27 May 2020
Men at the Barre - Inside the Royal Ballet
Is there still a stigma for boys who want to enter ballet? Film-maker Richard Macer investigates the reality of being a male dancer today at the Royal Ballet.
Marco Spada
Marco Spada was created at the Paris Opera in 1857 with choreography from Joseph Mazilier and music adapted from Daniel Auber’s comic opera of Marco Spada. Soon forgotten, the ballet was revived in 1981 with a brand new choreography by Pierre Lacotte for the Rome Opera, with Rudolf Nureyev as the 18th-century Italian bandit pretending to be an aristocrat, and Ghislaine Thesmar as his daughter Angela. At the Bolshoi, Marco Spada was premiered on the historic stage on November 8, 2013. Leading roles were performed by David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evgenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marchesa Sampietri), Semyon Chudin (Prince Frederici), and Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli). Pierre Lacotte designed sets and costumes.
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David Hallberg Marco Spada
Евгения Образцова Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova)
Olga Smirnova La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova)
Semyon Chudin Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici
Игорь Цвирко Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli
Anna Tikhomirova Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
Alexei Loparevich Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich)
Andrei Sitnikov Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov)
Anastasia Stashkevich La Fiancée / The Fiancée
Vyacheslav Lopatin Le Fiancé / The Fiancé
Yulia Grebenshchikova Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
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