Alexandra Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 This just in! CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Nina Ananiashvili and Angel Corella to Lead Company Premiere of George Balanchine’s Mozartiana on Monday, May 24 Casting for the third and fourth week of American Ballet Theatre’s 2004 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The third week of ABT’s Spring Season will feature the season’s second repertory program, a tribute to the centenary of choreographer George Balanchine, set to the music of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. The program will be highlighted by the Company Premiere of Mozartiana on Monday, May 24, featuring Nina Ananiashvili and Angel Corella in the leading roles. Ashley Tuttle and Ethan Stiefel will make their ABT debuts in the leading roles on Wednesday evening, May 26 and Veronika Part and Maxim Beloserkovsky will perform the roles for the first time on Thursday, May 27. Created for New York City Ballet in 1981, Mozartiana, one of Balanchine’s last works, is set to Suite No. 4 Mozartiana by Tchaikovsky and features costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. The ballet was staged for ABT by Maria Calegari. American Ballet Theatre’s all-Tchaikovsky salute to George Balanchine will also include the revival premiere of Ballet Imperial on Monday May 24, featuring Gillian Murphy, Carlos Molina and Michele Wiles in the leading roles. Paloma Herrera, Gennadi Saveliev and Stella Abrera will dance the leading roles at the Wednesday, May 26 evening performance. Nina Ananiashvili, Marcelo Gomes and Monique Meunier will make their debuts with ABT in the roles on Thursday, May 27. Set to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 2 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Ballet Imperial was last performed by ABT in 1996. It received its World Premiere by American Ballet Caravan in 1941 and first entered ABT’s repertory in 1988. The revival of Ballet Imperial was staged for ABT by Colleen Neary . ABT’s all- Balanchine/Tchaikovsky program will also feature Theme and Variations and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux. Xiomara Reyes will make her debut in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux on Thursday, May 27 and Michele Wiles and David Hallberg will perform the ballet for the first time at the Saturday, May 29 matinee. The fourth week continues with ABT’s new staging of Raymonda, choreographed by Anna-Marie Holmes and conceived and directed by Holmes and Kevin McKenzie. Gillian Murphy, Angel Corella and Carlos Molina will make their debuts in the leading roles at the Wednesday, June 2 matinee and Paloma Herrera, Marcelo Gomes and Julio Bocca will make their debuts at the evening performance. Other debuts include Jesus Pastor as Abderakhman on Friday, June 4 and Michele Wiles as Raymonda and David Hallberg as Jean de Brienne at the matinee on Saturday, June 5. Countrywide Financial is the National Sponsor of American Ballet Theatre and Cole Haan is a Leading Benefactor. Graff Jewelers is ABT’s season sponsor of the 2004 Metropolitan Opera House season. ABT’s 2004 spring season is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2004 Spring Season, priced from $20 to $90, are on sale at the Metropolitan Opera House box office or by calling 212-362-6000. For more information, visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org <http://www.abt.org/> . Complete casting, subject to change, follows. THIRD WEEK Mon. Eve., May 24, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Herrera, Gomes TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky MOZARTIANA (COMPANY PREMIERE) – Ananiashvili, Corella BALLET IMPERIAL – Murphy*, Molina*, Wiles* Tues. Eve., May 25, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM I PETITE MORT – Company SECHS TÄNZE – Company PILLAR OF FIRE – Murphy, Molina, Gomes WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON - Company Wed. Mat., May 26, 2 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM I PETITE MORT – Company SECHS TÄNZE – Company PILLAR OF FIRE – McKerrow, Saveliev, Corella WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE HARRISON - Company Wed. Eve., May 26, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Murphy, Hallberg TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky MOZARTIANA – Tuttle*, Stiefel* BALLET IMPERIAL – Herrera, Saveliev*, Abrera* Thurs. Eve., May 27, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Tuttle Corella TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DUEX – Reyes*, Bocca MOZARTIANA – Part*, Beloserkovsky* BALLET IMPERIAL – Ananiashvili*, Gomes*, Meunier* Fri. Eve., May 28, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Herrera, Gomes TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Tuttle, Stiefel MOZARTIANA – Ananiashvili, Corella BALLET IMPERIAL – Murphy, Molina, Wiles Sat. Mat., May 29, 2 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Tuttle, Corella TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Wiles*, Hallberg* MOZARTIANA – Part, Beloserkovsky BALLET IMPERIAL – Herrera, Saveliev, Abrera Sat. Eve., May 29, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Wiles, Hallberg TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Reyes, Bocca MOZARTIANA – Tuttle, Stiefel BALLET IMPERIAL – Ananiashvili, Gomes, Meunier FOURTH WEEK Mon. Eve., May 31, 8 P.M. REPERTORY PROGRAM II THEME AND VARIATIONS – Wiles, Hallberg TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Tuttle, H. Cornejo MOZARTIANA – Ananiashvili, Corella BALLET IMPERIAL – Murphy, Molina, Wiles Tues. Eve., June 1, 8 P.M. RAYMONDA – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky, Gomes Wed. Mat., June 2, 2 P.M. RAYMONDA – Murphy*, Corella*, Molina* Wed. Eve., June 2, 8 P.M. RAYMONDA – Herrera*, Gomes*, Bocca* Thurs. Eve., June 3, 8 P.M. RAYMONDA – Ananiashvili, Carreño, Saveliev Fri. Eve., June 4, 8 P.M. RAYMONDA – Murphy, Corella, Pastor* Sat. Mat., June 5, 2 P.M. RAYMONDA – Wiles*, Hallberg*, Molina Sat. Eve., June 5, 8 P.M. RAYMONDA – Herrera, Gomes. Bocca -30- *Editors please note: first time in a role: Mon. Eve., May 24 – Murphy, Molina, Wiles in Ballet Imperial Wed. Eve., May 26 – Tuttle, Stiefel in Mozartiana; Saveliev, Abrera in Ballet Imperial Thurs. Eve., May 27 – Part, Beloserkovsky in Mozartiana; Ananiashvili, Gomes, Meunier in Ballet Imperial Sat. Mat., May 29 – Wiles, Hallberg in the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Wed. Mat., June 2 – Murphy, Corella, Molina in Raymonda Wed. Eve., June 2 – Herrera, Gomes, Bocca in Raymonda Fri. Eve., June 4 – Pastor in Raymonda Sat. Mat., June 5 – Wiles, Hallberg in Raymonda Link to comment
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