Roberto Bolle and Friends
The icon of Italian ballet all over the world, Roberto Bolle, thanks to his talent, has created and introduced over time innovations into his brilliant galas, bringing together many marvelous étoiles in fabulous dance episodes: interpreters able to put in full relief the beauty of dance.
Interpreters
Roberto Bolle
Étoile Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Principal Dancer American Ballet Theatre, New York
Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
Astana Opera, Astana
Timofej Andrijashenko (31 December)
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Federico Bonelli (29 and 30 December)
Royal Ballet Theatre, London
Melissa Hamilton
Royal Ballet Theatre, London
Tatiana Melnik
Hungarian State Opera, Budapest
Sarah Lamb (29 and 30 December)
Royal Ballet Theatre, London
Nicoletta Manni (31 December)
Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Polina Semionova
Staatsballett, Berlin
Alejandro Virelles
Staatsballett, Berlin
Alessandro Quarta
violin soloist
Light designer
Valerio Tiberi
Programme
Act I
Capriccio
from the installation Paganini Rockstar
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Niccolò Paganini
Interpreter: Roberto Bolle
Violin soloist: Alessandro Quarta
Coppelia (29 and 30 December)
Pas de deux
Choreography: Arthur Saint-Léon
Music: Léo Delibes
Interpreters: Sarah Lamb and Federico Bonelli
The Nutcracker (31 December)
Pas de deux from Act II
Choreography: Lev Ivanovič Ivanov
Music: Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Interpreters: Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko
Qualia
Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Music: Scanner
Lighting Design: Lucy Carter
Interpreters: Melissa Hamilton and Roberto Bolle
Ballet originally commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
Swan Lake
Pas de deux from Act II
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij
Interpreters: Tatiana Melnik and Alejandro Virelles
In Awakening
Choreography: Isyan Jiang
Music: Senking
Interpreter: Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
Serenata
from the opera Cantata
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Amerigo Ciervo (iMusicalia)
Interpreters: Polina Semionova and Roberto Bolle
Act II
Méditation from Thaïs (29 and 30 December)
Pas de deux
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Jules Massenet
Interpreters: Sarah Lamb and Federico Bonelli
Goldberg-Variationen (31 December)
Pas de deux
Choreography: Heinz Spoerli
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Interpreters: Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko
Il corsaro
Pas de deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Riccardo Drigo
Interpreters: Tatiana Melnik and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
Caravaggio
Pas de deux
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Bruno Moretti,
from Claudio Monteverdi
Interpreters: Melissa Hamilton and Roberto Bolle
Don Chisciotte
Pas de deux from Act III
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Interpreters: Polina Semionova and Alejandro Virelles
Dorian Gray
Concept and choreography: Massimiliano Volpini
Music composed and arranged by
Alessandro Quarta, on the theme of Passacaglia
by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Video and post production: Franco Valtellina - Videoval
Interpreter: Roberto Bolle
Violin soloist: Alessandro Quarta