Created in 2008, to bring ballet in unusual places, the Roberto Bolle & Friends Gala was first staged at the Arena in 2012, and, since then, it has remained a regular, beloved event to admire the stars of international ballet perform together with the Master of Ceremonies, Roberto Bolle.

Roberto Bolle and Friends

in coproduction with ARTEDANZASRL

ROBERTO BOLLE

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

BAKHTIYAR ADAMZHAN

Astana Opera, Astana

TIMOFEJ ANDRIJASHENKO

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

WILLIAM BRACEWELL

The Royal Ballet, Londra

ANTÓNIO CASALINHO

Bayerisches Staatsballett, Monaco di Baviera

MELISSA HAMILTON

The Royal Ballet, Londra

TOON LOBACH

International Guest Artist

NICOLETTA MANNI

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

YASMINE NAGHDI

The Royal Ballet, Londra

MADOKA SUGAI

Hamburg Ballet, Amburgo

CASIA VENGOECHEA

International Guest Artist

With the participation of Maestro ALESSANDRO QUARTA

1. Alma porteña

Choreography: Massimiliano Volpini

Music: Astor Piazzolla

Artists: Nicoletta Manni, Roberto Bolle

Violin soloist: Alessandro Quarta

2. Le Fiamme di Parigi

Choreography: Vasilij Vainonen

Music: Boris Asafiev

Artists: Madoka Sugai, António Casalinho

3. Infra *

Choreography: Wayne McGregor

Music: Max Richter

Artists: Melissa Hamilton, Roberto Bolle

4. Romeo e Giulietta

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan

Music: Sergej Prokofiev

Artists: Yasmine Naghdi, William Bracewell

5. Les Indompté s

Choreography: Claude Brumachon

Choreographic reprise: Benjamin Lamarche

Music: Wim Mertens

Artists: Roberto Bolle, Toon Lobach

6. Il corsaro

Choreography: Marius Petipa

Music: Riccardo Drigo

Artists: Nicoletta Manni, Timofej Andrijashenko

7. Carmen

Choreography: Amedeo Amodio

Music: Georges Bizet

Artists: Melissa Hamilton, Roberto Bolle

8. “I”

Choreography: Philippe Kratz

Music: Soundwalk Collective

Artists: Casia Vengoechea, Toon Lobach

9. Don Chisciotte

Choreography: Marius Petipa

Music: Ludwig Minkus

Artists: Madoka Sugai, Bakhtiyar Adamzhan

10. Sphere

Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti

Music: Alessandro Quarta

Set and light designer: Carlo Cerri

Graphic Realization: OOOPStudio

Artist: Roberto Bolle

Violin soloist: Alessandro Quarta

*Originally commissioned by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Light designer: Valerio Tiberi