Photo Album: Opening night at La Scala – Roberto Bolle in Bolero, Symphony in C, Petite Mort
BALANCHINE / KYLIÁN / BÉJART
Opening night: Saturday 16 November 2019
SYMPHONY IN C |
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| Music | Georges Bizet |
| Choreography | George Balanchine © School of American Ballet |
| Revived by | Patricia Neary |
| Costumes | Karinska |
| Lights | Andrea Giretti |
| First movement | Martina Arduino, Nicola Del Freo |
| Second movement | Nicoletta Manni, Marco Agostino |
| Third movement | Alessandra Vassallo, Claudio Coviello |
| Fourth movement | Maria Celeste Losa, Mattia Semperboni |
PETITE MORT |
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| Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Choreography and staging | Jiří Kylián |
| Choreography revived by | Shirley Esseboom |
| Costumes | Joke Visser |
| Lights | Jiří Kylián |
| Realised by | Joop Caboort |
| Lights and sets supervised by | Hans Boven |
| Piano | Takahiro Yoshikawa |
| Stefania Ballone, Daniele Lucchetti | |
| Chiara Fiandra, Eugenio Lepera | |
| Francesca Podini, Nicola Del Freo | |
| Nicoletta Manni, Mick Zeni | |
| Martina Arduino, Christian Fagetti | |
| Alessandra Vassallo, Marco Agostino | |
BOLÉRO |
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| Music | Maurice Ravel |
| Choreography | Maurice Béjart |
| Revived by | Keisuke Nasuno |
| Supervised by | Gil Roman |
| Original lights revived by | Marco Filibeck |
| Roberto Bolle | |
| Massimo Garon, Gabriele Corrado, Mattia Semperboni, Gioacchino Starace | |
| and La Scala Ballet Company | |
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
That looks like a fabulous evening!.