This new version of “Esmeralda,” created by choreographers Vasily Medvedev and Stanislav Feco specifically for Bayer Ballet Company is a suite of the best ballet numbers included in the treasury of world classical dance. This one-act edition of Esmeralda is based on the Bolshoi production and features costumes from the Staatsballett Berlin and Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava productions.

The libretto by Jules Perrault and Victor Hugo, based on the novel “Notre Dame de Paris,” was shortened and remade by Vasily Medvedev and librettist Yana Temiz. A Gothic story about the fate of the gypsy Esmeralda, a beautiful story of love and jealousy, and the triumph of goodness.