La Scala brought Giselle – its calling-card ballet – back to Milan (after a recent tour to Bologna) with an excellent cast featuring Nicoletta Manni as Giselle and Timofej Andrijashenko as Albrecht.
Manni found herself with a different Albrecht for the second performance as La Scala has welcomed back Jacopo Tissi after he left the Bolshoi Company in March after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Below are photo albums of these two casts.
Giselle – Teatro alla Scala: Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko
Saturday 9 July 2022 – at 8pm – Premiere
Giselle
Nicoletta Manni
Albrecht
Timofej Andrijashenko
Giselle's Mother
Beatrice Carbone
Hilarion
Marco Agostino
Wilfried
Christian Fagetti
Peasants Pas de deux
Agnese Di Clemente, Mattia Semperboni
Myrtha, Queen of the Willis
Maria Celeste Losa
Two Willis
Alessandra Vassallo, Vittoria Valerio
Giselle – Teatro alla Scala: Nicoletta Manni and Jacopo Tissi
Tuesday 12 July 2022 – at 8pm
Giselle
Nicoletta Manni
Albrecht
Jacopo Tissi
Giselle's Mother
Beatrice Carbone
Hilarion
Christian Fagetti
Wilfried
Navrin Turnbull
Peasants Pas de deux
Agnese Di Clemente, Mattia Semperboni
Myrtha, Queen of Willis
Maria Celeste Losa
Two Willis
Alessandra Vassallo, Vittoria Valerio
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.
Such beautiful photos. The ones of the corps are very inspiring. Pure pride in what you are doing is a wonderful motivation….Bravo to everyone.
Beautiful photos of my favourite ballet.