ECat Posted December 2, 2019 Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Etoile Eleonora Abbagnato will be performing Le Parc on December 23 for her farewell performance. IMO this will be a lovely ballet for her to exit with. There is a great video on the Paris Opera website on this link. https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/magazine/parcours-detoile-with-eleonora-abbagnato?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_term=_ Edited December 2, 2019 by ECat Wanted to add more info
miliosr Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) We'll see how many shows of Le Parc and Raymonda the company actually performs given the strikes that have led to several cancellations already. https://www.france24.com/en/20191210-paris-opera-ballet-dancers-hang-up-shoes-in-pension-reform-protest Edited December 11, 2019 by miliosr
Josette Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 I hope Eleonora Abbagnoto gets to dance her scheduled farewell performance on the 23rd, but . . .
miliosr Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Josette said: I hope Eleonora Abbagnoto gets to dance her scheduled farewell performance on the 23rd, but . . . It's not looking good at the moment. For the Raymonda run of shows, the company performed once and the next 10 shows were all cancelled.
miliosr Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Josette said: I hope Eleonora Abbagnoto gets to dance her scheduled farewell performance on the 23rd, but . . . It's not looking good at the moment. For the Raymonda run of shows, the company performed once and the next 10 shows were all cancelled.
Josette Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 Hi, miliosr - I know, I have a friend who was in Paris with tickets for both Le Parc (with Ganio) and Raymonda. Dorothee Gilbert got great reviews for that one performance of Raymonda. I have tickets for Mayerling in May.
miliosr Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 The Opera will be cutting it close as far as Abbagnato's retirement is concerned. Four of her scheduled performances have already been cancelled. "La Marseillaise" at The Opera Bastille today:
miliosr Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 6:52 PM, miliosr said: The Opera will be cutting it close as far as Abbagnato's retirement is concerned. Four of her scheduled performances have already been cancelled. And her farewell is cancelled. The strike roils on . . .
volcanohunter Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) Dancers performed a bit of Swan Lake on the picket line on December 24. Edited December 25, 2019 by volcanohunter
miliosr Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 The standoff continues although the dancers continue to rehearse for Giselle and the all-Balanchine program: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/arts/dance/paris-opera-ballet-strike.html
silvermash Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Eleonora Abbagnato has announced on her INSTAGRAM May 18th as the new date for her farewell . It will be a special evening including the Défilé and pieces by her favorite choreographers (Robbins, Petit, Neumeier, Preljocaj)
ECat Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 4 hours ago, silvermash said: Eleonora Abbagnato has announced on her INSTAGRAM May 18th as the new date for her farewell . It will be a special evening including the Défilé and pieces by her favorite choreographers (Robbins, Petit, Neumeier, Preljocaj) Thank you for the update! I am delighted that Eleonora can have a proper retirement performance dancing some of her favorite ballets.
silvermash Posted May 11, 2021 Posted May 11, 2021 Third farewell attempt for Eleonora Abbagnato. June 11th in the Roland Petit programme. She is scheduled to dance Le Rendez-vous with Mathieu Ganio and Le Jeune homme et la mort with Stéphane Bullion. Paris Opera Ballet is due to resume live shows on May 30th with this Roland Petit Programme.
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