The Company will be appearing in three Italian cities — Bari, Parma and Modena.
Six performances of Swan Lake will be given at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. With seating for 1482 people, this is Italy’s fourth biggest theatre. It bears the name of the Petruzzelli brothers, a family of merchants and ship-owners, who submitted a project for the theatre, designed by Angelo Messeni, their relation, to the city authorities. The original theatre, which opened in 1903, was destroyed by fire in 1991 and it wasn’t till quite recently — December 2009 — that it opened its doors again to the public.
The tour program will also include four performances of Giselle, in Vladimir Vasiliev’s version; they will take place at the Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Teatro Comunale di Modena which, in October 2007, was renamed Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti, after its famous citizen and life-long resident.
May 14-19, 2010
Swan Lake
Odette-Odile
Maria Allash (May 14, 18)
Anna Antonicheva (May 15, 16 evening)
Anna Nikulina (May 16 — matinee, May 19)
Prince Siegfried
Andrei Uvarov (May 14, 18)
Ruslan Skvortsov (May 15, 16 evening)
Alexander Volchkov (May 16 matinee, May 19)
The Evil Genius
Yuri Baranov (May 14, 16 matinee, May 18 )
Vladislav Lantratov (May 15, May 16 evening, May 19)
May 22-23, 2010
Giselle
Giselle
Anna Nikulina (May 22)
Anna Antonicheva (May 23)
Count Albrecht
Ruslan Skvortsov (May 22)
Andrei Uvarov (May 23)
Hilarion
Denis Savin (May 22)
Yuri Baranov (May 23)
Myrtha
Maria Allash (May 22)
Anna Leonova (May 23)
May 25-26, 2010
Giselle
Giselle
Anna Nikulina (May 25)
Anna Antonicheva (May 26)
Count Albrecht
Ruslan Skvortsov (May 25)
Andrei Uvarov (May 26)
Hilarion
Denis Savin (May 25)
Yuri Baranov (May 26)
Myrtha
Maria Allash (May 25)
Anna Leonova (May 26)