Live stream – Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni in La Dame aux camélias at La Scala

After seven years, John Neumeier‘s La Dame aux camélias returns to La Scala‘s stage in Milan.

The photo album below is of the opening cast on 25 September with Nicoletta Manni as Marguerite Gautier and Roberto Bolle as Armand Duval.

The performance on 4 October, with Manni and Bolle, will be streamed live on La Scala’s streaming platform LaScala.tv. It is the first time that La Scala’s étoiles have danced the ballet together, and only the second season that Manni has danced the role.

The theatre, sadly, did not offer any ballet online during the past season – as it did with opera – except for the opening of the season’s new production of Coppélia, staged by Alexei Ratmansky, which was available on medici.tv and later on Italian TV. However, the first night’s ten minutes of applause (together with a sold-out theatre for each performance) maybe nudged La Scala to offer the production worldwide. From 7.45pm CET the performance can be rented and viewed (live only) at €9.90 (HD) and €11.90 (UHD 4K).

La Dame aux camélias – a photo album

01 – La Dame aux camélias – Marco Agostino Virna Toppi, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

02 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (2)

03 – La Dame aux camélias – Bolle Manni Toppi Semperboni Turnbull, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

04 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (1)

05 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (3)

06 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (4)

07 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (5)

08 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (2)

09 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (3)

11 – La Dame aux camélias – photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

12 – La Dame aux camélias – Spaccarotella Fagetti Toppi Agostino Fiandra Manni Bolle e corpo di ballo, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

13 – La Dame aux camélias – Toppi Agostino Fiandra Fagetti Manni Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

14 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (6)

15 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (8)

16 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (9)

17 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (10)

18 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Gabriele Corrado, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (2)

19 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Gabriele Corrado, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (3)

20 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Gabriele Corrado, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (4)

21 – La Dame aux camélias – Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

22 – La Dame aux camélias – Gabriele Corrado Roberto Bolle e corpo di ballo, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

23 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Navrin Turnbull Caterina Bianchi Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

24 – La Dame aux camélias – Caterina Bianchi Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

25 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (11)

26 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (12)

27 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (13)

28 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (14)

29 – La Dame aux camélias – Nicoletta Manni Roberto Bolle, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (1)

30 – La Dame aux camélias – Corpo di Ballo, Virna Toppi, Caterina Bianchi, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

31 – La Dame aux camélias – Chiara Fiandra Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

32 – La Dame aux camélias – Martina Arduino Nicola Del Freo Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (2)

33 – La Dame aux camélias – Martina Arduino Nicola Del Freo Nicoletta Manni, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala (1)

Gramilano Editor

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.