Marta Mele sees the bright colours and the tragedy of unattainable love in La Bayadère at Rome Opera House with Iana Salenko and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan. TitleLa BayadèreCompanyRome Opera … [Read more...] about Review: La Bayadère in Rome with Iana Salenko and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
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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. TitleMarco SpadaCompanyRome Opera BalletVenueTeatro … [Read more...] about Review: Marco Spada returns to Rome for the first time since Rudolf Nureyev’s appearances in 1981
Review: a Carmen in dialogue with Mérimée with Rome Opera Ballet
Marta Mele sees Rome Opera Ballet in Jiří Bubeníček's Carmen – “An indomitable woman exploring her sensuality and power of attraction over men.” TitleCarmenCompanyRome Opera BalletVenueTeatro … [Read more...] about Review: a Carmen in dialogue with Mérimée with Rome Opera Ballet
Review: Uwe Scholz’s Le rouge et le noir with Rome Opera Ballet – discovering love and passion
Marta Mele sees Rome Opera Ballet in Le rouge et le noir by Uwe Scholz – “The enormous challenges of narrative ballet coupled with the symphonic music of Hector Berlioz” TitleLe rouge et le … [Read more...] about Review: Uwe Scholz’s Le rouge et le noir with Rome Opera Ballet – discovering love and passion
[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. Nunes is from Rio de Janeiro but … [Read more...] about [Review] Rome Opera Ballet perform de Bana, Forsythe and ‘Women’ a new work by Juliano Nunes
[Review] Carla Fracci’s Giselle in Rome – Natalia Osipova kneeling at the altar of emotional honesty
In honour of Carla Fracci, who died last year, Rome Opera Ballet has restaged her version of Giselle, which was mounted in 2004 during her time as director of the company (2000-2010). The production … [Read more...] about [Review] Carla Fracci’s Giselle in Rome – Natalia Osipova kneeling at the altar of emotional honesty
The Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov at the Rome Opera Ballet
Jean-Guillaume Bart, former Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, created his version of The Sleeping Beauty for the Yacobson Ballet Theatre in St Petersburg in 2016. His POB colleague Eleonora Abbagnato … [Read more...] about The Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov at the Rome Opera Ballet
Black Swan Gala with Bouder, de Luz and Picone, tours Italy
The title may make serious fans of ballet balk: Gran Gala Il Cigno Nero - Black Swan Gala. If Daniele Cipriani, the producer, wants to cash in on some of the publicity from the Darren Aronofsky film … [Read more...] about Black Swan Gala with Bouder, de Luz and Picone, tours Italy