Spreckels Theatre (San Diego, CA)
City Ballet presents Don Quixote. This great classic ballet, based on the classic story by Cervantes which also inspired the musical Man of La Mancha, is any ballet lover's dream. Presented in its entirety, fully staged with breathtaking sets and costumes, this ballet has it all - emotion, humor, romance, and the brilliant dancing that City Ballet is known for.
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We enjoyed it. The ballet dancers were very graceful. The theater was only filled 30% so we were able to move around since our seats squeaked. You can park in Horton plaza since they offer 3 hours free validation but there's usually street parking around union street.
We really enjoyed the show.
It was my first time to Spreckles.. It's a nice quaint theatre..
And, the people working there are very gracious.. The drinks at the concessions weren't the greatest,,, but the people were very nice..
This was a great Mother's Day event for my mom, my sister and I to share. We had a great time.
This was the best ballet performance we've seen in our 24 years of living in San Diego. Very well staged and professional in every respect.
The dancing was beautiful, the costumes and sets were beautiful...it was a very enjoyable evening!
Great performance! We had great seats near the back of center orchestra.
this was our first ballet. we enjoyed it. felt very bad when the lead ballerina slipped & fell -- she did such a beautiful performance.
My son took me to the ballet for mothers day. We both really enjoyed the event.
The ballerina dream sequence was beautiful. Almost magical.
The first act was slow, but the character development was better in the later scenes. The dancers were expressive and did a great job on some very difficult dance choreography.
great performance and venue. production was very colorful and exquisitely danced.
Great venue, excellent seats, and an enjoyable show! Thanks Goldstar!
The core dancers were generally not dancing as one unit and at very different counts.
The music seemed to fast for Basil as he seemed to be playing catch up with the petit allegro.
Kitri was throwing many of her movements away versus holding and showing her beautiful extension and turnout.
A relic of the great era of downtown theater-palaces, this pretty space has been a venue for everything from sugary musicals to rock and rap. Opened in 1912, the 1,466-seat theater was converted for film use in 1922 and back to live shows in the 1970s, thereby escaping the urban "renewal'' that leveled so many smaller movie houses.
With its marble box office and statuary, it's... More
City Ballet presents Don Quixote. This great classic ballet, based on Cervantes' classic story which also inspired the musical Man of La Mancha, is any ballet lover's dream. Presented in its entirety, fully staged with breathtaking sets and costumes, this ballet has it all - emotion, humor, romance, and the brilliant dancing that City Ballet is known for.
Music: Leon Minkus
Choreography: Elizabeth Wistrich, after Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky
Year Choreographed: 1869 by Marius Petipa and Aleksandr Gorsky; 2001 by Elizabeth Wistrich
Costume Design: David Heuvel
Set Design: Robert O'Hearn
Lighting Design: Stephen Judson
Performance History:
First performance: December 1869 by the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
First US performance: April 1966 by the Bolshoi Theatre in New York
First City Ballet performance: May 2001
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