[Photo album] Sneak peek at tonight's return of Nureyev's Nutcracker in Milan

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39 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala — Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

Tonight, La Scala Ballet's season kicks off with the return of Rudolf Nureyev's Nutcracker, last performed in the theatre in 2006.

The following photo album was of tonight's opening cast at a preview performance for young people two days ago.

The ballet saw many leading dancers over the course of more than one hundred and twenty performances. Nureyev danced in this production at La Scala with Liliana Cosi (his first Clara in Milan), Vera Colombo, Carla Fracci, Anna Razzi, Merle Park and Evelyne Desutter, who was also his last partner in the 1987/88 season.

Opening cast: Rudolf Nureyev's The Nutcracker

Dr. Stahlbaum: Gabriele Corrado
Frau Stahlbaum: Beatrice Carbone
Drosselmeyer/The Prince: Timofej Andrijashenko
Clara: Nicoletta Manni
Fritz: Mattia Semperboni
Luisa: Vittoria Valerio
The Grandmother: Serena Sarnataro
The Grandfather: Massimo Dalla Mora
The Nutcracker: Valerio Lunadei
Rat King: Gioacchino Starace
Snowflakes: Maria Celeste Losa, Gaia Andreanò
Spanish Dance: Vittoria Valerio, Mattia Semperboni
Arabian Dance: Serena Sarnataro, Massimo Dalla Mora
Arabian Dnace soloists: Antonella Albano, Marco Agostino
Chinese Dance: Domenico Di Cristo, Federico Fresi, Rinaldo Venuti
Russian Dance: Beatrice Carbone, Gabriele Corrado
Shepherd Dance: Linda Giubelli, Agnese Di Clemente, Nicola Del Freo

01 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Vittoria Valerio, Mattia Semperboni, Gabriele Corrado. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 01 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Vittoria Valerio, Mattia Semperboni, Gabriele Corrado. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

02 - Nutcracker with students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 02 – Nutcracker with students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

03 - Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 03 – Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

04 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko and students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 04 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko and students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

05 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 05 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

06 - Nutcracker with students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 06 – Nutcracker with students from la Scala's ballet school. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

07 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko, Nicoletta Manni and Mattia Semperboni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 07 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko, Nicoletta Manni and Mattia Semperboni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

08 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko and Vittoria Valerio Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 08 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko and Vittoria Valerio Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

09 - Nutcracker with Vittoria Valerio. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 09 – Nutcracker with Vittoria Valerio. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

10 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 10 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

11 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Vittoria Valerio and Mattia Semperboni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 11 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Vittoria Valerio and Mattia Semperboni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

12 - Nutcracker with Serena Sarnataro and Massimo Dalla Mora Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 12 – Nutcracker with Serena Sarnataro and Massimo Dalla Mora Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

13 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Valerio Lunadei and Gioacchino Starace. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 13 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni, Valerio Lunadei and Gioacchino Starace. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

14 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 14 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

15 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 15 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

16 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 16 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

17 - Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 17 – Nutcracker with Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

18 - Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 18 – Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

19 - Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 19 – Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

20 - Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 20 – Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

21 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 21 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

22 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 22 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

23 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 23 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

24 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 24 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

25 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Gioacchino Starace. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 25 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Gioacchino Starace. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

26 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 26 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

27 - Nutcracker with Antonella Albano and Marco Agostino. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 27 – Nutcracker with Antonella Albano and Marco Agostino. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

28 - Nutcracker with Massimo Dalla Mora. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 28 – Nutcracker with Massimo Dalla Mora. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

29 - Nutcracker with Antonella Albano and Marco Agostino. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 29 – Nutcracker with Antonella Albano and Marco Agostino. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

30 - Nutcracker with Domenico Di Cristo, Federico Fresi and Rinaldo Venuti. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 30 – Nutcracker with Domenico Di Cristo, Federico Fresi and Rinaldo Venuti. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

31 - Nutcracker with Agnese Di Clemente, Nicola Del Freo and Linda Giubelli. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 31 – Nutcracker with Agnese Di Clemente, Nicola Del Freo and Linda Giubelli. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

32 - Nutcracker with Linda Giubelli. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 32 – Nutcracker with Linda Giubelli. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

33 - Nutcracker with Agnese Di Clemente. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 33 – Nutcracker with Agnese Di Clemente. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

34 - Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 34 – Nutcracker. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

35 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 35 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

36 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 36 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

37 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 37 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

38 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 38 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

40 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 40 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

41 - Nutcracker with Beatrice Carbone and Gabriele Corrado. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 41 – Nutcracker with Beatrice Carbone and Gabriele Corrado. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

42 - Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala — 42 – Nutcracker with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko. Photo by Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala

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