Eugenia Korshunova, prima ballerina of the Kiev theater.
Jacopo Tissi’s return to dance
Alina Cojocaru And Johan Kobborgformer principal dancers at the Royal Ballet in London, have chosen instead No Man’s Landto music by Franz Liszt. “It speaks of the loss and the memory of better times: the moment required a serious piece, on suffering,” explains him, today also a choreographer.
To Anastasia Gurskaja and Stanislav Olshanskyfirst dancers of the Kiev Opera, will be up instead The Forest Song And Raymonda.
Jacopo Tissi.
Hymn to life
In the very varied program as well L’Hymn to life interpreted and choreographer by Sasha Riva and Simone Repeleto music by Arvo Pärt, And then Voyage with Petar Dorcevski, MC 14/22 with Leonardo Cremaschi and Simon Ripert, The Black Swan with Alexey PopovL’Adagietto by Gustav Mahler with Silvia Azzoni And Oleksandr Ryabko, The Dying Swan with Maria Yakovleva, The Swan with Sergio Bernal.
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Giselle will be embodied – paired with Aleksei Tiutiunnik – by Eugenia Korshunova, since 2018 soloist of the ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev. That she can’t wait to return to that homeland that her husband, like all men aged 18 to 60, did not leave. «He is not just a dancer, he is a patriot. I struggled, as wife and mother of our daughter, to accept this decision of him, but now I am proud of him »she confides.
Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg.
Stabat mater
You have to hurry (seats are almost sold out) to participate in the Peace concert of 4 April at La Scala: Riccardo Chailly on the podium for the Stabat mater by Rossini with Orchestra and Chorus of the Theater and the soloists Rosa Feola, Juan Diego Flórez, Alex Esposito and Veronica Simeoni. The proceeds will be entirely donated to #milanoaiutaucraina and the Italian Red Cross.
Instead, it will be destined for Emergency the proceeds of another Stabat materthe one at the Comunale of Bologna scheduled for April 14 at 20.30 and on April 15 at 6.00 pm in Sala Bibiena: Jonathan Brandani conducts the Orchestra and the Chorus, soloists Patrizia Biccirè, Lamia Beuque, Marco Ciaponi and Nahuel Di Pierro.
Riccardo Chailly with the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala (photos Brescia and Amisano).
Tickets from the Quartet
There Society of the Quartet of Milan decided to offer tickets to refugees hosted by Casa Jannacci and Caritas Ambrosiana“Music is a powerful language that unites” comments the president, Ilaria Borletti Buitoni. «Faced with this terrible tragedy that has overwhelmed the Ukrainian people, the Quartet wants to make its contribution so that those who arrive in our city can feel welcomed by a community. None of us, in a city that has always paid attention to solidarity and hospitality, can remain silent in the face of this dramatic humanitarian emergency ».
Dance and music in Florence and Rome
In Florence, on 11 and 12 April the Ukrainian Classical Ballet of Kiev (Ukrainian artists and technicians who, at the outbreak of the conflict, were on tour and now cannot return) will perform at the Tuscany Hall two classics: Swan Lake And Gisellewith soloists the étoiles of the National Opera of Ukraine Olga Golitsya and Iurii Kekalo. Part of the proceeds will support the Coop for Ukraine solidarity campaign.
In Rome, April 8 at the Nuvola of the Eurthe Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Romadirected by Leo Hussainwill propose a Benefit concert for Ukrainebroadcast live on Rai Radio3, in favor of Italian Red Cross.
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