La Sylphide
Ballet by Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni
1832. In this age of romanticism the public desired fantasy and the ballet "La Sylphide" was to embody the aspirations of the times (attraction for the supernatural, idealization of love, desire for the infinite) making lyricism and poetry a part of dance. Not only the subject (a young man in love with a winged woman) and scenery and costumes (the action takes place in Scotland) echo the tastes of the day, but also the choreography and dancers take the audience further than they had been until then: the dancers seem to fly!

Performed in London, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg and New York, Taglioni's ballet disappeared from the repertory of the Opera in 1863. It was only in 1972 that the original ballet "reconstructed" by Pierre Lacotte was seen again.

Performances
March 5, 6, 16, 17, 20, 2010
7.30 P.M.
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Ballet | Repertoire: "Tod in Venedig", "La Sylphide", "Daphnis und Chloë", "Der Nachmittag eines Fauns", "Le Sacre" und "Matthäus-Passion". Das HAMBURG BALLETT auf Europa-Tournee. Die Ballettschule des HAMBURG BALLETT gastiert am Ernst Deutsch Theater.

Opera | Premiere: "Trilogie der Frauen" und "Andrea Chénier" Wiederaufnahme: "Chowanschtschina". Repertoire: "Il Turco in Italia", "La Bohème", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Le Nozze di Figaro", "Madama Butterfly", "Salome", "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "Don Giovanni", "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" und "Death in Venice". Hinter den Kulissen – Die Technische Direktion.

Philharmony | Simone Young dirigiert britische Sinfonik und betörende Nachtmusiken.

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