Alina Cojocaru and Friedemann Vogel as Romeo and Juliet Photo ©Hidemi Seto
Friedemann Vogel Fashion Campaign by Monica Menez
Friedemann Vogel and Oscar Chacon in Maurice Béjart's "Songs of a wayfarer" Photo(c) Anne Bichsel
Friedemann Vogel guesting with Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Upon the invitation of Artistic Director Gil Roman, Friedemann Vogel will dance Maurice Béjart’s Song of a Wayfarer, a duet between two male dancers. It tells the poignant story of a wayfarer, a romantic student pursued by fate who fights against loneliness before being led away by the hand of destiny. Created in 1971 for Rudolf Nureyev and Paolo Bortoluzzi set to the music of Gustav Mahler ,,Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'' is an expressive, lyrical and highly intense duo. The performances will take place in the Soirée Mahler ''Hommage à Jorge Donn'' from 22 to 30 June 2013 at Théâtre de Beaulieu Lausanne.
Friedemann Vogel with Gil Roman and Oscar Chacon
Photo ©BBL Valerie Lacaze
Friedemann Vogel guesting as James in La Sylphide in Rome
Friedemann Vogel as James in La Sylphide
Photo ©Lelli e Masotti
Svetlana Zakharova and Friedemann Vogel in Prague
Svetlana Zakharova and Friedemann Vogel in Giselle
©Photo Martin Divisek
The Czech National Ballet featuring Svetlana Zakharova and Friedemann Vogel in Giselle.The Prague State Opera Orchestra will be playing under the baton of Alexey Bogorad, conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre.
The performances will take place at the State Opera in Prague on 15 and 17 May 2013.
Friedemann Vogel at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
Friedemann Vogel at the Bolshoi Theatre Photo ©Roman Novitzky
The Stuttgart Ballet will perform John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet at the Bolshoi Theatre. Friedemann Vogel and Alicia Amatrian will dance the roles of Romeo and Juliet on the opening performance on 01. May 2013 and a Gala programm on the 04. and 05. of May at the Bolshoi Theatre.
''Giselle'' with Svetlana Zakharova and Friedemann Vogel in Rome
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''.