Raymonda

Teatro alla Scala Production

From 3 to 13 October 2012

Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes intermissions included

Notes on the performancesOpen: A new La Scala production in October 2011, this most faithful version of Raymonda to the original, which met with triumphant success in St Petersburg in 1898, returns for the 2011/2012 season. Based on a medieval legend, its libretto, featuring ladies-in-waiting, knights, crusaders and Saracens, castles and cathedrals, sparked the imagination of the young Alexander Glazunov, in his first ballet score, and the infinite wisdom of Petipa, who complemented it with an enormously rich and endless succession of classical variations, exotic dances and character dances, mime, lyrical pas de deux and a heavily featured corps de ballet, with a grandiose finale. Drawing on notation from the Harvard archives, original designs housed in the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Theatre Library, La Scala presents the last great work from the glory days of the Imperial Ballet.

Friedemann Vogel and Olesia Novikova return in the principal roles.

Direction

Choreography: Marius Petipa (1898)
Choreographic revival and staging: Sergej Vikharev
Music: Aleksandr Glazunov
Conductor: Alexander Titov
Original sets: Orest Allegri, Pëtr Lambin, Konstantin Ivanov (1898)
Recreated by: Elena Kinkulskaya e Boris Kaminsky
Original costumes: Ivan Vsevoložskij (1898)
recreated by: Irene Monti
Historical archive research and coordination: Pavel Gershenzon
Lights: Marco Filibeck

Guest Artists

Olesia Novikova: 3, 5e, 9, 11
Friedemann Vogel: 3, 5e, 9, 11

Detailed cast

Wednesday 3 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Olesia Novikova
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Friedemann Vogel
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Mick Zeni
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Vittoria Valerio
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Lusymay Di Stefano
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Claudio Coviello
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Antonino Sutera
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Manuela Aufieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Antonella Albano
Virna Toppi
Saracen dance (Act II): Denise Gazzo
Maurizio Licitra
Spanish dance: Beatrice Carbone
Fabio Saglibene
Mazurka (Act III): Lara Montanaro
Alessandro Grillo
Palotás: Emanuela Montanari
Andrea Volpintesta
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Antonella Albano

Friday 5 October 2012 - 2.30 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Petra Conti
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Eris Nezha
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Andrea Volpintesta
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Vittoria Valerio
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Sofia Rosolini
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Christian Fagetti
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Marco Agostino
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Sara Barbieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Vittoria Valerio
Virna Toppi
Saracen dance (Act II): Stefania Ballone
Federico Fresi
Spanish dance: Emanuela Montanari
Fabio Saglibene
Mazurka (Act III): Beatrice Carbone
Riccardo Massimi
Palotás: Lara Montanaro
Mick Zeni
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Denise Gazzo

Friday 5 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Olesia Novikova
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Friedemann Vogel
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Andrea Volpintesta
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Vittoria Valerio
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Lusymay Di Stefano
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Claudio Coviello
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Antonino Sutera
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Manuela Aufieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Antonella Albano
Antonina Chapkina
Saracen dance (Act II): Denise Gazzo
Maurizio Licitra
Spanish dance: Sofia Rosolini
Stefano De Angelis
Mazurka (Act III): Lara Montanaro
Alessandro Grillo
Palotás: Emanuela Montanari
Andrea Volpintesta
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Denise Gazzo

Saturday 6 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Virna Toppi
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Antonino Sutera
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Andrea Volpintesta
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Vittoria Valerio
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Sofia Rosolini
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Christian Fagetti
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour Provenzale: Marco Agostino
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Sara Barbieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Antonella Albano
Antonina Chapkina
Saracen dance (Act II): Stefania Ballone
Federico Fresi
Spanish dance: Beatrice Carbone
Fabio Saglibene
Mazurka (Act III): Adeline Souletie
Maurizio Licitra
Palotás: Lara Montanaro
Mick Zeni
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Lusymay Di Stefano

Tuesday 9 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Olesia Novikova
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Friedemann Vogel
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Mick Zeni
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Antonella Albano
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Lusymay Di Stefano
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Claudio Coviello
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Antonino Sutera
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Manuela Aufieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Vittoria Valerio
Virna Toppi
Saracen dance (Act II): Denise Gazzo
Maurizio Licitra
Spanish dance: Sofia Rosolini
Stefano De Angelis
Mazurka (Act III): Beatrice Carbone
Riccardo Massimi
Palotás: Emanuela Montanari
Andrea Volpintesta
Solista Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Antonella Albano

Thursday 11 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Olesia Novikova
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Friedemann Vogel
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Mick Zeni
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Antonella Albano
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Lusymay Di Stefano
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Claudio Coviello
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Antonino Sutera
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Manuela Aufieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Antonella Albano
Virna Toppi
Saracen dance (Act II): Stefania Ballone
Marco Messina
Spanish dance: Beatrice Carbone
Fabio Saglibene
Mazurka (Act III): Adeline Souletie
Maurizio Licitra
Palotás: Emanuela Montanari
Andrea Volpintesta
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Lusymay Di Stefano

Saturday 13 October 2012 - 8 pm

Raymonda, Countess de Daurice: Petra Conti
Knight Jean de Brienne, Raymonda's fiance: Claudio Coviello
Abderakhman, Saracen knight: Andrea Volpintesta
Henriette, Raymonda's girlfriend: Vittoria Valerio
Clémence, Raymonda's girlfriend: Sofia Rosolini
Béranger, troubadour of Aquitaine: Christian Fagetti
Bernard de Ventodour, troubadour of Provence: Marco Agostino
Countess Sybille, canoness, Raymonda's aunt: Sabina Galasso
Andrei II, King of Hungary: Luigi Saruggia
The White Lady, protector of the House of Doris: Sara Barbieri
Seneschal, in charge of the castle of Doris: Giuseppe Conte
Verlé: Matthew Endicott
Soloists (Act I, scene II): Vittoria Valerio
Virna Toppi
Saracen dance (Act II): Denise Gazzo
Marco Messina
Spanish dance: Emanuela Montanari
Fabio Saglibene
Mazurka (Act III): Beatrice Carbone
Riccardo Massimi
Palotás: Lara Montanaro
Mick Zeni
Soloist Pas classique hongrois (Act III): Antonella Albano

ON STAGE

October 2012

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