24*, 25, 26, 29 May 2018
Serata Nureyev – An Evening for Nureyev
Remembering the 80th Anniversary of Rudolf Nureyev's birth, 25 years after his death
with
Corps de ballet of La Scala, Director Frédéric Olivieri
Étoiles
Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle
Guest Artists
Marianela Nuñez, Germain Louvet, Vadim Muntagirov
Conductor
David Coleman
Orchestra of the La Scala Academy
With the participation of students from La Scala's Ballet School
The Sleeping Beauty, Act 3
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Don Quixote, Grand Pas
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Apollo
Choreography by George Balanchine
Défilé
To Wagner's Tannhäuser – March from Act 3
* Benefit Evening for Fondazione Francesca Rava
Cast
The Sleeping Beauty, Act 3
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Restaged by Monique Loudières and Florence Clerc
Musica Piotr Tchaikovsky
Aurora Svetlana Zakharova
Desiré Germain Louvet
King Florestan Alessandro Grillo
The Queen Marta Romagna
Catalabutte, master of ceremonies Riccardo Massimi
Pas de cinque (24, 25, 26 May)
Timofej Andrijashenko, Virna Toppi, Alessandra Vassallo, Gaia Andreanò, Caterina Bianchi
Pas de cinque (29 May)
Nicola Del Freo, Martina Arduino, Mariafrancesca Garritano, Chiara Fiandra Vanessa Vestita
Puss-in-Boots Federico Fresi (24, 25, 29 May) / Massimo Garon (26 May)
The White Cat Antonella Albano (24, 25, 29 May) / Denise Gazzo (26 May)
Bluebird Antonino Sutera (24, 25, 29 May) / Christian Fagetti (26 May)
Princess Florine Vittoria Valerio (24, 25, 29 May) / Agnese Di Clemente (26 May)
Corps de ballet of La Scala
Interval
Don Quixote, Grand Pas de deux, Act 3
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Restaged by Florence Clerc
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Orchestrated and adapted by John Lanchbery
Kitri Marianela Nuñez
Basilio Vadim Muntagirov
Maid of Honour Maria Celeste Losa (24, 25, 26 May) / Alessandra Vassallo (29 May)
And the Corps de ballet of La Scala
Apollo
Choreography by George Balanchine
© The George Balanchine Trust
Restaged by Patricia Neary
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Apollo Roberto Bolle
Terpsichore Nicoletta Manni
Polyhymnia Martina Arduino
Calliope Virna Toppi
The performance of “Apollo”, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with the George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
Défilé
To Richard Wagner's Act 2 March from Tannhäuser
with Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle, Marianela Nuñez, Germain Louvet, Vadim Muntagirov, Corps de ballet of La Scala, La Scala Ballet School
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.
