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.
as Marco Spada
as Angela (as Evguenia Obraztsova)
as La Marquise Sampietri / Marquesa Sampietri (as Olga Smirnova)
as Le Prince Federici / Prince Federici
as Le Comte Pepinelli / Count Pepinelli
as Les amis de la Marquise Sampietri / Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
as Frère Borromée / Borther Borromee (as Alexei Loparevich)
as Le Prince Osario / Prince Osario (as Andrey Sitnikov)
as La Fiancée / The Fiancée
as Le Fiancé / The Fiancé
as Friends to Marquesa Sampietri
