Hamburg State Opera – Main Stage
Sunday, July 20, 2025 | 6.00 pm
Moderation: Lloyd Riggins
Conductor: Simon Hewett
Hamburg Philhamonic State Orchestra
Part I – Inspiration
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
from Wir Danken!
Music: Georges Bizet Symphony in C, from the 3rd and 4th movement "Allegro vicace", "Final. Allego vivace"
Choreography: Kevin Haigen, Carolina Borrajo, Gigi Hyatt, Elizabeth Loscavio, Janusz Mazoń, Christian Schön, Anna Urban
Songs of a Wayfarer
Music: Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Choreography: Maurice Béjart
Costumes: Joëlle Roustan & Roger Bernard
Staging: Maina Gielgud
Singer: Vincenzo Neri
Dancers:
Jacopo Bellussi as a guest, Mathew Ball as a guest (The Royal Ballet)
Diamonds Pas de deux from
Jewels
Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No 3, 3rd movement "Andante elegiaco"
Choreography: George Balanchine
Costumes: after Karinska
Dancers:
Mira Nadon as a guest, Davide Riccardo as a guest (both New York City Ballet)
from Beethoven Project II
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Sonate for Piano and Violin No 7, 2nd movement "Adagio cantabile"
Choreography: John Neumeier
Set: Heinrich Tröger
Costumes: Albert Kriemler – A-K-R-I-S-
Piano: Oliver Kern
Violin: Anton Barakhovsky
Dancers:
Ida Praetorius, Aleix Martinez
Pas de trois from the 4th movement Nacht from
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Music: Gustav Mahler Symphony No 3, 4th movement "Sehr langsam. Misterioso"
Choreography, Set, Costumes and Lighting Concept: John Neumeier
Mezzo-soprano: Katja Pieweck
Dancers:
Xue Lin, Matias Oberlin, Edvin Revazov
This movement is dedicated to John Cranko and his company and was premiered in Stuttgart in July 1974..
Pas de trois from
Le Pavillon d'Armide
Music: Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin
Choreography: staged by Alexandra Danilova after Michel Fokine, adapted by John Neumeier
Costumes: John Neumeier free after Alexandre Benois
Dancers:
Olivia Betteridge, Charlotte Larzelere, Alexandr Trusch
INTERMISSION
Part II – Creation
National Youth Ballet
The Unsung
Choreography: José Limón
Staging: Stephen Pier
Dancers:
Eleftherios Sarafis (Metacomet), Bronte Barnett (Tecumseh),
Zofia Jabłońska (Black Hawk), Miguel Alves Oliveira (Sitting Bull),
Oskar Weissel Hetzel (Geronimo), Hannah McCloughan, Taíssa Pache Pimentel,
Dima Teletskyi und Ensemble (Pantheon)
©1996, José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
We extend our sincere thanks to the José Limón Dance Foundation for the performance rights and to Stephen Pier for rehearsing this work.
Pas de deux from
The Shadow of Life
Music: Ólafur Arnalds / Alice Sara Ott: "Reminiscence"
Choreography: Chen Zihao
Costumes: Li Kun
Dancers:
Zhao Xinyue as a guest, Guan Chongzheng as a guest (both National Ballet of China)
Pas de deux from
Echoes of Life
Music: Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque, 3rd movement "Clair de lune", Philip Glass Etude No 2, Philip Glass String Quartet No 3, 4th movement "Mishima/Closing"
Choreography and Costumes: Kristina Paulin
Piano: Michał Białk
Dancers:
Silvia Azzoni, Alexandre Riabko
Pas de deux from
The Seagull
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2 , 2nd movement "Andante"
Choreography, Set and Costumes: John Neumeier
Piano: Ondřej Rudčenko
Dancers:
Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya: Ana Torrequebrada
Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev: Caspar Sasse
Pas de deux from
A Sort of...
Music: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Kleines Requiem für eine Polka
Choreography und Inszenierung: Mats Ek
Bühne und Costumes: Maria Geber
Licht: Ellen Ruge
Dancers:
Clotilde Tran as a guest (Staatsballett Berlin), Johnny McMillan as a guest (S-E-D Company)
Excerpt from
The Glass Menagerie
Music: Philip Glass The Hours, No 3: "Something She Has to Do", Suite from The Hours, 2nd movement (excerpt), Whispering (historic vinyl record: Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, 1928)
Choreography, Set, Lighting Concept and Costumes: John Neumeier
Film: Kiran West
Dancers:
Laura Rose Wingfield: Alina Cojocaru as a guest
Jim O'Connor: Christopher Evans
Solo Revue Dancer: Emilie Mazoń
Revue Dancers: Olivia Betteridge, Francesca Harvey, Futaba Ishizaki, Amelia Menzies,
Hermine Sutra Fourcade; Kinobesucher: Justine Cramer, Greta Jörgens, Alice Mazzasette,
Madeleine Skippen, Ana Torrequebrada, Lin Zhang; Gabriel Barbosa, Francesco Cortese,
Javier Monreal, Louis Musin, Moisés Romero, João Santana, Caspar Sasse,
Emiliano Torres
INTERMISSION
Part III – Evolution
The Times Are Racing
Music: Dan Deacon "USA I-IV" from the Album America
Choreography: Justin Peck
Costumes: Humberto Leon
Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker
Staging: Craig Salstein
Dancers:
Futaba Ishizaki, Matias Oberlin
Louis Musin, Ida Stempelmann
Paula Iniesta, Almudena Izquierdo, Madoka Sugai, Christopher Evans
Ghanima Choffat, Francesca Harvey, Greta Jörgens, Hayley Page, Madeleine Skippen, Ana Torrequebrada
Joaquin Angelucci, Francesco Cortese, Bruno Garibaldi, Pepijn Gelderman, Moisés Romero, João Santana
"The Times Are Racing" was commissioned by the New York City Ballet
Valse Triste
Music: Jean Sibelius Valse Triste op. 44 No 1
Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
Costumes: Bipasa Nadon after Moritz Junge
Dancers:
Mira Nadon as a guest, Davide Riccardo as a guest (both New York City Ballet)
Solo and Pas de deux from
Sylvia
Music: Léo Delibes from the ballet Sylvia
Choreography and Staging: John Neumeier
Set and Costumes: Yannis Kokkos
Dancers:
Sylvia: Madoka Sugai
Aminta: Alexandr Trusch
Pas de deux from
Le Parc
Music: Wolfgang A. Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, KV 488, 2nd movement "Adagio"
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Costumes: Hervè Pierre
Lighting Design: Jacques Chatelet
Piano: Oliver Kern
Dancers:
Ksenia Shevtsova as a guest, Julian MacKay as a guest (both Bayerisches Staatsballett)
from Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Music: Gustav Mahler Symphony No 5, 4th and 5th movement "Adagietto – Sehr langsam", "Final Rondo – Allegro"
Choreography and Costumes: John Neumeier
Dancers:
4th movement "Adagietto"
Anna Laudere, Alessandro Frola
5th movement "Rondo-Finale"
Ensemble of the Hamburg Ballet
The choreography in the 4th movement "Adagietto" uses material from the pas de deux "Epilogue" - created in 1975 for Natalia Makarova and Erik Bruhn
as of July 14 – Subject to alteration
The performance of "The Unsung", a Limón Dance, is presented by arrangement with the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. and has been produced in accordance with the Limón Style and Limón Techniques developed by the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. Limón, Limón Style, and Limón Technique are trademarks and service marks of the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. (All rights reserved)
