June 16, 2010
CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FINAL TWO WEEKS
OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE'S
2010 SPRING SEASON
AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Guest Artist Natalia Osipova to Debut in Romeo and Juliet,
Saturday Matinee, July 10
Casting for the seventh and eighth weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
The season’s second week of repertory programming will begin on Monday, June 28. The All-Classic Masters program will premiere on Tuesday, June 29, featuring Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Xiomara Reyes and Gennadi Saveliev in Antony Tudor’s Romeo and Juliet pas de deux, Hee Seo and Sascha Radetsky debuting in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Thaƒºs Pas de Deux, Diana Vishneva and Jose Manuel Carreño in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon pas de deux, and Julie Kent, Marcelo Gomes and Craig Salstein in Ashton’s The Dream.
Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes will lead the season’s first performance of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet on Monday, July 5. Natalia Osipova will debut as Juliet at the matinee on Saturday, July 10, opposite David Hallberg as Romeo. Set to a score by Sergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet features scenery and costumes by Nicholas Georgiadis and lighting by Thomas Skelton.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2010 Metropolitan Opera House season, priced $20-$111, are available online, at the Met box office or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera House is located on Broadway between 64th and 65th streets in New York City. For more information, visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org.
The Repertory Festival of Ballet’s Masters is generously sponsored through an endowed gift from Monica, Stefano, Cosima, and Tassilo Corsi.
Generous support for the All-Classics program is provided by the Estate/Trust of Marina Svetlova and the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation.
The Brahms-Haydn Variations was made possible by the generous support of Patsy and Jeff Tarr and the JCT Foundation.
On the Dnieper is generously supported through an endowed gift from The Toni and Martin Sosnoff New Works Fund. Additional underwriting support has generously been provided by The Ross Stretton Choreography Workshop Fund and Leila and Mickey Straus. Funding is also generously provided by The Rudolf Nureyev® Dance Foundation.
Fancy Free is generously underwritten by an endowed gift from Avery and Andrew F. Barth, in honor of Laima and Rudolf Barth.
The pas de deux from Antony Tudor’s Romeo and Juliet was generously supported through an endowed gift from Cosby W. and Timothy M. George
The Dream is presented in loving memory of Clarence Y. Palitz, Jr. by his family. The Dream has been made possible with public funds from the National Endowment For the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Company B is generously supported by a gift from Marjorie S. Isaac in honor of ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
American Ballet Theatre’s performances of Romeo and Juliet are generously underwritten through an endowed gift from Ali and Monica Wambold.
J.P. Morgan is the Leading Corporate Sponsor of Make a Ballet.
American Airlines is ABT’s Official Airline.
Northern Trust is the Official Sponsor of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre.
LVMH Moƒót Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc. is the Official Sponsor of ABT II.
Mandarin Oriental, New York is ABT’s Preferred Hotel.
ABT is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recovery Act, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Complete casting follows:
| SEVENTH WEEK | |
| Mon. Eve., June 28, 7:30 P.M. | ABT PREMIERES THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Murphy, Carreño, Herrera, Gomes, Kent, Radetsky, Part, Hallberg, Lane, Lopez ON THE DNIEPER – Riccetto, Saveliev, Messmer, Tamm FANCY FREE – Cornejo, Stiefel, Carreño, Abrera, Murphy |
| Tues. Eve., June 29, 7:30 P.M. | ALL CLASSIC MASTERS PROGRAM ALLEGRO BRILLANTE – Murphy, Stiefel ROMEO AND JULIET Pas de Deux – Reyes, Saveliev THAƒªS PAS DE DEUX – Seo*, Radetsky* MANON Pas de Deux – Vishneva, Carreño THE DREAM – Kent, Gomes, Salstein
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| Wed. Mat., June 30, 2 P.M. | ALL CLASSIC MASTERS PROGRAM ALLEGRO BRILLANTE – Herrera, Stearns ROMEO AND JULIET Pas de Deux – Murphy, Hallberg THAƒªS PAS DE DEUX – Riccetto, Carreño MANON Pas de Deux – Reyes, Gomes COMPANY B – Company
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| Wed. Eve., June 30, 7:30 P.M. | ALL ASHTON BIRTHDAY OFFERING РAbrera, Tamm THAĻS PAS DE DEUX РSeo, Radetsky AWAKENING PAS DE DEUX РHerrera, Stearns THE DREAM РMurphy, Hallberg, Cornejo |
| Thur. Eve., July 1, 7:30 P.M. | ABT PREMIERES THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Abrera, Hammoudi, Wiles, Stearns, Reyes, Cornejo, Seo, Saveliev, Riccetto, Simkin ON THE DNIEPER – Riccetto, Saveliev, Messmer, Tamm FANCY FREE – Salstein, Hallberg, Gomes, Boone*, Kent |
| Fri. Eve., July 2, 8 P.M. | ALL CLASSIC MASTERS PROGRAM ALLEGRO BRILLANTE – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky ROMEO AND JULIET Pas de Deux – Murphy, Hallberg THAƒªS PAS DE DEUX – Riccetto, Matthews MANON Pas de Deux – Vishneva, Carreño THE DREAM – Kent, Gomes, Lopez |
| Sat. Mat., July 3, 2 P.M. | AMERICAN PROGRAM THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Abrera, Hammoudi, Wiles, Stearns, Reyes, Cornejo, Seo, Saveliev, Riccetto, Simkin COMPANY B – Company FANCY FREE – Salstein, Hallberg, Gomes, Boone, Kent |
| Sat. Eve., July 3, 8 P.M. | u>AMERICAN PROGRAM THE BRAHMS-HAYDN VARIATIONS – Abrera, Hammoudi, Wiles, Stearns, Reyes, Cornejo, Seo, Saveliev, Riccetto, Simkin COMPANY B – Company FANCY FREE – Simkin, Lopez, Radetsky, Riccetto, Boylston |
| EIGHTH WEEK | |
| Mon. Eve., July 5, 7:30 PM | ROMEO AND JULIET – Kent, Gomes, Cornejo |
| Tues. Eve., July 6, 7:30 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Murphy, Hallberg, Matthews |
| Wed. Mat., July 7, 2 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Seo, Stearns, Scott |
| Wed. Eve., July 7, 7:30 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Reyes, Cornejo, Lopez |
| Thur. Eve., July 8, 7:30 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Herrera, Gomes, Salstein |
| Fri. Eve., July 9, 8 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Dvorovenko, Stearns, Lopez |
| Sat. Mat., July 10, 2 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Osipova*, Hallberg, Matthews |
| Sat. Eve., July 10, 8 P.M. | ROMEO AND JULIET – Vishneva, Corella, Salstein |
*Editors please note first time in a role:
Tues. Eve. 6/29 РSeo and Radetsky in Thaļs Pas de Deux
Thurs. Eve. 7/1 – Boone in Fancy Free
Sat. Mat. 7/10 – Osipova in Romeo and Juliet