{"id":68373,"date":"2026-02-16T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=68373"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:21:40","slug":"la-bayadere-at-the-rome-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/la-bayadere-at-the-rome-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"La Bayad\u00e8re at the Rome Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This revival of Petipa\u2019s classic at the Rome Opera pares down the ballet to its essentials trading opulent spectacle for austere elegance. Discipline dominates, passion flickers only intermittently, and the spectral beauty of the Kingdom of the Shades emerges as the production\u2019s fleeting wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Alessandro BIZZOTTO<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>At the Rome Opera, <strong><em>La Bayad\u00e8re<\/em><\/strong> returns through a sharply modern lens: familiar, stripped to its essentials, and occasionally austere. Petipa\u2019s 1877 classic, born of 19th-century Europe\u2019s fascination with the Orient, has always thrived on extremes: blazing passion, jealous rage, and the supernatural spectacle of the Kingdom of the Shades.<\/p>\n<p>The production by <strong>Benjamin Pech<\/strong> (a former principal of the Paris Opera Ballet now in Rome as assistant ballet master to the artistic director) at the <strong>Rome Opera House<\/strong> preserves the skeleton of Petipa\u2019s masterpiece while paring down its visual opulence. 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