Dance, Abbagnato: “The Lake at the Circus Maximus, a courageous choice, sure of success’

The summer season of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, after the inaugural Il Trovatore, continues with dance. At the Circus Maximus on June 22, at 9.00 pm, a great classic of the ballet repertoire will be staged, Swan Lake to music by Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij. Maestro Andriy Yurkevych conducts the orchestra of the Rome Opera. The show is staged in the choreographic reading signed by Benjamin Pech, a record box office at the 2018 premiere at the Costanzi Theater and then resumed in the 2019/20 season. Pech’s work is grafted into a magical staging made up of refined scenes and precious decorations by the set designer Aldo Buti, with the lights of Vinicio Cheli, to which is added, for the large space of the Circus Maximus, the creation and digital animation of Ignasi Monreal. “It is really a pleasure, in a moment that I consider historical for dance, to find again and above all to be affected by the great public of the Circus Maximus. We can’t wait! – declared the director of the Ballet Company Eleonora Abbagnato – The choice of the Lake of swans for this reopening is courageous. The title of the titles of the classical repertoire requires a company in maximum form. I am happy to restart with this ballet which, in addition to the guests, our étoiles, the first dancers and the soloists, brings on stage a large number of dancers, young and talented, who have not performed in public for a long time. Really an important title whose success I am sure of “. “Among the big names that we will bring back with this lake is that of Maia Makhateli – recalled Eleonora Abbagnato – I strongly wanted her to return to Rome for this occasion. Il Corsaro should have danced with us but the production was brutally interrupted by the pandemic . She was very disappointed and it is a great honor to have her back here in Rome as a guest, in one of the titles that this artist danced the most “.” At the origin of everything is Tchaikovsky’s music – said the choreographer Benjamin Pech – The truth about this fable and this ballet is told by the music with its dramatic accents. It is the story of a friendship, that between Siegfried and Benno, and of a betrayal “. Starting from the music, therefore, he focuses on his version, largely faithful to the original, by Petipa and Ivanov, but reworked from a dramaturgical point of view. The role of the villain is entrusted to Benno, the unsuspected friend of the Prince. Lake Pech tells the story of man, by Siegfried. “It is the only example of the dominant male role of classical ballet – continues Pech – the most intriguing role in my opinion of the whole repertoire. Swan Lake is the story of Siegfried, who I therefore always wanted to be present on stage”. Capitoline dancers – the étoiles Alessandra Amato and Rebecca Bianchi, the principal dancers Susanna Salvi and Claudio Cocino and the soloist Michele Satriano – will alternate with prestigious international guests. Principal dancer of the Het Nationale Ballet of Amsterdam Maia Makhateli and principal dancer of the Bolshoi of Moscow Semyon Chudin. In the main roles of Odette / Odile and Prince Siegfried we will see respectively Maia Makhateli and Semyon Chudin on June 22 and 25, Alessandra Amato and Claudio Cocino on June 26 and July 1, Susanna Salvi and Semyon Chudin on June 30, Rebecca Bianchi and Michele Satriano on 2 July. After the premiere on Tuesday 22 June, five performances on Friday 25, Saturday 26, Wednesday 30 June, Thursday 1 and Friday 2 July. The summer program then continues with Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly from 16 July to 6 August. Requiem Mass by Giuseppe Verdi Saturday 24 July. La bohème by Giacomo Puccini from 30 July to 5 August. Vinicio Capossela in ‘Bestiary of love’ on 23 June. The Roberto Bolle and Friends evening from 13 to 15 July. All performances will start at 9 pm.