Optimistic Tragedy
ballet in one act
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Sest Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Designer: Mark Zappone
Music Director: Martin West
San Francisco Ballet
The world premiere took place on January 26, 2017.
"Ilya Demutsky’s commissioned score, a gorgeous, soaring composition packed with emotion and soul" -
San Francisco Chronicle (read here)
"Ilya Demutsky’s commissioned score, a gorgeous, soaring composition packed with emotion and soul" -
Bachtrack.com (read here)
"...the haunting score by Russian composer Ilya Demutsky — that were the ballet’s true heroes"
The Mercury News (read here)