June 14, 2007
CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FINAL TWO WEEKS OF
ABT'S 2007 SPRING SEASON
AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2007 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
On Monday, June 25, the Company will give the first of eight performances of Swan Lake, with Irina Dvorovenko, Maxim Beloserkovsky and David Hallberg in the leading roles. Choreographed by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, Swan Lake is set to a score by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky and features scenery and costumes by Zack Brown.
The season will conclude with eight performances of James Kudelka’s Cinderella, beginning Monday, July 2, led by Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes. At the matinee on Wednesday, July 4, Guest Artist Guillaume C≈çté will reprise his role as Her Prince Charming, opposite Xiomara Reyes as Cinderella. C≈çté made his debut with ABT in the same role during the 2006 Met Season. Cinderella is set to music by Sergei Prokofiev and features scenery and costumes by David Boechler.
Countrywide Financial is the National Sponsor of American Ballet Theatre. Superfund Asset Management, Inc. and Northern Trust are the sponsors of ABT’s Metropolitan Opera House Season. The 2007 Metropolitan Opera House season is also made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2007 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $24-$110, are available at the Met box office, online at metopera.org, or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City.
Complete casting follows:
| SEVENTH WEEK | |
| Mon. Eve., June 25, 8 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky, Hallberg |
| Tues. Eve., June 26, 8 P.M | SWAN LAKE – Vishneva, Gomes, Radetsky |
| Wed. Mat., June 27, 2 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Kent, Carreño, Pastor |
| Wed. Eve., June 27, 8 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Murphy, Stiefel, Saveliev |
| Thur. Eve., June 28, 8 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Ananiashvili, Corella, Gomes |
| Fri. Eve., June 29, 8 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Wiles, Hallberg, Pastor |
| Sat. Mat., June 30, 2 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Part, Gomes, Radetsky |
| Sat. Eve., June 30, 8 P.M. | SWAN LAKE – Herrera, Corella, Saveliev |
| EIGHTH WEEK | |
| Mon. Eve., July 2, 8 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes |
| Tues. Eve., July 3, 8 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Murphy, Hallberg |
| Wed. Mat., July 4, 2 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Reyes, C≈çté |
| Wed. Eve., June 6, 8 P.M. | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Thur. Eve., July 5, 8 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes |
| Fri. Eve., July 6, 8 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Murphy, Hallberg |
| Sat. Mat., July 7, 2 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Kent, Gomes |
| Sat. Eve., July 7, 8 P.M. | CINDERELLA – Reyes, C≈çté |