Le Corsaire
Running time: 2 hours 46 minutes ca. intermission included
FIRST ACT 38 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / SECOND ACT 35 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / THIRD ACT 43 minutes
Ballet in three acts, one prologue and one epilogue
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company and Orchestra
With the participation of the students of Teatro alla Scala Academy's Ballet School
| Dramaturgy and libretto |
by Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle from Lord Byron, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier |
| Choreography |
Manuel Legris from Marius Petipa and others |
| Conductor | Valery Ovsyanikov |
| Music |
Adolphe Adam and others selection Manuel Legris arrangement Igor Zapravdin orchestration Thomas Heinisch and Gábor Kerény |
| Sets and costumes | Luisa Spinatelli |
| Lights | Andrea Giretti |
The performance of 1 March will be live streamed on LaScalaTv. The shots may incidentally frame the audience (in whole or in part).
The performance of 28 February will be audio-visually recorded. The shots may incidentally frame the audience (in whole or in part).
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The version of Le Corsaire by Manuel Legris arrives at La Scala, his first revival of a nineteenth century classic, fully highlighting the intent and innovativeness of his choreographic approach and his musical and dramaturgic quest. With its clear and accessible plot, notable attention to musicality and relations among characters, the sumptuous and evocative décor and costumes by Luisa Spinatelli, it will be an occasion recombining the energy virtuosity, the lyricism and romanticism of one of the 19th century’s most adventurous and thrilling ballets d’action with the talents of the La Scala dancers.
