Serata Ratmansky opened the new Ballet Season
The opening title of the new Ballet Season is dedicated to the famous choreographer sought and acclaimed by ballet companies all over the world. A return, a debut for la Scala and a world premiere: a triple-bill which will feature the Scala Ballet Company and the three étoiles Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle and Massimo Murru, in different performances, from December 17th to January 16th
Russians Seasons, for the first time at la Scala, opened the triple-bill; six couples of Scala artists and main couple Svetlana Zakharova with Andrei Merkuriev; Concerto DSCH, with the principal couple Svetlana Zakharova with Carlo Di Lanno, and the trio Stefania Ballone, Antonino Sutera, Federico Fresi. Opera, the new creation for the Scala Ballet Company , created for eight couples and two main couples: at the world premiere Beatrice Carbone with Roberto Bolle, Emanuela Montanari with Mick Zeni.
Serata Ratmansky
Alexei Ratmansky
- Choreography Alexei Ratmansky
- Assistant to the choreographer Tatiana Ratmansky
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
Russian Seasons
- Teatro Bol’sˇoj Moscow Production
- Music Leonid Desyatnikov
- Costumes Galina Solovyeva
- Lights Mark Stanley
- Soprano Alisa Zinovjeva
- Violin Laura Marzadori
Concerto DSCH
- Teatro alla Scala Production
- Music Dmitrij Šostakovič
- Costumes Holly Hynes
- Lights Mark Stanley
- Piano Davide Cabassi
Opera
- New Teatro alla Scala Production
- Music Leonid Desyatnikov (first performance) Texts by Pietro Metastasio and Carlo Goldoni chosen by Carla Muschio
- Video designer Wendall Harrington
- Costumes Colleen Atwood
- Lights Mark Stanley
- Soprano Linda Jung
- Mezzo Natalia Gavrilan
- Tenor Jaeyoon Jung
From 17 December 2013 to 16 January 2014
Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes intermissions included
Backstage photogallery Teatro alla Scala, click