Luisa Spinatelli
A graduate of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, the Milan designer Luisa Spinatelli created her first set design in 1965 for the ballet »Francesca da Rimini« at La Scala. During her time as assistant to Ezio Frigerio, the collaboration with Giorgio Strehler was a major inspiration for her subsequent career. In the field of ballet she worked repeatedly on productions by Carla Fracci and Beppe Menegatti. In 1985, her intensive and comprehensive cooperation with Roland Petit began. Amongst many other productions Luisa Spinatelli designed the costumes for his ballet »Die Fledermaus«, which was also adopted into the Wiener Staatsoper repertoire in 2009. Her set and costume designs for ballet and opera also include works for the Berlin State Opera, the Paris Opera, the Royal Ballet London, La Scala and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Several times during her career Luisa Spinatelli has worked on the ballet »Swan Lake«. For Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary Vienna State Ballet production she created a new set and costume design in 2014. For her design for Patrice Bart’s »Swan Lake« production she was nominated for the Prix Benois in 1999. In addition, Luisa Spinatelli was awarded the Premio Positano Léonide Massine (1989), the Premio Quadrivio (1990), the Premio Grosso Lodi (1992) and the Akiko Tachibana Prize Tokyo (2005). At the Wiener Staatsballett she was most recently the stage designer for Manuel Legrisʼ choreographies of »Le Corsaire« (2016) and »Sylvia« (2018).
Performances with Luisa Spinatelli
Schwanensee
Cast on Monday 21. December 2026
Schwanensee
Cast on Saturday 26. December 2026
Schwanensee
Cast on Monday 28. December 2026
Schwanensee
Cast on Wednesday 30. December 2026
Schwanensee
Cast on Saturday 2. January 2027
Schwanensee
Cast on Tuesday 5. January 2027
Schwanensee
Cast on Saturday 13. February 2027
Ballettzyklus »Familie«
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Vom Jungen, der nicht erwachsen werden möchte, über ein humorvolles Tanzspektakel bis hin zur »perfekten Einführung in die Ballettkunst«: Für alle Menschen ab 10 Jahren lädt der Familienzyklus zum Träumen, Lachen und Verzaubern ein.
Alle Termine dieses Zyklus 2025/26
Schwanensee
Cast on Tuesday 16. February 2027
Ballettzyklus »Ballettgeschichten«
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Vom arroganten Dandy zur traurigen Schwanenkönigin bis hin zu Frankreichs berühmtester Monarchin und der freiheitliebendsten Frau der Musikgeschichte. Die Ballettgeschichten versprechen Drama und Spannung und jede Menge Gefühl!
Schwanensee
Cast on Thursday 18. February 2027
Abo 20
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 30. Oktober 2025 | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| 08. Jänner 2026 | Rusalka |
| 19. Februar 2026 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| 16. April 2026 | Simon Boccanegra |
| 21. Mai 2026 | Manon (Ballett) |
| 01. Oktober 2026 | Macbeth |
| 21. Jänner 2027 | Don Giovanni |
| 18. Februar 2027 | Schwanensee |
| 18. März 2027 | Pique Dame |
| 10. Juni 2027 | Der fliegende Holländer |