Svetlana Zakharova and Friedemann Vogel in GISELLE ©Photo Silvia Lelli
Premiere of ''Manon'' with the Vienna State Ballet
Opera House
Friedemann Vogel will dance for the first time at the Vienna Opera House. Artistic Director Manuel Legris invites Friedemann to dance the opening night of ''Manon'' on January 8th 2013. His Partner will be Principal Dancer Maria Yakovleva from Vienna.
The next Perormance is on the 11th January 2013.
Friedemann as Romeo for 50th anniversary of John Cranko’s "Romeo and Juliet"
Friedemann Vogel as Romeo
Friedemann will dance together with Alicia Amatriain the titel role of this special Gala performance on 2nd December 2012 in Stuttgart. Many former stars of the company will dance in the performance.Marcia Haydée as Juliet’s nurse, Ray Barra as Duke of Verona, Birgit Keil as Lady Capulet, Egon Madsen as Pater Lorenzo and Georgette Tsinguirides (original cast 02.Dec 1962) as Gypsy.
Sleeping Beauty with the Royal Swedish Ballet
Friedemann Vogel in The Sleeping Beauty
Image © Hasegawa
Friedemann will dance the Premiere of ''The Sleeping Beauty'' in Stockholm.The wonderful Production by Marcia Haydée reawakens the magic of the world’s favourite fairy tale in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Opera House in Stockholm.
The Premiere is on the 26 October 2012
Friedemann Vogel with the Finnish National Ballet
Friedemann Vogel in Manon
© Photo Stanislav Belvaevsky
Friedemann will perform the role of Chevalier des Grieux in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon with the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki.The love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux is a lyric tragedy of innocence corrupted in the pleasure-seeking world of Paris in the early 18th century.Des Grieux, a victim of Manon's desires, sacrifices everything to follow her to a tragic end.
Raymonda at La Scala Milano
Olesia Novikova and Friedemann Vogel
Image © Teatro alla Scala
Friedemann will perform with Teatro alla Scala the role of Jean de Brienne in Raymonda. The production is a reconstruction of the Petipa Version from 1898 which has been revived last year with huge efforts and painstaking research of original notes, drawings and images. It really feels like time-travelling...
His partner will be Olesia Novikova from the Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg
Léonide Massine prize for Friedemann Vogel
Friedemann Vogel in Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux 2012 Image©Arnold Groeschel
On 8 September 2012 Friedemann recieved the prize in Positano, Italy.The international Jury comprising Alfio Agostini (Ballet2000), Anna Kisselgoff (New York Times), Roger Salas (El Pais), Leonetta Bentivoglio (La Repubblica), Clement Crisp (Financial Times), Valeria Crippa (Corriere della Sera), Jean-Pierre Pastori (La Tribune de Genève), René Sirvin (Le Figaro) declared Friedemann as the winner of the Prize ''Best male dancer''.