CALLAS FOREVER
CALLAS FOREVER
MARIA BY CALLAS (MARIA BY CALLAS: IN HER OWN WORDS)
MARIA BY CALLAS (MARIA BY CALLAS: IN HER OWN WORDS)
ATTILA (GIUSEPPE VERDI)
ATTILA
(1845)
Giovanni Battista Parodi (bass) – Attila
Susanna Branchini (soprano) – Odabella
Roberto de Biasio (tenor) – Foresto
Sebastian Catana (baritone) – Ezio
Cristiano Cremonini (tenor) – Uldino
Zyian Atleh (bass) – Leone
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Parma
Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
Teatro Regio di Parma, October 2010
Duration: 118 minutes (extra: introduction to Attila [10.00])
“TCHAIKOVSKY GALA” AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA
TCHAIKOVSKY GALA AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA
This Tchaikovsky Gala is a showcase of virtuosity which is not to be missed, presented by Roberto Bolle resident star of La Scala and a handful of international guest artists : Polina Semionova, Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic.
Some of the most exacting and demanding moments from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are presented, showing to great effect the prowess of the corps de ballet and stars alike: Roberto Bolle and Polina Semionova, principal of the Berlin Staatsballett. And also from Berlin the principal couple Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic, in this their very first appearance on the Scala stage.
David Coleman conducts some of the musical highlights from the three Tchaikovsky’s ballets, all of which are held in high esteem in the hearts and minds of ballet fans: Swan Lake, in Vladimir Bourmeister’s version ; Sleeping Beauty, with choreographied by Marius Petipa and The Nutcracker, another familiar title for La Scala, this time in Patrice Bart’s version.
Jewels of music and dance all set in the Act III décor of Swan Lake: Prince Siegfried’s birthday festivities are being held in the castle hall, a veritable tourbillon of dances, from Czardas to Spanish, Neapolitan to Mazurka all of which leads into the celebrated “Black Swan” pas de deux, starring Roberto Bolle and Polina Semionova. As if by magic, another homage to Tchaikovsky appears: Aurora and her four princes in the immortal “Rose Adagio”, encompassing both dreamy sweetness and technical strength, being one of the most difficult choreographic passages of Sleeping Beauty alongside the “Blue Bird” pas de deux and the Act II pas de deux from The Nutcracker performed here by Nadja Saidakova and Ronald Savkovic.
24 PRELUDES OP. 28, 2 NOCTURNES(OP. 27 N. 2, OP. 48 N. 1) – FRYDERYK CHOPIN
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24 Preludes op. 28, 2 Nocturnes (op. 27 n. 2, op. 48 n. 1) – Fryderyk Chopin
Piano: Mikhail Rudy
LIBRO
“The life of Chopin” by Franz Liszt
SYMPHONY N. 6 OP. 74 “PATHÉTIQUE SYMPHONY” – PËTR IL’IC ČAJKOVSKIJ
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Symphony n. 6 op. 74 “Pathétique Symphony” – Pëtr Il’ic Čajkovskij
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
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“The devil” by Lev Tolstoj
GISELLE – ADOLPHE-CHARLES ADAM
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Giselle – Adolphe-Charles Adam
Corpo di ballo del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Cast: Alessandra Ferri, Massimo Murru, Isabel Seabra, Maurizio Vanadia, Marinella Carimati, Bryan Hewison, Maurizia Luceri, Matteo Buongiorno, Beatrice Carbone, Roberto Bolle, Silvia Scrivano, Gilda Gelati, Patrizia Milani, Laura Caccialanza, Silvia Scrivano, Sophie Sarrote, Aglaia Lovetti, Emanuela Montanari, Monica Vaglietti, Gilda Gelati
Condutor: Paul Connelly
Choreography: Patrice Bart (da Jean Coralli e Jules Perrot)
Direction: Alexandre Tarta
BOOK
“Tales” by Théophile Gautier
SYMPHONY N. 6 “PASTORAL” OP. 68 – LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Symphony n. 6 “Pastoral” op. 68 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
BOOK
“La symphonie pastorale” by André Gide
FANTASTICAL SYMPHONY OP. 14 – HECTOR BERLIOZ
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Fantastical symphony op. 14
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
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“Ferragus” by Honoré de Balzac
LA TRAVIATA – GIUSEPPE VERDI
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La traviata – Giuseppe Verdi
Orchester, chor, ballet of Arena di Verona
Conductor: Julian Kovatchev
Direction, sets, costumes and lighting: Hugo de Ana
Choreography: Leda Lojodice
Directed by: Tiziano Mancini
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“La Dame aux Camélias” by Alexandre Dumas fils
THE GAMBLER – SERGEJ PROKOF’EV
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The gambler – Sergej Prokof’ev
Staatsoper unter den Linden in coproduction with Teatro alla Scala
Staatskapelle Berlin
Chor of Staatsoper unter den Linden
Condutor: Daniel Barenboim
Direction: Dmitri Tcherniakov
BOOK
“The gambler” by Fëdor Dostoevskij
PEER GYNT (BALLETTO DI HEINZ SPOERLI) – EDVARD GRIEG
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Peer Gynt (ballet by Heinz Spoerli) – Edvard Grieg
Corpo di ballo dell’Opera di Zurigo
Orchestra dell’Opera di Zurigo
Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Directed by: Andy Sommer
BOOK
“Peer Gynt” by Henrik Ibsen