Marco Spada was created at the Paris Opera in 1857 with choreography from Joseph Mazilier and music adapted from Daniel Auber’s comic opera of Marco Spada. Soon forgotten, the ballet was revived in 1981 with a brand new choreography by Pierre Lacotte for the Rome Opera, with Rudolf Nureyev as the 18th-century Italian bandit pretending to be an aristocrat, and Ghislaine Thesmar as his daughter Angela. At the Bolshoi, Marco Spada was premiered on the historic stage on November 8, 2013. Leading roles were performed by David Hallberg (Marco Spada), Evgenia Obraztsova (Angela), Olga Smirnova (Marchesa Sampietri), Semyon Chudin (Prince Frederici), and Igor Tsvirko (Count Pepinelli). Pierre Lacotte designed sets and costumes.
Eugène Scribe
Writer
Vincent Bataillon
Director
David Hallberg
Marco Spada
Evguenya Obraztsova
Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova)
Olga Smirnova
La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova)
Semyon Chudin
Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici
Igor Tsvirko
Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli
Anna Tikhomirova
Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
Alexei Loparevich
Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich)
Andrei Sitnikov
Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov)
Anastasia Stashkevich
La Fiancée / The Fiancée
Hounddog64%
Grace Unplugged60%
Take the Lead68%
Wild Style61%
Battle of the Year67%
Mo' Better Blues64%
Too Late Blues63%
A Time for Dancing66%
The Unforgivable74%
Honeydripper58%
You Got Served63%
Jersey Boys67%
Oranges and Sunshine69%
Coda59%
Yankee Doodle Dandy70%
TalhotBlond63%
Amateur63%
Salomé62%
Goal II: Living the Dream60%
O.G.59%
