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, 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.
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.