Tchaikovsky. Pro et Contra. A ballet by Boris Eifman, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, sets by Zinovy Margolin, costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili, light by Alexander Sivaev and Boris Eifman. Shot on 29.6.2016 in the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia. Oleg Gabyshev, Sergey Volobuev and Lyubov Andreyeva in the main roles.

Cast

• Oleg Gabyshev (Олег Габышев) as Tchaikovsky
• Sergey Volobuev (Сергей Волобуев) as Tchaikovsky’s Twin; Rothbart from the Swan Lake; Drosselmeyer from the Nutcracker; Onegin from Eugene Onegin; Herman from the The Queen of Spades
• Lyubov Andreyeva (Любовь Андреева) As Antonina Miliukova, Tchaikovsky’s wife
• Maria Abashova (Мария Абашова) as Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck; Countess from the The Queen of Spades
• Dmitry Savinov as Prince from the Nutcracker
• Polina Gorbunova (Полина Горбунова) as Masha from the Nutcracker
• Leonid Leontiev (Леонид Леонтьев) as Vladimir Lensky from Eugene Onegin
• Lilia Lishchuk (Лилия Лищук) as Tatyana Larina from Eugene Onegin
• Alina Bakalova (Алина Бакалова) as Olga from Eugene Onegin
• Dmitry Krylov (Дмитрий Крылов) as Joker from the The Queen of Spades

Photo by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman, special thanks to Boris Eifman and Sergey Ilchenko.