Bolshoi Theatre: Marco Spada's ballet

Overview

Marco Spada was created at the Paris Opera in 1857 with choreography from Joseph Mazilier and music adapted from Daniel Auber’s comic opera of Marco Spada. Soon forgotten, the ballet was revived in 1981 with a brand new choreography by Pierre Lacotte for the Rome Opera, with Rudolf Nureyev as the 18th-century Italian bandit pretending to be an aristocrat, and Ghislaine Thesmar as his daughter Angela. At the Bolshoi, Marco Spada was premiered on the historic stage on November 8, 2013. Leading roles were performed by David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evgenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marchesa Sampietri), Semyon Chudin (Prince Frederici), and Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli). Pierre Lacotte designed sets and costumes.

Cast

David Hallberg

Marco Spada

Evguenya Obraztsova

Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova)

Olga Smirnova

La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova)

Semyon Chudin

Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici

Igor Tsvirko

Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli

Anna Tikhomirova

Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri

Alexei Loparevich

Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich)

Andrei Sitnikov

Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov)

Anastasia Stashkevich

La Fiancée / The Fiancée

Vyacheslav Lopatin

Le Fiancé / The Fiancé

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Yulia Grebenshchikova

Friends to Marquesa Sampietri