Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko, love story between the two stars of La Scala. PHOTO

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Final with a surprise marriage proposal in one of the most awaited stages of Roberto Bolle & Friends when Timofej Andrijashenko asked Nicoletta Manni to marry him after having performed together the balcony scene from the first act of Romeo and Juliet, the most romantic of the entire repertoire

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Timofej Andrijashenko knelt in front of his Giulietta, on the stage of the Arena di Verona, with the ritual ring in his hands

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Then the interminable embrace between the two principal dancers of La Scala in a sold out Arena

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Marriage was in the air for the two stars of La Scala who have lived together for years and who now wanted to experience this fundamental stage in their story on stage, with the stage clothes of Romeo and Juliet

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“I didn’t know anything – said Nicoletta Manni in disbelief – I’m living a dream”. For the occasion the first dancer, born in Riga in Latvia, also brought the parents of both. To help him in organizing the entire “last act” of an evening that was certainly unique also for Roberto Bolle himself, a friend and colleague of the couple who has also been the protagonist of Bolle & Friends for some time

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The wedding then arrived and was celebrated a year later from the promise, on 10 August 2023 in Galatina, Nicoletta’s town of origin

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko get married. VIDEO

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La Scala star Roberto Bolle will act as witness

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The two spouses got married in Giorgio Armani clothes

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Their love story began at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

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On 8 November Nicoletta Manni was named étoile of the Teatro alla Scala. Her husband and principal dancer of the Teatro alla Scala Timofej Andrijashenko is in tears. “I’m proud, it’s a dream come true” he said emotionally on stage

Nicoletta Manni is the new étoile of La Scala

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Nicoletta Manni is from Salento. She was appointed principal dancer of La Scala in 2014. Timofej Andrijashenko was born in Riga, Latvia and has been a principal dancer since 2018. In the photo a moment of the pas de deux from Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker

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Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko in a Don Quixote moment

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They danced many roles together on the stage of the Teatro alla Scala. In the photo Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko in a moment of “Movements to Stravinsky”