Mara Galeazzi returns home for her swan song

You may not to get to see Royal Ballet principal Mara Galeazzi dance at the Royal Opera House again (addio 13 June 2013 in Ken­neth MacMillan's May­er­ling), or with the Royal Ballet (addio 29 June in MacMillan's Manon), but there is a wonderful opportunity to see her dance in three weeks' time.

On 23 July there will be a magnificent ballet gala at Verona's Teatro Romano where she will be joined by a starry collection of Royal Ballet friends: Lauren Cuthbertson, Sarah Lamb, Marianela Nuñez, Gary Avis, Steven McRae , Thiago Soares and Edward Watson.

Here's the mouth-watering programme:

Gala Mara Galeazzi & Principals from the Royal Ballet

ONEGIN – pas de deux, Act 3 – Tatiana and Gremin
Choreography by John Cranko
Music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze
with Mara Galeazzi & Gary Avis

CHROMA – pas de deux
Choreography by Wayne McGregor
Music by Joby Talbot, Jack White III
with Sarah Lamb & Steven McRae

SWAN LAKE – Black Swan pas de deux, Act 3
Choreography Marius Petipa
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with Marianela Nuñez & Thiago Soares

NISI DOMINUS
Choreography by William Tuckett
Musica by Claudio Monteverdi
with Lauren Cuthbertson

ROMEO AND JULIET Balcony Scene
Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
with Mara Galeazzi & Edward Watson

Intervallo

MANON – pas de deux
Choreography by Kenneth McMillan
Music by Jules Massenet
with Mara Galeazzi & Edward Watson

AFTER THE RAIN
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Music by Arvo Pärt Tabula Rasa (1977)
with Marianela Nuñez & Thiago Soares

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
with Sarah Lamb & Steven McRae

QUALIA – pas de deux
Choreography by Wayne McGregor
Musica Scanner
with Lauren Cuthbertson & Edward Watson

LOOK WEST
Choreography by Alastair Marriott
Music by Leonard Bernstein (Serenade for violin , harp, percussion and strings)
with Mara Galeazzi & Gary Avis

Tickets online: www.geticket.it

Gramilano( Editor )

Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.