dirac Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 A rediscovered ballet by Antonio Salieri will be given an orchestral performance. Quote Ms Stokes said: "I believe that I have restructured one of his ballets. It was his first international opera, commissioned by Gluck, and was his international break, with the ballet coming in the middle of the opera. This ballet was believed lost in its full state, and scholars thought it only existed in a fragmentary form." The opera premiered in Milan in 1778 and was performed again in 2004 but without the ballet section. Ms Stokes said in the 18th Century it was "very rare" for a composer to write the ballet for his own opera. "The ballet was seen was being of "lesser importance", she explained. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 A review of "Ballet Nights: A Grand Finale" by Deborah Weiss for Bachtrack. Quote Ivana Bueno from English National Ballet kicked off the dancing with Medora's Act 2 variation from Le Corsaire. Supremely well-suited to this kind of virtuosic choreography, Bueno looks set to be fast-tracked to the lofty heights of ballerina status before long. In the second half she tackled the famous solo from La Esmeralda, so often presented at international ballet competitions. She danced it with charm, ease and the necessary pizzazz. Link to comment
dirac Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 A review of the National Ballet of Canada in "Onegin" by Gianmarco Segato for Bachtrack. Quote As principal dancer Guillaume Côté mentioned in a pre-performance chat on November 25th, Anderson in fact owns the rights to this ballet, and had a strong hand casting this revival. The veteran Côté had danced his final Onegin the previous evening, while in a bold move, recently promoted second soloist Larkin Miller made his title role debut on November 25th. Their respective Tatianas were Jurgita Dronina and Svetlana Lunkina. Link to comment
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