Program Books/The Joffrey Ballet; Anna Karenina/The Joffrey Ballet; Anna Karenina Casting

CASTING (March 15)

Conductor Scott Speck
Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Music by Ilya Demutsky

Anna Karenina Victoria Jaini
Alexey Karenin Dylan Gutierrez
Their son, Seryozha Jimmy Gershenson
Alexey Vronsky Alberto Velazquez
Kitty Shcherbatskaya Yumi Kanazawa
Konstantin Levin Hyuma Kiyosawa
Countess Nordston/Betsy Tverskaya Jeraldine Mendoza
Tolstoy/Doctor Edson Barbosa
Kitty’s parents Christine Rocas, Valentino Moneglia Zamora
Nanny Lindy Mesmer
Policemen Davide Oldano, Ryo Sasaki 

Jockeys
Edson Barbosa, Reed Henry, Zachary Manske, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Wictor Hugo Pedroso

Russian Society
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Valeria Chaykina, Lucia Connolly, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Yumi Kanazawa, Brooke Linford, Lauren Quinn, Princess Reid, Julia Rust, Natali Taht, Ao Wang, Evan Boersma, Maxwell Dawe, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Stefan Gonçalvez, Reed Henry, Blake Kessler, Zachary Manske, Graham Maverick, Jackson Miles, Valentino Moneglia Zamora, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria

Peasants
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Lucia Connolly, Anabelle de la Nuez, Olivia Duryea, Yumi Kanazawa, Nae Kojima, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Natali Taht, Derek Drilon, Reed Henry, Blake Kessler, Zachary Manske, Valentino Moneglia Zamora, Xavier Núñez, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria

CASTING (March 16)

Conductor Scott Speck
Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Music by Ilya Demutsky

Anna Karenina Amanda Assucena
Alexey Karenin Edson Barbosa
Their son, Seryozha Jimmy Gershenson
Alexey Vronsky José Pablo Castro Cuevas
Kitty Shcherbatskaya Valeria Chaykina
Konstantin Levin Xavier Núñez
Countess Nordston/Betsy Tverskaya Lucia Connolly
Tolstoy/Doctor Wictor Hugo Pedroso
Kitty’s parents Christine Rocas, Dylan Gutierrez
Nanny Lindy Mesmer
Policemen Davide Oldano, Ryo Sasaki

Jockeys
Evan Boersma, Reed Henry, Hansol Jeong, Hyuma Kiyosawa, Zachary Manske, Davide Oldano

Russian Society
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Anabelle de la Nuez, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Nae Kojima, Brooke Linford, Lindy Mesmer, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Princess Reid, Julia Rust, Natali Taht, Evan Boersma, Maxwell Dawe, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Stefan Gonçalvez, Reed Henry, Hansol Jeong, Blake Kessler, Zachary Manske, Graham Maverick, Jackson Miles, Valentino Moneglia Zamora, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Paulo Randon, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria, Ryo Sasaki

Peasants
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Dara Holmes, Brooke Linford, Lindy Mesmer, Lauren Quinn, Princess Reid, Julia Rust, Ao Wang, Evan Boersma, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Reed Henry, Zachary Manske, Graham Maverick, Davide Oldano, Paulo Randon

CASTING (March 17)

Conductor Scott Speck
Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Music by Ilya Demutsky

Anna Karenina Victoria Jaini
Alexey Karenin Dylan Gutierrez
Their son, Seryozha Jimmy Gershenson
Alexey Vronsky Alberto Velazquez
Kitty Shcherbatskaya Yumi Kanazawa
Konstantin Levin Hyuma Kiyosawa
Countess Nordston/Betsy Tverskaya Jeraldine Mendoza
Tolstoy/Doctor Edson Barbosa
Kitty’s parents Christine Rocas, Valentino Moneglia Zamora
Nanny Lauren Quinn
Policemen Davide Oldano, Ryo Sasaki

Jockeys
Edson Barbosa, Reed Henry, Zachary Manske, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Wictor Hugo Pedroso

Russian Society
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Valeria Chaykina, Lucia Connolly, Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Brooke Linford, Lindy Mesmer, Lauren Quinn, Princess Reid, Julia Rust, Natali Taht, Ao Wang, Evan Boersma, Maxwell Dawe, Jonathan Dole, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Stefan Gonçalvez, Reed Henry, Blake Kessler, Zachary Manske, Graham Maverick, Jackson Miles, Valentino Moneglia Zamora, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria, Ryo Sasaki

Peasants
Valeria Chaykina, Lucia Connolly, Anabelle de la Nuez, Olivia Duryea, Nae Kojima, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Natali Taht, Derek Drilon, Fernando Duarte, Hansol Jeong, Blake Kessler, Valentino Moneglia Zamora, Xavier Núñez, Wictor Hugo Pedroso, Aaron Renteria

TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

ACT ONE
Prologue: Snowstorm and the Death of Watchman
Ох, ити как и тошнёхонько!
Ай как и закатилоси солнышко
Дак середи-то дни белыя
Дак в нашой светлой свитлици.

Ох, овдовили гореньки.
Забусели околенки
без корминеця батюшка,
рондуки пошатилисе,
окошка покосилисе,
Ой оставил нас батюшко!
Ой кругом да сиротками!

Oh, it is so sickening!
The sun went down
In the middle of the day
At my bright room.

Oh, the garret became a widower,
Window frames became dark,
Without our father-breadwinner
all the coffers bulged out,
all the windows crooked,
Oh, father left us!
Oh, he left us orphans!

Scene 3: Anna’s treason
Всю я ноченьку тосковала,
Во всю ноченьку не сыпала,
В зеленом саду прогуляла,
всё я милого проискала.

Я нашла своего
Милого средь садика зеленого.
Что под грушицей стоит новая кроватка,
Что на той ли на кроватушке
лежит душечка молодчик.

Ничего лежит не промолвит.
Что промолвил одно слово:
Я обрезал девке косу.
Красну девку обесчестил.

I was grieving all the night,
I was not sleeping all the night,
I was walking in the green garden
looking for my darling.

I found
My darling in the green garden:
There was a bed under a pear tree
And in this bed
there was my dear young man.

He was lying there in silence,
but he said only a word:
I cut the girl’s braid off,
I dishonored this beautiful girl.

ACT TWO
Scene 7: Harvest song
Что и в лузе да на перевозе,
Там Лёвонька да траву кося, У!
Там Лёвонька да траву кося
да на берег вынося. У!
Да на берег вынося,
вороного да коня прося. У!
Вороного да коня прося:
Ешь коник да траву зеленую. У!
Ешь коник да траву зеленую,
привези мне да жену молодую. У!
Белую да румяную,
девочку разудалую. У!
Close to the ferry
Lyovon’ka is mowing the grass, ooh!
Lyovon’ka is mowing the grass,
He is taking the grass to the shore. Ooh!
He is taking the grass to the shore,
and he is asking his black horse. Ooh!
He is asking his horse:
Eat this green grass, my dear horse.
Eat this green grass,
bring me a young wife.
With white skin and red cheeks,
bring me a daring girl. Ooh!