Five couples, one Giselle: La Scala reopens its season with a TV broadcast
La Scala’s ballet season reopens with ten performances of Giselle from 1 October, five casts, a Rai broadcast and events marking a timeless classic.
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LaScalaTV Goes Free from 1 September
Teatro alla Scala’s streaming platform is dropping its paywall. From 1 September, every title in the LaScalaTV catalogue will be available for free.
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La Scala’s 2026-2027 Ballet Season announced
La Scala announces its 2026-2027 Ballet Season with nine works, including five premieres and four new productions.
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Review: McGregor / Maillot / Naharin, an eclectic triple bill at La Scala
Graham Spicer sees La Scala’s thrilling contemporary programme: Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Dov’è la luna and Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16.
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Youth America Grand Prix’s 2026 Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala
Ballet stars will join Youth America Grand Prix to celebrate this year’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala on Thursday 16 April in New York.
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Review: Ballet Icons Gala 2026 – a star-studded, celebratory evening of ballet
Georgina Butler sees London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2026 – an outstanding international cast of elite dancers from top-tier companies with a UK premiere and two world premieres.
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Final lineup announced for Ballet Icons 20th anniversary gala
The Ballet Icons Gala returns to the London Coliseum on 15 February with its customary lineup of international ballet stars.
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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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Giorgio Armani at La Scala exhibition opens and the opening of La Scala’s 2025/2026 Ballet Season is dedicated to the designer
La Scala dedicates the opening of its ballet season to Giorgio Armani, and an exhibition of photos titled ‘Giorgio Armani at La Scala’ will be on display.
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Review: The Magnificent Return of Serata William Forsythe at La Scala – Blake Works V
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel and Graham Spicer see performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works V at La Scala – a truly magnificent production.
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William Forsythe on music and mathematics in Blake Works
William Forsythe writes about Blake Works V in advance of La Scala reviving his ‘compilation’ of Prologue, The Barre Project and Blake Works I, two years after its premiere.
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Review: La Scala Ballet in Pierre Lacotte’s Paquita – a triumph for Nicoletta Manni
Graham Spicer sees Paquita at La Scala – a tribute to choreographer Pierre Lacotte, who died in 2023, but it was Nicoletta Manni’s night.
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The Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology (FIRA) creates the Carla Fracci Research Fellowship
Carla Fracci was the testimonial for The Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology, a position now held by Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko.
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Review: Gala Fracci 2025 – Marianela Nuñez and Reece Clarke join La Scala Ballet to celebrate Carla Fracci
Graham Spicer sees Gala Fracci, La Scala’s annual festa to celebrate the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021, now in its fourth edition.
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Review: Onegin in Rome – two exceptional performers in a tear-jerking evening
Marta Mele sees the Rome Opera Ballet in John Cranko’s Onegin – two exceptional performers for an audience that did not shy away from the story’s emotions.
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Review: Alice Marini and Roberto Bolle in a new Carmen in ‘Kratz / Preljocaj / De Bana’, La Scala’s contemporary triple bill
Graham Spicer sees works by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj, and Patrick de Bana in an uneven triple bill.
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Review: Ballet Icons Gala 2025 – an outstanding international cast of star dancers
Georgina Butler sees London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2025 – an exceptional evening of ballet with a programme of 16 works, including premieres and a world premiere.
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A new Carmen at La Scala – Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni star in Patrick de Bana’s new work
Carmen is Patrick de Bana’s first work created for La Scala Ballet and has Nicoletta Manni as Carmen and Roberto Bolle as Don José.
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Photo Album: The Hidden Gaze – Dance Behind the Curtain, the Corps de Ballet of La Scala as photographed by Gérard Uféras
A book and an exhibition at La Scala’s Museum show the dancers of La Scala observed though the lens of Gérard Uféras.
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Ballet Icons Gala 2025 arrives at the London Coliseum in March
On 9 March 2025, the Ballet Icons Gala will fulfil its annual promise of presenting dancers from across the world to the London public.
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Interview: The look of love – chatting with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 2
Part 2 of the interview with La Scala dancers Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko.
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Interview: The look of love – chatting with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 1
An interview with two of the Ballet of La Scala’s most familiar faces, Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 1.
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Two ballets by Jerome Robbins to be live-streamed from La Scala on 12 November
Jerome Robbins’ ballets Dances at a Gathering and The Concert will be live-streamed from La Scala.
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Review: La Dame aux camélias at La Scala – Cojocaru, Coviello, Manni, Bolle
Graham Spicer sees John Neumeier’s La Dame aux camélias with wonderful performances from two casts but gets itchy for it to end.
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Live stream – Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni in La Dame aux camélias at La Scala
La Scala’s video channel will stream John Neumeier’s Dame aux camélias live with Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni.
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Review: Manon at La Scala – Nicoletta Manni/Reece Clarke; Myriam Ould-Braham/Claudio Coviello
Graham Spicer sees The Royal Ballet’s Reece Clarke and Paris Opera Ballet’s Myriam Ould-Braham join colleagues at La Scala for Manon.
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Rehearsal photos: Kenneth MacMillan’s L’histoire de Manon at La Scala
Rehearsal photos and some background on Kenneth MacMillan’s L’histoire de Manon, onstage at La Scala.
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Reece Clarke and Myriam Ould-Braham are last-minute guests at La Scala
After injuries during La Bayadère at La Scala, the company has had to invite last-minute guests to complete the casting in Manon.
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Review – La Bayadère at La Scala with Nicoletta Manni and Kimin Kim
Kimin Kim debuts as Solor in La Bayadère at La Scala, with étoile Nicoletta Manni, to thunderous applause.
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[Review] La Scala’s Gala Fracci shows a company in spectacular form
Gala Fracci at La Scala has reached its third edition – an annual gala dedicated to the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021.
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