The choreographer Christian Spuck is best known in Latvia for his comical „Grand Pas de Deux, the first part of the parody ballet Les Gems. His latest work, Der Sandmann, which is also this season's fi rst new production, was written for one of the leading ballet troupes in the world, the Stuttgart Ballet. Now it will be recreated with our company. The members of the creative team behind the production have been working together for many years. The entire LNO ballet troupe participates in the performances, and this new ballet once again gives our dancers the chance to prove their technical and artistic mastery.

Composer - Robert Schumann, Alfred Schnittke, Martin Donner
Choreographer - Christian Spuck
Conductor - Normunds Šnē
Set Designer - Dirk Becker
Costume Designer - Emma Ryott
Lighting Designer - Reinhard Traub
Dramaturg - Jens Schroth

Nathanael - Andris Pudans, Arturs Sokolovs
Clara - Elza Leimane, Baiba Kokina
Coppelius - Raimonds Martinovs, Sergei Neikshin
Coppola - Aleksei Avechkin, Raimonds Martinovs
Olimpia Sabīne Guravska, Yuka Miyake

Premiere on September 26, 2008, at the Latvian National Opera

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