This morning, Frédéric Olivieri, director of La Scala’s ballet company, announced the theatre's 2019-2020 season: Sylvia 14 December 2019 – 14 January 2020 Music: Léo Delibes Choreography: Manuel … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet Season 2019 – 2020
Jean Cocteau
Picasso in Rome, with Diaghilev, Cocteau and Massine: The Ballets Russes and Parade
One hundred years ago, Pablo Picasso lived Rome for two months. It was his first trip to Italy. The Ballets Russes was in town and Picasso was eager to begin work on his designs for Parade, the ballet … [Read more...] about Picasso in Rome, with Diaghilev, Cocteau and Massine: The Ballets Russes and Parade
First look at Les Enfants Terribles – a new world premiere from The Royal Ballet
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Tonight, 27 January 2017, The Royal Ballet presents an exciting new world premiere at the Barbican Theatre in London. Here’s a preview of what the first night audience will be seeing. The project … [Read more...] about First look at Les Enfants Terribles – a new world premiere from The Royal Ballet
Roland Petit on Colette, Poulenc, Cocteau, Fracci, Murru and his ballet Chéri
Roland Petit's evocative and charming ballet, Chéri, was created at La Scala in 1996 for the mature Carla Fracci who turned sixty that year. Colette's story of an ageing woman's six-year relationship … [Read more...] about Roland Petit on Colette, Poulenc, Cocteau, Fracci, Murru and his ballet Chéri
Sophia Loren returns to the big screen after a decade
Sophia Loren will be returning to the big screen in a film based on Jean Cocteau's 1930s play La Voce Umana (The Human Voice). Loren last appeared in the cinema in Lina Wertmuller's Peperoni Ripieni … [Read more...] about Sophia Loren returns to the big screen after a decade
100 years after the riot: The Rite of Spring by those who were there
One day, when I was finishing the last pages of The Firebird in St Petersburg [in 1910], I had a fleeting vision… I saw in my imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watched … [Read more...] about 100 years after the riot: The Rite of Spring by those who were there
The Italian Greta Garbo is gone: Rossella Falk dies at 86
Rome, 10 November 1926 – Rome, 5 May 2013 One of the greatest Italian stage actresses has died in Rome at the age of 86. Rossella Falk was a giant among Italian actresses, with a slightly arrogant … [Read more...] about The Italian Greta Garbo is gone: Rossella Falk dies at 86
Claire Motte, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, at the circus
Claire Motte, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, died when she was just 48. She was a striking beauty and possessed a strong personality, such that Roland Petit created Esmeralda for her in his … [Read more...] about Claire Motte, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, at the circus
John Malkovich’s World Theatre Day message
The 50th annual World Theatre Day, which is March 27, will see John Malkovich give the opening address which will make him the first American actor to do so. He will deliver this year's message at the … [Read more...] about John Malkovich’s World Theatre Day message