Review: Don Quixote at La Scala with Alice Mariani and Mattia Semperboni
Graham Spicer sees La Scala Ballet in Nureyev’s production of Don Quixote featuring sparkling performances under the magical baton of Gavriel Heine.
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dance | interviews | news
Interview: Mikhail Baryshnikov pays tribute to the great theatre director Bob Wilson with a new film, DON Q
Mikhail Baryshnikov, one year after the death of his friend and collaborator, the director Robert Wilson, is working on completing their last project.
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dance | interviews | top dance
Interview: San Francisco Ballet’s newest principal – Katherine Barkman’s circuitous route in ballet
Ann Haskins talks to Katherine Barkman, recently promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet.
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Review: Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote with Birmingham Royal Ballet – a frothy delight
Lily Hyde sees BRB’s Don Quixote and is impressed by the lead dancers, the orchestrations, and the design, though disappointed by the corps de ballet.
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La Scala’s Federico Fresi returns in Sleeping Beauty after a two-year battle with cancer
La Scala Ballet Soloist Federico Fresi returned to dance on the opening night of the ballet season after a two‑year battle with a rare tumour.
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American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season 2026 at the Metropolitan Opera House
American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season 2026 will feature a new staging of Don Quixote, as well as the return of Onegin, Swan Lake, and Sylvia.
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Interview: Elizaveta Kokoreva, the Bolshoi Ballet’s youngest star, comes to Rome
Elizaveta Kokoreva makes her debut in the West when she dances in the Les Étoiles galas in Rome on 4 and 5 January.
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Review: Les Étoiles gala in Milan – 21 dancers, 17 pieces, 3 hours of starry dance
Graham Spicer sees the Les Étoiles galas in Milan with ballet stars in thrilling pas de deux and seductive modern repertoire.
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books | dance | music & opera
Books: Amici della Scala celebrates Italy’s theatre designers – Luciano Damiani, Anna Anni, Gabriella Pescucci, Franca Squarciapino, Luisa Spinatelli
Amici della Scala has published an annual collection of books on La Scala’s designers for more than 20 years. The new collection features Luciano Damiani and others.
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His Majesty King Charles III announced as Patron of The Royal Ballet
His Majesty King Charles III will continue to serve as Patron of the Royal Opera House and The Royal Opera but has accepted Patronage of The Royal Ballet.
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Nominations for the 24th National Dance Awards – #NDA24
The Dance Section of the UK Critics’ Circle announces its short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA24).
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Nina Ananiashvili brings State Ballet of Georgia to London in summer 2024
The State Ballet of Georgia based in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will visit London in 2024. The company’s last visit to the UK was in 2008.
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[Photo Album] Dasa Wharton sees Don Quixote with The Royal Ballet – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Naghdi, Ball
Dasa Wharton takes her camera to The Royal Opera House for two performances of Don Quixote with The Royal Ballet – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Naghdi, Ball.
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[Interview] Valentino Zucchetti on Anemoi, his work for The Royal Ballet
Valentino Zucchetti talks about the genesis of his ballet Anemoi for The Royal Ballet, on its return to the opera house stage.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote with Mayara Magri and Marcelino Sambé
Jann Parry sees The Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote with Mayara Magri and Marcelino Sambé – “a cheery antidote to winter’s arrival”.
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[Review and Photos] Yellowstone International Arts Festival – the most unique gala I have experienced
Graham Watts attends the Yellowstone International Arts Festival in Montana in “the most spectacular setting imaginable” [plus a gallery of stunning images].
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[Review and Photo Album] The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2023
Jann Parry sees a varied programme chosen to showcase the skills of The Royal Ballet School students, plus a rich photo gallery of the performance.
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news | dance | music & opera
Royal Opera House announces 2023-2024 opera and ballet Cinema Season
The Royal Opera House has announced its next Cinema Season with 13 productions, eight of which will be broadcast to screens around the world.
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[Interview] The authentic and passionate Laura Morera – a career without limits
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
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La Scala principal dancer Claudio Coviello on dancing in Nureyev’s Nutcracker
Interview with La Scala principal dancer Claudio Coviello who will dance in Nureyev’s Nutcracker for the first time – it was last staged 16 years ago.
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The Bolshoi Theatre’s Ballet Day online
The Bolshoi Theatre will host its annual live stream of dance on its YouTube channel on the eve of World Ballet Day.
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news | dance | music & opera
Royal Opera House Stream goes live with 130 titles
The Royal Opera House has launched its new streaming service with 45 performances and 85 behind-the-scenes features.
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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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Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo join American Ballet Theatre as guest artists
Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo will join the American Ballet Theatre as guest artists during the 2022 Summer Season and on tour.
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Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome at the end of January, now booking
After the doom and gloom with the many announcements of theatre events being cancelled or postponed, here is some good news from Les Étoiles in Rome.
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Exciting debuts at La Scala: Alice Mariani and Mattia Semperboni
Alice Mariani and Mattia Semperboni are promising interpreters to continue to infuse Nureyev’s production of Don Quixote at La Scala with excitement.
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[Interview] The Royal Ballet’s director, Kevin O’Hare, on returning to the Covent Garden stage
The Royal Ballet’s director, Kevin O’Hare, says,
“I want people to feel the exhilaration and the warmth not only towards the dancers, but towards all the people who made it happen as well. That mass of people has one goal: to give of their best. There is something so moving about that.”
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Balletto di Roma in Io, Don Chisciotte: compact yet powerful storytelling
The Balletto di Roma’s take on Don Quixote – Io, Don Chisciotte (I, Don Quixote) – is a thoroughly successful reimagining of the story that uses the Minkus ballet score for an hour of compact yet powerful storytelling. The Balletto di Roma is not to be confused with the Rome Opera Ballet: it is a contemporary dance group, founded sixty years ago in Italy’s capital.
The choreographer is Fabrizio Monteverde, who, at the age of 56 in 2014, surprisingly decided to retire to Cuba “in search of a new creative space”. His return was because he felt he had something to say with this tale of outsiders.
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Eleonora Abbagnato: Rome Opera Ballet is at an international level through my enthusiasm and dedication
Of course, it was not a simple path and fraught with difficulties, which put everyone to the test, but which allowed the theatre to achieve undeniable results. After the surprising accusations from the unions representing the dancers at the Rome Opera Ballet about Eleonora Abbagnato‘s bad behaviour, she has decided that it is time to…
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Rome Opera Ballet dancers accuse director Eleonora Abbagnato of “disrespectful” behaviour
Unions representing the dancers at Rome Opera Ballet have sent a letter to the directors of the Rome Opera House complaining about the “disrespectful” behaviour of the director of the ballet company, Eleonora Abbagnato, and her “attitude”. The Italian news agency Adnkronos printed the letter in full. The company, which gave its last performance of…
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