Just announced.
September 24, 7:30 pm
Raymonda: Viktoria Tereshkina
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Vladmir Shklyarov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief:
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Renata Shakirova
Clémence: Kristina Shapran
September 25, 7:30 pm
Raymonda: Oxana Skorik
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Andrey Ermakov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief: Yuri Smekalov
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Nadezhda Batoeva
Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina
September 26, 2:00 pm
Raymonda: Viktoria Tereshkina
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Timur Askerov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief:
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Renata Shakirova
Clémence: Kristina Shapran
September 26, 7:30 pm
Raymonda: Oxana Skorik
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Andrey Ermakov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief: Yuri Smekalov
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Nadezhda Batoeva
Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina
September 27, 1:00 pm
Raymonda: Anastasia Matvienko
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Timur Askerov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief: Yuri Smekalov
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Renata Shakirova
Clémence: Kristina Shapran
September 27, 6:30 pm
Raymonda: Viktoria Tereshkina
Countess Sibilla: Elena Bazhenova
Jean de Brienne: Vladmir Shklyarov
Abderakhman, Saracen Chief:
René de Brienne, A Hungarian Knight: Soslan Kulaev
Ali, His Retainer: Islom Baimuradov
Henrietta: Nadezhda Batoeva
Clémence: Ekaterina Chebykina
http://www.scfta.org/Events/Detail.aspx?id=13142Of the ballerinas, Oxana Skorik will do two nights in a row. Viktoria Tereshkina has three performances. It's the beginning of the season so their energy should be up. This is quite a job. Anastasia Matvienko will perform the sixth. Alina Somova and Yekaterina Kondaurova, whom I hopefully anticipated, won’t appear for the entire California tour.
Oxana Skorik with Andrey Ermakov should be outstanding. The Henriettas and Clémences should be a very fine look at some of the Mariinsky’s rising stars, Ekaterina Chebykina, Kristina Shapran, Nadezhda Batoeva and Renata Shakirova, with Ekaterina Chebykina being a particular favorite of mine.