Le Corsaire – in the centre Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
Le Corsaire, in a version by La Scala Ballet’s director Manuel Legris, will be the first ballet to be live-streamed on La Scala’s new video channel LaScalaTV.
The production opens tonight, with sets and costumes by Luisa Spinatelli, mostly taken from her production of the ballet with choreography by Anna-Marie Holmes, which was seen for one season only at La Scala, in 2018. This is followed by the live stream tomorrow, 1 March, and the run continues at La Scala in Milan until 17 March.
The version of Le Corsaire by Manuel Legris was created in 2016 for Vienna State Ballet. It was his first reinterpretation of a 19th-century classic. Legris has created many sections for the corps de ballet, such as the Dance of the Odalisques, and the Dance of the Corsaire Women, though Petipa’s Le Jardin animé has been preserved. For the pas de deux of Medora and Conrad, Legris chose the music written by Léo Delibes for the ballet Sylvia, without yet knowing that Sylvia would be his next restaging in Vienna, a version that came to La Scala. It was his first time working with the company that he now directs.
01 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa and the corps de ballet, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala02 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala03 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala04 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala05 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala06 – Le Corsaire – Timofej Andrijashenko, Claudio Coviello, Antonella Albano, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala07 – Le Corsaire – Claudio Coviello, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala08 – Le Corsaire – Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala09 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Gioacchino Starace, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala10 – Le Corsaire – Marco Agostino, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala11 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, Marco Agostino, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala12 – Le Corsaire – photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala13 – Le Corsaire – Antonella Albano, Claudio Coviello, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala14 – Le Corsaire – photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala15 – Le Corsaire – Antonella Albano, Claudio Coviello, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala16 – Le Corsaire – photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala17 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala18 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala19 – Le Corsaire – Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala20 – Le Corsaire – Claudio Coviello, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala21 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Claudio Coviello, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala22 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala23 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala24 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala25 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala26 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala27 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, Gioacchino Starace, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala28 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Gioacchino Starace, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala29 – Le Corsaire – Marco Agostino, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala30 – Le Corsaire – Camilla Cerulli, Linda Giubelli, Gaia Andreano’, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala31 – Le Corsaire – photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala32 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala33 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala34 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala35 – Le Corsaire – Maria Celeste Losa, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala36 – Le Corsaire – in the centre Nicoletta Manni, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala37 – Le Corsaire – Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala38 – Le Corsaire – photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala39 – Le Corsaire – Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
LE CORSAIRE
Ballet in three acts with a prologue and an epilogue
Dramaturgy and libretto by Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle from Lord Byron, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier
Choreography Manuel Legris, from Marius Petipa and others
Music Adolphe Adam and others selection by Manuel Legris, arrangement Igor Zapravdin orchestration Thomas Heinisch and Gábor Kerény
Sets and costumes Luisa Spinatelli Assistant sets and costumes Monia Torchia
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 Italian ballerina 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.
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