Hamburg Ballet conductor John Neumeier’s “Lady of the Camellias” ballet is leaving the Bolshoi Theatre. In this respect informs Baza Telegram channel.
In May, the theater’s general manager, Vladimir Urin, reportedly persuaded Neumeier to renew the license for his cult production The Camellia Lady. Mahar Vaziev, artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre, approved the new soloist Dmitry Vyscubenko for the role in the production.
Now a source close to the Bolshoi leadership has said that the license expires on July 31 and will not be renewed. After publications on the possibility of license renewal, the European press and the Hamburg Theater allegedly began to pressure Neumeier himself to support Russia.
Neumeier’s Anna Karenina remains on the Bolshoi scene, which is still licensed.
French choreographer Jean Maillot’s The Taming of the Shrewd Girl was also removed from the repertoire; The permission to show this work has also expired.
Royal Danish Ballet in 2022 stopped Collaborate with Neumeier on racism allegations.
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