29 Jun 1925
The Phantom of the Opera
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
Esmeralda
La Esmeralda is a ballet in three acts and five scenes, inspired by the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot to music by Cesare Pugni, with sets by William Grieve and costumes by Mme. Copère.
Top Billed Cast
Maria Alexandrova Esmeralda, a gypsy
Denis Savin Pierre Gringoire, a poor poet
Alexei Loparevich Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre-Dame de Paris
Игорь Цвирко Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame de Paris
Ruslan Skvortsov Phoebus de Chateaupers, Captain of the Royal Archers
Ekaterina Krysanova Fleur de Lys, Phoebus's fiancee
Kristina Karasyova Aloise de Gondelaurier, Fleur's mother
Chinara Alizade Diana, companion to Fleur de Lys
Maria Vinogradova Beranger, companion to Fleur de Lys
Artem Ovcharenko Albert, Phoebus's friend
Vladislav Lantratov Florent, Phoebus's friend
Anastasia Stashkevich Diana
Vyacheslav Lopatin Actaeon
Vitaly Biktimirov Clopin Trouillefou, the King of Truands
Joo Yun Bae Esmeralda's friend
Xenia Kern Esmeralda's friend
Svetlana Pavlova Esmeralda's friend
Maria Prorvich Esmeralda's friend
Yuliana Malkhasyants Megera
Andrei Sitnikov Judge
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