John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet returns to Rome at the vast Circus Maximus
From tonight at Circus Maximus – ancient Rome’s chariot-racing stadium – audiences of 6,000 can see John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet.
Claudio Cocino
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Review: Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – magic, mischief and romance in Rome
Reviewer Marta Mele sees Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Rome, discovering a delightful balance of theatrical magic, lyrical romance and effortless laughter.
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Review: Marco Spada returns to Rome for the first time since Rudolf Nureyev’s appearances in 1981
Marta Mele sees Marco Spada with Rome Opera Ballet, a ballet first restaged in Rome in 1981 by choreographer Pierre Lacotte for Rudolf Nureyev.
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[Review] Rome Opera Ballet perform de Bana, Forsythe and ‘Women’ a new work by Juliano Nunes
A contemporary triple bill at Rome Opera saw Patrick de Bana and William Forsythe sharing the bill, with a new work from Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes.
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Paul Chalmer’s new Nutcracker for the Rome Opera Ballet
In Rome, from 21 until 31 December, there will be 12 performances of a new version of The Nutcracker by Paul Chalmer to open the 2023/2024 ballet season.
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[Review] Carla Fracci’s Giselle in Rome – Natalia Osipova kneeling at the altar of emotional honesty
Natalia Osipova and Jacopo Tissi guest with Rome Opera Ballet in Carla Fracci’s version of Giselle. (Plus a gallery of photos)
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Rome Opera Ballet – Season 2022-2023
The new season of the Rome Opera Ballet is announced by the company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato.
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Rome Opera Ballet announces 2021-2022 season
Rome Opera Ballet has announced its 2021-2022 season which starts with a Nutcracker and finishes with the restaging of Carla Fracci’s 2004 production of Giselle.
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Rome Opera summer season: opera and ballet programme 2021
Trovatore inaugurates Rome’s summer season followed by Madama Butterfly and La bohème, and dance features Swan Lake and Roberto Bolle.
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Vivaldi Suite – free streaming of a new ballet from Rome Opera
Tonight at 8.00 pm CET, the ballet Vivaldi Suite by choreographer Michele Merola will be broadcast in free streaming on the YouTube channel of the Opera di Roma.
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Dancing Times, September edition – with Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column including Woolf Works at La Scala and a Glass triple bill in Rome
The latest issue of Dancing Times is out tomorrow. In September’s issue, I cover Wayne McGregor’s “amazing” Woolf Works at La Scala with Alessandra Ferri giving a “frighteningly intense” performance alongside an excellent cast from La Scala Ballet including “powerful and touching” performances from Timofej Andrijashenko as Septimus and Claudio Coviello as Evans, and Gioacchino…
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Rome Opera Ballet announces 2019-2020 season
Five different programmes make up Rome Opera Ballet’s new season, 2019-2020. Benjamin Pech’s successful Swan Lake will be remounted to open the season. This will be followed by an evening dedicated to Jerome Robbins; a new work by José Carlos Martínez telling the tale of Lord Byron’s Il Corsaro (The Corsair); a triple bill featuring…
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Rome Opera Ballet’s Philip Glass triple bill thrills
The Philip Glass triple bill at Rome Opera Ballet showed off three very different choreographic styles to one composer’s music. Glass has a way of seducing the listener into his world —his music is guileful and hypnotising. The mainly minimalist component to his music results in there being a stronger connection with Vivaldi or Bach…
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Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome
Another Carmen? Well, yes, but there is a slightly different slant to this new production for the Rome Opera Ballet because Jiří Bubeníček has used Prosper Mérimée’s novella as his starting point, not Bizet’s opera. The ballet does, however, use Bizet’s music for the main part, which instantly removes originality from the score. Apart from…
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Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest
Carmen, a new work for Rome Opera Ballet by Jiří Bubeníček will receive its world premiere this Saturday, 2 February, and runs until 10 February. The company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, said, It’s an honour for me to have a great artist, and fabulous dancer and now a young and successful choreographer like Bubeníček, to present…
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Amodio and Luzzati’s Nutcracker and Coppélia once again go on tour
One of the most charming and winning productions of The Nutcracker seen in Italy during the last fifty years, was created for the relatively small company AterBalletto. The company is now known as a contemporary group (it was transformed as such by former Artistic Director Mauro Bigonzetti, whose works dominated its programming from 1997); however,…
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