaterina Smurova (Екатерина Смурова).

Photo by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of the Bolshoi Theatre and MuzArts, special thanks to Kate Matlashenko, Yury Baranov and Timofey Ovsenni.