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Good news… Frédéric Olivieri’s back to head the La Scala Ballet

5 May 2017 by Gramilano 8 Comments

Frederic Olivieri, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
Frederic Olivieri, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

Frédéric Olivieri has been named as the next director of the La Scala Ballet Company. His contract will run for the next three years.

La Scala's Intendant, Alexander Pereira, told the corps de ballet of his decision this morning, and the announcement was greeted with long applause.

Olivieri was the company's Director from 2002 until 2007. He left to head the theatre's Ballet School and was followed by the Mariinsky's Makhar Vaziev, whose sudden departure in 2016 (to head the Bolshoi Ballet) saw the theatre substituting him with Mauro Bigonzetti.

Bigonzetti's somewhat surprising appointment – he is a contemporary choreographer and La Scala is a repertoire company – resulted in protests from the dancers in the company when his first season, the current 2016-2017 season, was announced. The results are being seen with the newly commissioned contemporary programmes being hard to sell and not popular with audiences or critics.

Olivieri, who took over after Bigonzetti's sudden departure in October 2016 (for health reasons), has already been putting together a season more appropriate for one of the two remaining repertoire companies in Italy, the other being the Rome Opera Ballet. A new production of Anna-Marie Holmes's version of Le Corsaire, with designs by Luisa Spinatelli, will be part of the next season, and he plans to bring back La Bayadére too.

Details of his 2017-2018 season will be announced on 24 May.

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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.

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Filed Under: dance, news Tagged With: Alexander Pereira, Frédéric Olivieri, Makhar Vaziev, Mauro Bigonzetti

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  1. Avatar of Delphine GreenawayDelphine Greenaway says

    5 May 2017 at 15:32

    Bravo!

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  2. Avatar of Simonetta VittoriaSimonetta Vittoria says

    5 May 2017 at 18:14

    Grande notizia! Ha lavorato benissimo dal 2002 al 2007, ha portato l’Accademia a livelli altissimi e ora torna al Corpo di Ballo!!! Bene bene! Congratulazioni!

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  3. Avatar of Andrea RosettaAndrea Rosetta says

    5 May 2017 at 18:38

    Era molto semplice, senza tirar fuori nomi fantascientifici… Buon lavoro

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  4. Avatar of Emanuela Bianchi PorroEmanuela Bianchi Porro says

    5 May 2017 at 18:59

    Complimenti!!!!!!

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  5. Avatar of BlueRaspberryBlueRaspberry says

    5 May 2017 at 19:41

    Oh wow! I am glad to see a return to a ‘more appropriate’ season, and cant wait to see La Bayadere! I know also that all Roberto Bolle fans will be delighted…we live to breathe again :).

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  6. Avatar of Giulia MagazzùGiulia Magazzù says

    5 May 2017 at 21:08

    Also Teatro San Carlo in Naples has a repertoire company…please add it. Giuseppe Picone Privato is the new director

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    • Avatar of Gramilano - ballet, opera, photographyGramilano - ballet, opera, photography says

      7 May 2017 at 08:37

      Yes, they can do the classics with reduced numbers (like the White Act of Swan Lake of this season), but their numbers are only 30 on a fixed contract (though I’m sure that Giuseppe is hoping for more!!!), therefore their repertory cannot be Bayadère or Corsaire as Frederic Olivieri is now planning for La Scala. Let’s hope that will change in the future 🙂

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  7. Avatar of Camilla IannucciCamilla Iannucci says

    6 May 2017 at 05:11

    Bravo’ grande tradizione e Competenza senza avventurismi! Immagino la gioia del Corpo di ballo!

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