18-19 July, 2nd of 3 programmes from the veteran Bolshoi team headed by Andris Liepa. CLEOPATRA - IDA RUBINSTEIN An original idea by Andris Liepa this exquisite production recounts the story of the creation o f Fokine’s ballet Cleopatra, for Ida Rubinstein in 1909. Choreographer Pat rick de Bana makes some great choreography in this new ballet, and has cho sen music by composers including Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gabriel Fauré , Maurice Ravel and the wonderful music of new composer Omar Faruk Tekbile k. The world premiere was staged on 28th June 2012 at Paris Champs-Elysees Theatre to press reviews of ‘beautiful’ ‘interesting’ ‘wonderful’ ‘great wo rk in the choreography’ ‘a real study of Egyptian style’. SCHÉHÉRAZADE Inspired by the book The Arabian Nights, Schéhérazade is the tragic story of a Sultan, his favourite Zabeida and her lover the Golden Slave. The bal let caused controversy at Paris Garnier in 1910 when the new arrangement ofthe original score was denounced by Rimsky-Korsakov’s widow. The Bakst des igns created a sensation in the Paris world of fashion. Booking: http:// www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?&itemid=2359