Dale Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 ABT releases the casting for the last two weeks of the 2007 Met season: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FINAL TWO WEEKS OF ABT’S 2007 SPRING SEASON AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE 6/14/2007 - Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2007 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. On Monday, June 25, the Company will give the first of eight performances of Swan Lake, with Irina Dvorovenko, Maxim Beloserkovsky and David Hallberg in the leading roles. Choreographed by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Swan Lake is set to a score by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky and features scenery and costumes by Zack Brown. The season will conclude with eight performances of James Kudelka’s Cinderella, beginning Monday, July 2, led by Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes. At the matinee on Wednesday, July 4, Guest Artist Guillaume Côté will reprise his role as Her Prince Charming, opposite Xiomara Reyes as Cinderella. Côté made his debut with ABT in the same role during the 2006 Met Season. Cinderella is set to music by Sergei Prokofiev and features scenery and costumes by David Boechler. Countrywide Financial is the National Sponsor of American Ballet Theatre. Superfund Asset Management, Inc. and Northern Trust are the sponsors of ABT’s Metropolitan Opera House Season. The 2007 Metropolitan Opera House season is also made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2007 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $24-$110, are available at the Met box office, online at metopera.org, or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City. Complete casting follows: SEVENTH WEEK Mon. Eve., June 25, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky, Hallberg Tues. Eve., June 26, 8 P.M SWAN LAKE – Vishneva, Gomes, Radetsky Wed. Mat., June 27, 2 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Kent, Carreño, Pastor Wed. Eve., June 27, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Murphy, Stiefel, Saveliev Thur. Eve., June 28, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Ananiashvili, Corella, Gomes Fri. Eve., June 29, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Wiles, Hallberg, Pastor Sat. Mat., June 30, 2 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Part, Gomes, Radetsky Sat. Eve., June 30, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Herrera, Corella, Saveliev EIGHTH WEEK Mon. Eve., July 2, 8 P.M. CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes Tues. Eve., July 3, 8 P.M. CINDERELLA – Murphy, Hallberg Wed. Mat., July 4, 2 P.M. CINDERELLA – Reyes, Côté Wed. Eve., July 6, 8 P.M. NO PERFORMANCE Thur. Eve., July 5, 8 P.M. CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes Fri. Eve., July 6, 8 P.M. CINDERELLA – Murphy, Hallberg Sat. Mat., July 7, 2 P.M. CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes Sat. Eve., July 7, 8 P.M. CINDERELLA – Reyes, Côté Link to comment
aurora Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Complete casting follows:SEVENTH WEEK Mon. Eve., June 25, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky, Hallberg Tues. Eve., June 26, 8 P.M SWAN LAKE – Vishneva, Gomes, Radetsky Wed. Mat., June 27, 2 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Kent, Carreño, Pastor Wed. Eve., June 27, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Murphy, Stiefel, Saveliev Thur. Eve., June 28, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Ananiashvili, Corella, Gomes Fri. Eve., June 29, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Wiles, Hallberg, Pastor Sat. Mat., June 30, 2 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Part, Gomes, Radetsky Sat. Eve., June 30, 8 P.M. SWAN LAKE – Herrera, Corella, Saveliev according to the Metopera ticketing page http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/sea...on.aspx?id=9116 this has now changed somewhat: Weds Matinee Pastor is replaced by Matthews Thurs eve Gomes is replaced by Matthews I wonder if someone is going to move up a level--all the other dancers doing Von Rothbart are soloists or principals I'm disappointed not to be seeing Gomes as Von Rothbart though, he is magnificent in that role. Link to comment
bingham Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 According to ABT site, D Hallberg is replacing E Stiefel on the June 27th Swan Lake. I hope he will be back soon.He was terrific as Lescaut last week. Link to comment
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