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[Photo Album] I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala with Oropesa and Crebassa
Conductor Evelino Pidò withdrew from I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala for Covid-linked motives a week before the dress rehearsal. Speranza Scappucci took over.
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Prix de Lausanne 2022 in-person possible with a Covid Certificate
With the implementation of the vaccine and the Covid Certificate, the Prix de Lausanne can run its competition in person from 31 January to 6 February 2022.
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20th Anniversary Gala for La Scala Academy
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Academy, La Scala put on a gala with former singing students and dancers, and scenes danced by the Ballet School.
Tamara Rojo to leave English National Ballet
English National Ballet has announced that Artistic Director Tamara Rojo will step down at the end of 2022 to become Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet.
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[Photo Album] First peek at Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in Romeo and Juliet
As the curtain comes down, here’s a first look at Marianela Nuñez as Juliet and Federico Bonelli as Romeo in tonight’s cast at the Royal Opera House.
Italy’s dance magazine Danza & Danza names winners of 2021 awards
The leading dance magazine in Italy, Danza & Danza, has announced its annual awards including streams and videos of dance.
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Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome at the end of January, now booking
After the doom and gloom with the many announcements of theatre events being cancelled or postponed, here is some good news from Les Étoiles in Rome.
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Covid cancellations for Roberto Bolle and Friends
Roberto Bolle’s dance roadshow ‘Roberto Bolle and Friends’ has been hit by the latest surge in Covid cases
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Covid delays English National Ballet’s Raymonda premiere
The recent impact of Covid-19 has disrupted English National Ballet’s rehearsal schedule for its upcoming production of Raymonda
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Italy’s Jacopo Tissi is promoted to Principal Dancer at the Bolshoi
26-year-old Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi has been promoted to the top rank of the Bolshoi Company dancers in Moscow
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In Memoriam 2021: Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors
From Carla Fracci to Christa Ludwig, from Stephen Sondheim to Raffaella Carrà – a personal list of some of the artists the world lost in 2021.
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Triple bill axed to save COVID struck Bayadère at La Scala
La Scala postpones planned contemporary programme to recoup sold-out La Bayadère performances cancelled for COVID outbreaks.
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[Review] La Scala’s Bayadère was a race against time
La Bayadère opened at La Scala a week later than planned after a Covid outbreak forced cancellations and major casting changes.
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La Scala cancels all performances of La Bayadère
After delays of the first night of the new production of La Bayadère at La Scala for Covid, the theatre has now been obliged to cancel all of the upcoming performances.
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Royal Opera House ballet and opera cancelled for Omicron variant
Due to ‘resource challenges’ caused by the COVID-19 Omicron variant, some performances and tours at The Royal Opera House have been cancelled.
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Royal Opera House: new ballet and opera streams
Wayne McGregor’s Dante Project from tonight and five new releases from New Year’s Eve, including one LIVE broadcast.
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[Photo album] First look at La Scala’s new Bayadère
Photo Album: After Covid disrupted opening night, La Scala’s new production of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère finally opens at La Scala
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Gene Kelly’s Starstruck – Scottish Ballet’s cinematic fantasy
Scottish Ballet’s “Starstruck” – a reworking of Gene Kelly’s 1960 ballet Pas de Dieux – comes to Marquee TV from 17 December 2021 [+ photo gallery]
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Roberto Bolle fights for dance in the Italian parliament
Yesterday, Roberto Bolle spoke to the Chamber of Deputies – the Italian Parliament’s lower house – pleading for more support for dance in Italy.
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