Well, mission accomplished.... We have finally been to a ballet, a recital and a concert that Ernie hasn't even if we did have to go all the way to Rome to do it.
Teatro Dell'Opera di Roma... On February 12th Henry and I treated ourselves to the ballet GISELLE. The tickets were very reasonable and we chose a seat on the Platea (or main floor) versus having a reserved box but without a reserved seat (i.e. there are six chairs in each box and it's first come first serve for the seats. Even if you got the first two seats, some of the boxes have extremely difficult viewing angles). It seems that, perhaps for other than opening nights, the people in Rome dress much the same as Vancouverites. There is a mix of those who are dressed to the nines in furs (Whatever happened to all the activists. Fur coats everywhere in Rome but not a pot of paint to be seen!) and then there were just us plain folk. Oh by the way, notice Henry's newest pair of Italian scarpe. He looked very debonair. I not so much but must include a picture so my children will have something to remember me by...
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| Lobby Bar |
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| Stalls |
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| Our tickets - Pretty reasonable. This is Henry's with a 25% discount for being a senior. Usually this discount only applies if you are an EU resident... |
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| We were early - the place did fill up.. |
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| Every building has a dome and every dome has a Michelangelo (or something similar) |
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| Yours truly - why do camera's hate me so? |
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Now if that doesn't look Berlusconi (ish).... Those scarpas are dashing. All he needs is a nubile young thing sitting beside him. Let me just grab my seat.
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| Now if Berlusconi had been here, he would have been sitting right above us. |
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| The Lobby |
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| The Performers..... |
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| Once the theatre filled..... |
It was a night to remember. The performance was wonderful. This is Henry's favourite ballet and it was a first for me. The principal dancers were Gaia Straceamore who is the Prima Ballerina for the Rome Ballet and Friedemann Vogel, principal danser for the Stuttgart Ballet. I wish we knew how to operate the movie options on our cameras... we'll have to figure it out. I should also mention that there is a Canadian connection with respect to Friedemann...
Friedemann Vogel was born in Stuttgart (Germany), completed his ballet training at the Princess Grace Academy of Classical Dance in Monte Carlo with the John Gilpin scolarship from Princess Antoniette de Monaco. He showed his outstanding talent by winning several international ballet competition awards. In 1997 he won the Prix de Lausanne,the Gold medall in the Prix de Louxembourg, Eurocity competion in Italy and 1998 he won the Jackson Competition USA.In September 1998 Friedemann Vogel joined the Stuttgart Ballet and quickly rose through the ranks. In 2002 he was promoted to first soloist, the company's highest rank. In the same year he also won the much-coveted Erik Bruhn Prize in Toronto Canada. Friedemann Vogel has been elected Dancer of the Year 2010 by the international dance critics survey of the magazine TANZ and recently In June 2012 Friedemann was appointed by the Italian dance magazine Danza&Danza as best male dancer.His repertory includes title roles in the classics, as well as principal roles in pieces by Choreographers ranging from Cranko and Balanchine to Robbins and Kylián ,from Neumeier to Forsythe and McGregor. Friedemann Vogel was invited by the most prestigious companies like the Mariinsky Theater St.Petersburg, Teatro alla Scala Milano, the English National Ballet, the National Ballet of China, the Tokyo Ballet, the Hong Kong Ballet, Ballets de Santiago de Chile, the Finnish National Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin and the Bayerisches Staatsballett, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Royal Swedish Ballet and the Vienna State Ballet.
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