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Zakharova and Repin Ballet
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Zakharova & Repin | Ballet
Pas de deux for Toes and Fingers
Total duration: approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes
Partners in life and now also in art, Zakharova and Repin are the protagonists of a very special pas de deux that celebrates their exceptional talents: hers, through the feet that dance on stage, and his, through the hands that play the violin.
Program and cast
Étoile: Svetlana Zakharova
Conductor and Violin: Vadim Repin
Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Dancers: Artemiy Belyakov, Mikhail Lobukhin, Igor Tsvirko
Programme
Niccolò Paganini – Il carnevale di Venezia, Op. 10, Variations
Aleksandr Glazunov – Raymonda, Adagio (choreography by Marius Petipa)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction et Rondo capriccioso in A minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 28
Bruno Moretti / Claudio Monteverdi – Caravaggio (choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin, Lensky’s Aria
Astor Piazzolla – Tango (choreography by Artemiy Belyakov)
Pablo de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
John Williams – Revelations (choreography by Motoko Hirayama)
Jules Massenet – from Thaïs, Méditation
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Dying Swan (choreography by Michel Fokine)
Antonio Bazzini – La ronde des lutins, Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 (choreography by Johan Kobborg)
Cast updated as of June 30, 2025
Teatro del Maggio Florence State Opera Italy
Teatro del Maggio is in the centre, close to the old city walls, next to the historic Stazione Leopolda. The garden that welcomes visitors is Piazzale Vittorio Gui, named after the founder of the Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
By train
Santa Maria Novella is Florence's main train station.
From there you can reach the theatre with a short walk (about 10-15 minutes) or by taking the tram (a stop) or a taxi.
By car
The Opera di Firenze is just outside the ZTL area.
It is possible to park near the Parco delle Cascine or for a fee in the Porta al Prato car park (Via Elio Gabbuggiani, 7) and in the Piazza Vittorio Veneto car park.
By bus
Lines C1, C2 and D (Leopolda stop);
Lines 17 and 23A-B (stop Via delle Carra);
Lines 17B-C, 22, 23N, 23 and 57 (Pierluigi da Palestrina stop);
Lines 29, 29B, 29BA, 29BC, 29D, 30A, 30B, 30AC, 35 and 35° (stop Leopolda - Porta al Prato; Capolinea).
By tram
Line T1 (stop Porta al Prato - Parco della musica).
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