Marco Spada

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

(Marco Spada)

Evguenya Obraztsova

(Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova))

Olga Smirnova

(La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova))

Semyon Chudin

(Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici)

Igor Tsvirko

(Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli)

Anna Tikhomirova

(Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri)

Alexei Loparevich

(Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich))

Andrei Sitnikov

(Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov))

Anastasia Stashkevich

(La Fiancée / The Fiancée)

Vyacheslav Lopatin

(Le Fiancé / The Fiancé)

Yulia Grebenshchikova

(Friends to Marquesa Sampietri)