<<< previous performance <<< >>> next performance >>>
Gala: The World’s Stage
15 November 2007
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,London
In support of the Royal Opera House Foundation
Presented by the actors Simon Callow and Diana Quick
Joseph Calleja
Gerald Finley
Hubert Francis
Paolo Gavanelli (in place of an indisposed Samuel Ramey)
Karita Mattila
Anita Watson
Liping Zhang
Nicola Luisotti (conductor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Plus dancers of the Royal Ballet:
Alexandra Ansanelli
Gary Avis
Leanne Benjamin
Roberto Bolle
Deirdre Chapman
Alina Cojocaru
Jonathan Cope
Lauren Cuthbertson
Mara Galeazzi
Johan Kobborg
Sarah Lamb
Isabel McMeekan
Steven McRae
Laura Morera
Marianela Nuñez
Michael Nunn
Tamara Rojo
Eric Underwood
Edward Watson
Zenaida Yanowsky
Programme
The Royal Ballet perform “Entrée” from Homage to The Queen by Malcolm Arnold. Choreographed by Frederick Ashton, David Bintley, Michael Corder and Christopher Wheeldon
Giuseppe Verdi:
'Pietà, rispetto, amore', from Macbeth, Act IV
Paolo Gavanelli
Giuseppe Verdi:
'Ah fors'e lui' from La traviata, Act I
Liping Zhang
Ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, set to Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem (Sanctus and Pie Jesu)
Leanne Benjamin
Jonathan Cope
Anita Watson (soprano)
The Royal Opera Chorus
Georges Bizet:
'Toreador' aria from Carmen, Act II
Gerald Finley
Giacomo Puccini:
'Che gelida manina' from La boheme, Act I
Joseph Calleja
La Chatte métamorphosée en femme. Ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton, set to Jacques Offenbach’s operetta
Alexandra Ansanelli
Pas de deux and solo variations choreographed by Roland Petit, danced to themes from Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Tamara Rojo
Roberto Bolle
Giacomo Puccini:
'Vissi d'arte' from Tosca, Act II
Karita Mattila
Giacomo Puccini:
Te Deum from Tosca, Act I
Paolo Gavanelli
Hubert Francis
The Royal Opera Chorus
Interval
Giuseppe Verdi:
Overture from La forza del destino
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Giuseppe Verdi:
'Va pensiero' (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco
The Royal Opera Chorus
Ballet “Nimbus” choreographed by Wayne McGregor especially for this gala, set to Schubert’s Impromptu in G flat, op. 90 no. 3
Marianela Nunez
Zenaida Yanowsky
Eric Underwood
Edward Watson
Yumba VS. Nonino, a ballet choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, set to music by two masters of the tango, Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese.
Michael Nunn
Gary Avis (in place of William Trevitt)
Quintet: Javier Fioramonti (guitar), Nino Foiret (bandoneon), Robert gibbs (violin), Rus Preason (double bass), Clive Williamson (piano)
'Mistake' Waltz from The Concert, choreographed by Jerome robbins, danced to Chopin’s B flat minor prelude, op. 28 no. 16, and the E minor Waltz.
Mara Galeazzi
Sarah Lamb
Laura Morera
Deirdre Chapman
Lauren Cuthbertson
Isabel McMeekan
Giacomo Puccini:
'0 soave fanciulla' from La boheme, Act I
Joseph Calleja
Liping Zhang
Pytor Tchaikovsky:
Final scene from Eugene Onegin
Gerald Finley
Karita Mattila
Pas de deux from Stars and Stripes, choreographed by George Balanchine and danced to Liberty Bell and El Capitan marches of John Philip Souza.
Alina Cojocaru
Steven McRae