La Scala complete Ballet casts and dates: 2014 — 2015

17 December (Preview for young people)
18, 19 (2 perfs), 28, 30, 31 December 2014
4, 10, 16, 18 January 2015

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Sets and Costumes: Jérôme Kaplan

Étoile: Roberto Bolle
Guest Artist: Maria Eichwald
Corpo di Ballo e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Coro di Voci Bianche e Allievi della Scuola di Ballo dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

5, 6, 7 (2 perfs), 8, 10, 19 (2 perfs) March 2015

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suites
In den Winden im Nichts
Suite per violoncello solo Nr. 2, 3 e 6

Choreography: Heinz Spoerli
Violoncello: Massimo Polidori/Sandro Laffranchini
Sets: Sergio Cavero
Costumes: Heinz Spoerli

Teatro alla Scala Ballet

Production Opernhaus, Zurigo

2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 (2 perfs), 17, 18 April 2015

Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Choreography: Jean Coralli – Jules Perrot – Yvette Chauviré
Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
Sets and Costumes: Aleksandr Benois

Étoiles: Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle
Guest Artists: Maria Eichwald, Natalia Osipova, David Hallberg
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala

Production Teatro alla Scala

11, 13, 15, 16, 18 (2 rappr.), 21, 22, 25 July 2015

Romualdo Marenco
Excelsior
Choreography: Ugo Dell'Ara
Director: Filippo Crivelli
Conductor: David Coleman
Sets: Giulio Coltellacci
Costumes: Giulio Coltellacci

Guest Artist: Alina Somova
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
Students from the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy

Production Teatro alla Scala

26, 29, 30 September; 5, 7, 20, 22, 23 October 2015

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: Marius Petipa – Alexei Ratmansky
Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev

Étoile: Svetlana Zakharova
Guest Artist: David Hallberg
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
Students from the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy

New production with the American Ballet Theatre, New York

12 , 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 (2 perfs), 20 November 2015

Jules Massenet
L'histoire de Manon
Orchestral arrangement: Martin Yates
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Conductor: David Coleman
Sets and Costumes: Nicholas Georgiadis

Étoiles: Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle
Guest Artists: Natalia Osipova, David Hallberg
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala

Production Teatro alla Scala

30 and 31 October 2015

Gala des Étoiles
Ballet Gala for the closing of Expo 2015
Conductor: David Coleman

Étoiles: Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle, Massimo Murru and International Étoiles
Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala

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