133 minutes
3/30/2014
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.
David Hallberg
as Marco Spada
Evguenya Obraztsova
as Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova)
Olga Smirnova
as La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova)
Semyon Chudin
as Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici
Igor Tsvirko
as Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli
Anna Tikhomirova
as Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
Alexei Loparevich
as Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich)
Andrei Sitnikov
as Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov)
Anastasia Stashkevich
as La Fiancée / The Fiancée
Vyacheslav Lopatin
as Le Fiancé / The Fiancé
Yulia Grebenshchikova
as Friends to Marquesa Sampietri