Soviet Wizard of Oz at the Staatsballett Berlin

By ⋅ December 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Emerald City: Scarecrow (Federico Spallitta), Tin Man (Artur Lill), Dorothy (Polina Semionova), Lion (Vladislav Marinov) (Photo: Enrico Nawrath/Staatsballett Berlin)

Emerald City: Scarecrow (Federico Spallitta), Tin Man (Artur Lill), Dorothy (Polina Semionova), Lion (Vladislav Marinov) (Photo: Enrico Nawrath/Staatsballett Berlin)

Play
Download

A new ballet is being performed in Berlin that is based on the Soviet version of the “Wizard of Oz.” It is the only version of the Oz stories that most people in Russia and the Eastern bloc countries ever knew.

David Hecht reports.


Subscribe and follow The World’s Global Hit

Discussion

3 comments for “Soviet Wizard of Oz at the Staatsballett Berlin”

  • Anonymous

    This would be so awesome to see.  Hope it come to the US!

  • Anonymous

    WOW. Very interesting, Would love to see some segments in youtube.

    http://www.WizardofOzBooks.com

  • Anonymous

    Yes, we need a YouTube version. Or at least a CD of the Shostakovitch music