Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
based on the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas Jr.
First performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, on 6 March 1853
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
First performed
Teatro dell’Opera del Cairo, on 21 December 1871
PROGRAM
ACT I
LE CORSAIRE Pas de deux
choreographer Marius Petipa
music Riccardo Drigo
artists Tatiana Melnik, Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
BACH DUET
choreographer William Forsythe
music Johann Sebastian Bach
lighting designerWilliam Forsythe
costume designer Yumiko Takeshima
artists Elena Vostrotina, Roberto Bolle
LES BOURGEOIS
choreographer Ben Van Cauwenbergh
music Jaques Brel, Jean Samuele Cortinovis
artist Daniil Simkin
SOIRÉES MUSICALES
choreographer Helgi Tomasson
music Benjamin Britten
costume designer Ann Beck
artist Misa Kuranaga, Angelo Greco
OPUS 100 – FÜR MAURICE
choreographer John Neumeier
music Simon&Garfunkel
artist Roberto Bolle, Alexandre Riabko
ACT II
SERENATA – after the opera“Cantata”
ballett by Mauro Bigonzetti
music Amerigo Ciervo (iMusicalia)
artists Stefania Figliossi, Roberto Bolle
LE FIAMME DI PARIGI Pas de deux
choreographer Vasilij Vainonen
music Boris Asafiev
artists Tatiana Melnik, Bakhtiyar Adamzhan
IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED Pas de deux
choreographer William Forsythe
lighting designer costume designer William Forsythe
music Thom Willems
in collaboration with Lesley Stuck*
artists Elena Vostrotina, Roberto Bolle
DON CHISCIOTTE Act III – Pas de deux
choreographer Marius Petipa
music Ludwig Minkus
artists Daniil Simkin, Maia Makhateli
WAVES
choreographer Massimiliano Volpini
music Davide Boosta Dileo, Erik Satie
artist Roberto Bolle
*Licensed by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited
Music by Georges Bizet
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée
First performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexadre Dumas Jr.
First performed at the Teatro La Fenice on 6 March 1853