Alessandra Ferri & Massimo Murru, excerpt from La Chauve-souris (act II) by Roland Petit – La Scala

Alessandra Ferri and Massimo Murru dance at La Scala Thatre in 2003 as Bella & Johann in La Chauve-souris ("The bat") by Roland Petit. Created in 1979 by Roland Petit for the famous ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire, the ballet is a free transposition of Johann Strauss II's operetta of the same name.

Every night, Johann puts on a bat's wings and flies off. Bella, troubled by her husband's pleasure-seeking at night, consults with her friend Ulrich and starts a strategy of disguising herself as a mysterious beauty to seduce her husband. One night, Johann is captivated by her at a cafe and chases her without knowing that she is his own wife.He is soon involved a fracas and arrested. What will happen to the married couple's love?

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Il video è girato al Teatro degli Arcimboldi nel 2003, ovvero durante gli anni dei lavori di rifacimento del Piermarini.

© Teatro alla Scala 2003