OPERA & BALLET MAY 2012 | Via Montenapoleone Milano

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Marguerite and Armand
Concerto DSCH

Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

May: 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 18, 20, 23

DIRECTION
Conductor / David Coleman - Piano / Davide Cabassi

MARGUERITE AND ARMAND
Production of the Academic musical Theatre “Stanislavskij - Nemirovič-Dančenko” of Moscow

Choreography / Frederick Ashton Staging revival / Grant Coyle

Music / Franz Liszt Arranged by Dudley Simpson

Sets and costumes / Cecil Beaton

Lights / John B. Read

CONCERTO DSCH
New production Teatro alla Scala
Choreography / Alexei Ratmansky

Assistant to the choreographer / Tatiana Ratmansky

Music / Dmitrij Šostakovič

Costumes / Holly Hynes

Lights / Mark Stanley

History and modernity: the season’s core themes combined in an exciting double bill.

Marguerite and Armand. “In the final moments of her fatal illness, the Lady of the Camellias relives moments from her tragic existence.” Inspired by the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, Frederick Ashton’s revered ballet celebrates the great school of English tradition and harks back to the unforgettable theatrical partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, who starred in the ballet to great acclaim at La Scala in 1966. Ashton choreographed the piece specifically for the two world-famous dancers, condensing the plot into a prologue and four scenes, with elegant sets, projections and costumes by renowned photographer Cecil Beaton.

Concerto DSCH. From Liszt we move to Dmitri Shostakovich, or DSCH, as the composer would abbreviate his name: letters that spell out four musical notes in German notation. This was the title chosen in 2008 by Alexei Ratmansky, one of today’s most talented and highly rated choreographers, for this New York City Ballet production. Bursting with energy, lyricism, virtuosity and profound musicality, this season sees the premiere of the work by the La Scala company. Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 was penned for the 19th birthday of the composer’s son Maxim, and is a work full of joy and hope, inspired by the end of the Stalinist era. Ratmansky’s lively choreography captures the essence of the music. In the lyrical couple, the virtuoso trio of two men and one woman, and a delicate romantic intermezzo, the ballet harbours energy and surprise, attesting to the originality of its choreographer.

Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten

New Teatro alla Scala Production
From 19 May to 7 June 2012
Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes
Sung in English with electronic libretto in Italian, English

May: 19, 22, 24, 29, 31

Building on the success of Death in Venice last season, Benjamin Britten’s most popular opera comes to La Scala for the 2011/2012 season. Performed on only two previous occasions at La Scala (1975 and 2000), the opera will be presented for the first time in a new production by English director Richard Jones, whom the public will remember for his extraordinary interpretation of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District.

John Graham-Hall stars as impetuous fisherman Peter Grimes in this mysterious tale set in a small fishing village on England’s east coast in the first half of the nineteenth century. The supporting cast includes John Graham-Hall, whose portrayal of Gustav von Aschenbach met with great acclaim in Death in Venice.

The unfeasibly young Robin Ticciati, principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, takes the helm in his La Scala opera debut.

DIRECTION
Conductor / Robin Ticciati
Staging / Richard Jones
Sets and costumes / Stewart Laing
Choreographic movements / Sarah Fahie
Lights / Mimi Jordan Sherin

CAST
Peter Grimes / John Graham-Hall
Ellen Orford / Susan Gritton
Captain Balstrode / Christopher Purves
Auntie / Felicity Palmer
First Niece / Ida Falk Winland
Second Niece / Simona Mihai
Bob Boles / Peter Hoare
Swallow / Daniel Okulitch
Mrs. Sedley / Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Rev. Adams / Christopher Gillett
Ned Keen / George Von Bergen
Hobson / Stephen Richardson

TOSCA
Giacomo Puccini
Teatro alla Scala Production
Running Time: 3 hours 05 minutes
Sung in Italian with electronic libretto in Italian, English

May 2012: 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15

Puccini’s Tosca is a tale of jealousy, passion and betrayal, set in an 1800s papal Rome threatened by the stirs of revolution; the story of a seat of power resisting the imminence of history.

Conducting the revival of Luc Bondy’s production, featured in La Scala’s 2010/2011 season, is Nicola Luisotti, music director of San Francisco Opera. The cast list marks the long-awaited return of Marcelo Álvarez in the role of Cavaradossi and will feature the voices of Martina Serafin as Tosca and George Gagnidze as Scarpia.

DIREZIONE
Direttore / Nicola Luisotti
Regia / Luc Bondy
Scene / Richard Peduzzi
Costumi / Milena Canonero

CAST
Tosca / Martina Serafin (22, 28 aprile; 2, 6, 9, 12, 15 maggio) Oksana Dyka (26 aprile; 11 maggio)
Cavaradossi / Marcelo Álvarez (22, 28 aprile; 2, 6, 9, 12, 15 maggio) Aleksandrs Antonenko (26 aprile; 11 maggio)
Scarpia / George Gagnidze (22 aprile; 2, 6, 9, 12, 15 maggio) Marco Vratogna (26, 28 aprile; 11 maggio)
Angelotti / Deyan Vatchkov
Sagrestano/ Alessandro Paliaga
Spoletta / Massimiliano Chiarolla
Sciarrone / Davide Pelissero
Carceriere / Ernesto Panariello
In coproduction with Metropolitan Opera, New York; Bayerische Staatsoper, München

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Eifman Ballet Theatre St. Petersburg Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoj

May: 9

Choreographie : Boris Eifman
Music: Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij

The St.-Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre under the leadership of Boris Eifman, known to ballet-lovers all over the world as Eifman Ballet, was founded by Boris Eifman in 1977. At that time the company was named ‘Leningrad New Ballet’. The concept of ‘The New Ballet’ was innovative for that time; from the very beginning it was conceived as an experimental laboratory of one choreographer.

The Company distinguished by the particular dance intellect, brilliant technique and gift for the transformation fascinates the western audience. Clive Barnеs writes in New York Post: “Now there’s no doubt that choreographer Boris Eifman is a wonderful theatrical magician…Perhaps the only thing one can still doubt is whether he is the last leading choreographer of the XX century or the first choreographer of the XXI century.” Anna Kisselgoff, one of the leading ballet critics in the USA, names Boris Eifman the leader among the contemporary choreographers: "The ballet world in search of a major choreographer need search no more. He is Boris Eifman."

At present the St. Petersburg state Academic ballet theater under the leadership of Boris Eifman is well-known among ballet lovers in Africa, Europe, Asia, the North and South America for the ballets ‘Tchaikovsky’ (1993), ‘Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman’ (1994), ‘Red Giselle’ (1997), ‘Russian Hamlet’ (1999), ‘Anna Karenina’ (2005), ‘The Seagull’ (2007). Among the latest oeuvres are the new choreographic version of the ballet ‘Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman’ (2009) and the premier of the ballet ‘Onegin’ (2009) based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin.

Having choreographed over forty five ballets Boris Eifman defines the genre in which he works as ‘psychological ballet.’ By using the language of dance he speaks sincerely with his audiences about the most complex and exciting aspects of human existence such as the quest for the meaning of life, the collision of the spiritual and physical in the private human world, and the cognition of the truth.

Credits: Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Arcimboldi, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Wikipedia