La bayadère
Teatro alla Scala New production
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company and Orchestra
With the participation of the students of the Ballet School of La Scala Academy
Ballet in three Acts
Libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergej Kudekov
| Choreography |
Rudolf Nureyev from Marius Petipa |
| Staging | Rudolf Nureyev |
| Conductor | Kevin Rhodes |
| Orchestration |
John Lanchbery |
| Sets and costumes | Luisa Spinatelli |
| Lights | Marco Filibeck |
| Étoile | Svetlana Zakharova (5, 8 Jan.) |
Performed as yet only by the Paris Opera Ballett, for which it was created in 1992, Nureyev’s La bayadère will be staged for the first time at La Scala with new sets and costumes by Luisa Spinatelli. This is an extraordinary debut for a sumptuous production, rich in virtuoso performances and variations. It concludes with a return to the purity of classical ballet, with the entire corps on stage in white tutus in the Kingdom of the Shades, a tableau that opened the way to the success of this ballet in the West and Nureyev’s shining star.
