Serata Jerome Robbins

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma celebrates the genius of Jerome Robbins, enfant terrible of dance, with a dedicated program, including three brilliant works by the American choreographer and director.

Glass Pieces, In the night, The Concert: three choreographies, created in different periods. There are energy, tenderness, passion, elegance, charm, comedy, variety, interpretation. There are the attitude and the constant and inspired creative touch of Robbins.

Often labeled as minimalist, Glass Pieces is a piece with a strong urban energy, which contains elements of postmodern dance in the traditional ballet vocabulary. Forty-two dancers on stage, recurrent rhythms and great impetus on the music by Philip Glass.

Three couples are the protagonists of In the Night, a refined ballet on the music by Chopin, with the étoile Eleonora Abbagnato performing on stage. Different lovers, with a strong personality, meet themselves under a starry sky, dancing three Pas de deux on the Nocturnes by the Polish composer.

Humor is the feature of The Concert, The Perils of Everybody, work created in 1956. A ballet that brings extravagant characters to the stage: a pianist plays Chopin’s music, different people listen and, lively, create a series of gags.

Made famous by the codirection and the choreography of West Side Story, Robbins has brilliantly combined tradition and modernity.

If you want to experience the legacy of the undisputed master who embodied the American scene with his great creative energy, this is the perfect occasion.

Conductor Carlo Donadio
choreographer Jerome Robbins
Repetiteur Jean-Pierre Frohlich

GLASS PIECES
MUSIC Philip Glass
SET DESIGNER Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates
COSTUME DESIGNER Ben Benson
LIGHTING DESIGNER Jennifer Tipton

CAST
Rebecca Bianchi
Claudio Cocino

IN THE NIGHT

MUSIC Frédéric Chopin
COSTUME DESIGNER Anthony Dowell
LIGHTING DESIGNER Jennifer Tipton

CAST
Eleonora Abbagnato and Zachary Catazaro
Rebecca Bianchi
Susanna Salvi
Claudio Cocino

THE CONCERT
MUSIC Frédéric Chopin
ORCHESTRAZIONE Clare Grundman
SET DESIGNER Saul Steinberg and Edward Gorey
COSTUME DESIGNER Irene Sharaff
LIGHTING DESIGNER Jennifer Tipton
REVIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER Les Dickert

CAST
Rebecca Bianchi
Susanna Salvi
Alessio Rezza

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Corps de Ballet

A Teatro dell’Opera di Roma production