Libretto: Yury Slonimsky, Pyotr Gusev based on Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier Choreography: Marius Petipa Additional choreography: Vyacheslav Khomyakov Staging: Vyacheslav Khomyakov Musical director: Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Koliadko Designer: People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Vyacheslav Okunev Lighting designer: Irina Vtornikova Conductor: Ivan Kostyakhin Assistant designer: Ekaterina Shimanovich Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes with two intervals Premiere: 7 October 2017