Rome Opera Ballet presents a Philip Glass Evening, which opens 29 March 2019, and features a new work with the company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, and guest artist Friedemann Vogel. The programme offers Benjamin Millepied’s Hearts and Arrows, Jerome Robbins’s Glass Pieces, and Nuit Blanche, a new piece by Sébastien Bertaud with designs by Christian Dior Couture. Abbagnato … [Read more...] about Rome Opera Ballet presents a Philip Glass Evening featuring a new work with Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel
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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 a few interventions with musicians … [Read more...] about Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome
Roberto Fascilla, former étoile at La Scala, dies at 82
Roberto Fascilla died yesterday morning, 23 January 2019, in Milan after a long illness. He entered the corps de ballet at Teatro alla Scala, before finishing its school, when he was just 13, and graduated from La Scala's dancing school in 1957. He became a Soloist in 1960, a Principal Dancer in 1963 and was an Etoile from 1969 to 1982. At La Scala he danced in more than 670 … [Read more...] about Roberto Fascilla, former étoile at La Scala, dies at 82
Eleonora Abbagnato is confirmed as Director of the Rome Opera Ballet until 2021
Rome Opera has announced that Eleonora Abbagnato, étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet and current Director of the Rome Opera Ballet, will remain in her post until 31 December 2021. Virginia Raggi, the city’s mayor and President of the Rome Opera Theatre Foundation, said, It is something of great pride for our city that we are able to confirm an étoile like Eleonora Abbagnato as … [Read more...] about Eleonora Abbagnato is confirmed as Director of the Rome Opera Ballet until 2021
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 — currently both an Étoile in Paris as well as director of the Rome Opera Ballet — asked him to adapt it for Rome last year. Some of it works, some does not. He has opened up many … [Read more...] about The Sleeping Beauty with Marianela Nuñez and Vladislav Lantratov at the Rome Opera Ballet
James Hobley, Britain’s Got Talent’s autistic dancer, now 19 leaves ENB’s school to join Scottish Ballet
James Hobley, first known to the general public as a Britain’s Got Talent finalist in 2011, has graduated from English National Ballet School and has a contract to start his professional career with Scottish Ballet. I wrote about his story three years ago, because it is extraordinary and reads like a fable. Here is the beginning of that article about James becoming a … [Read more...] about James Hobley, Britain’s Got Talent’s autistic dancer, now 19 leaves ENB’s school to join Scottish Ballet
Interview with ENB Principal Isaac Hernandez : I’m dreaming of seeing real change
It was a strange feeling that all the work a person can do in their lifetime, seven days a week of dedicating your life, goes out the window and is not even mentioned, is put aside for a headline. It was shocking. Is that how quickly it goes? English National Ballet Lead Principal Isaac Hernandez is talking about recent suggestions that his romantic involvement with the … [Read more...] about Interview with ENB Principal Isaac Hernandez : I’m dreaming of seeing real change
Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust has died in Rome at 71
The magnificent Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust died in Rome this morning, 5 February, at her home near the Campo de’ Fiori, after a long illness. She was just 71. She became a Principal Dancer at the Rome Opera ballet in 1966 and an Etoile in 1972. She worked extensively with the Royal Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and with Roland Petit at the Ballet … [Read more...] about Italian ballerina Elisabetta Terabust has died in Rome at 71
Dance Oscars 2017 are awarded in Rome
The ceremony for the first edition of the Oscar della Danza has been held at Cinecittà World in Rome. In Italy, there are the David di Donatello awards for cinema, the Italian Musical Awards, the Franco Abbiati awards for opera, Premio Le Maschere for theatre, and many for literature, but the various dance awards — there are numerous — are often given out to those who are … [Read more...] about Dance Oscars 2017 are awarded in Rome
Nutcracker in Milan – Bouder and Macario open tomorrow night
There is a rare opportunity to see Amedeo Amodio and Emanuele Luzzati's glorious Nutcracker which has been dusted down and is ready to conqueror Italian ballet-goers once again. The famous production is from 1989, when Elisabetta Terabust and Vladimir Derevianko created the roles of Clara and Prince. At the Arcimboldi Theatre in Milan on 2 and 3 December, New York … [Read more...] about Nutcracker in Milan – Bouder and Macario open tomorrow night