Brendan Saye

© Andreas Jakwerth

Brendan Saye was born in Vancouver. He received his education at Canada’s National Ballet School. In 2008 he became a member of The National Ballet of Canada where he was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2019. His extensive repertoire includes main roles such as Albrecht in »Giselle« (Wright), Siegfried in »Swan Lake« (Kudelka), Prince Florimund in »Sleeping Beauty« (Nureyev), Oberon in »The Dream« (Ashton), Romeo and Tybalt in »Romeo and Juliet« (Ratmansky), Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit in »Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland«, Polixenes in »The Winter’s Tale« and the Pas de deux in »After the Rain« (all works by Christopher Wheeldon), the title role in George Balanchine's »Apollo« and Phlegmatic in his »The Four Temperaments«, Karenin in »Anna Karenina« (Neumeier) and The Man in »The Four Seasons« (Kudelka). Furthermore, he danced in works by William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Jiří Kylián, Kenneth MacMillan, Justin Peck, Twyla Tharp, Robert Binet and Guillaume Côté. In 2012, Brendan Saye represented the National Ballet of Canada in The International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize and received the Patron Award of Merit. While studying at Canada's National Ballet School, he also received the Peter Dwyer Award and the Christopher Ondaatje Prize in 2008. 

In the 2022/23 season he joined the Vienna State Ballet as first soloist. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Prince Désiré in the world premiere of Martin Schläpfer's »The Sleeping Beauty«, followed by the title role in John Cranko's »Onegin«, duke Albrecht in Elena Tchernichovaʼs »Giselle«, Armand Duval in John Neumeier's »The Lady of the Camellias«, Espada in Rudolf Nureyevʼs »Don Quixote« and and solo parts in George Balanchine's »Symphony in C«, Hans van Manen's »Four Schumann Pieces«, Martin Schläpfer's »Lontano« and Heinz Spoerliʼs »Goldberg-Variationen«.

Performances with Brendan Saye

Saison 2024-25
Thu
21 Nov
19:00 — 22:00
Christopher Wheeldon
Ballett Main Stage

with Brendan Saye, Hyo-Jung Kang, Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto, Arne Vandervelde, Conductor: Christoph Koncz

The Winter’s Tale

Cast at Thursday 21. November 2024

Leontes, König von Sizilien

Hermione, Königin von Sizilien

Perdita, Prinzessin von Sizilien

Paulina, Erste Hofdame der Königin Hermione

Antigonus, ihr Ehemann und Erster Hofmeister des König Leontes

Polixenes, König von Böhmen

Florizel, Prinz von Böhmen

Steward, Erster Hofmeister des König Polixenes

Ein Schäfervater

Clown, Sohn des Schäfers

Eine junge Schäferin

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Available tickets

Thursday 21. November 2024

Area 1 220 €
Area 1

220 €

Area 2 175 €
Area 2

175 €

Area 3 140 €
Area 3

140 €

Area 4 100 €
Area 4

100 €

Area 5 76 €
Area 5

76 €

Area 6 52 €
Area 6

52 €

Area 7 36 €
Area 7

36 €

Area 8 25 €
Area 8

25 €

Area 9 15 €
Area 9

15 €

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Standing room

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Sat
23 Nov
19:00 — 22:00
Christopher Wheeldon
Ballett Main Stage

with Brendan Saye, Hyo-Jung Kang, Liudmila Konovalova, Masayu Kimoto, Arne Vandervelde, Conductor: Johannes Witt

The Winter’s Tale

Cast at Saturday 23. November 2024

Leontes, König von Sizilien

Hermione, Königin von Sizilien

Perdita, Prinzessin von Sizilien

Paulina, Erste Hofdame der Königin Hermione

Antigonus, ihr Ehemann und Erster Hofmeister des König Leontes

Polixenes, König von Böhmen

Florizel, Prinz von Böhmen

Steward, Erster Hofmeister des König Polixenes

Ein Schäfervater

Clown, Sohn des Schäfers

Eine junge Schäferin

Available tickets

Saturday 23. November 2024

Area 1 220 €
Area 1

220 €

Area 2 175 €
Area 2

175 €

Area 3 140 €
Area 3

140 €

Area 4 100 €
Area 4

100 €

Area 5 76 €
Area 5

76 €

Area 6 52 €
Area 6

52 €

Area 7 36 €
Area 7

36 €

Area 8 25 €
Area 8

25 €

Area 9 15 €
Area 9

15 €

Standing room
Standing room

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Zyklus »Familie«

Ticket information

Mon
23 Dec
19:00 — 22:30
Martin Schläpfer, Marius Petipa
Ballett Main Stage

with Ketevan Papava, Eno Peci, Elena Bottaro, Brendan Saye, Alice Firenze, Claudine Schoch, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Monday 23. December 2024

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Prinz Désiré

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Available tickets

Monday 23. December 2024

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

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Fri
27 Dec
18:30 — 22:00
Marius Petipa, Martin Schläpfer
Ballett Main Stage

with Ketevan Papava, Eno Peci, Elena Bottaro, Brendan Saye, Alice Firenze, Claudine Schoch, Conductor: Robert  Reimer

Dornröschen

Cast at Friday 27. December 2024

Die Königin

Der König

Prinzessin Aurora

Prinz Désiré

La Fée des Lilas

Der Blaue Vogel

Prinzessin Florine

Die Waldfrau

Musikalische Leitung

Musik

Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Toshio Hosokawa

Choreographie

Marius Petipa

Licht & Video

Dramaturgie

Available tickets

Friday 27. December 2024

Area 1 199 €
Area 1

199 €

Area 2 159 €
Area 2

159 €

Area 3 129 €
Area 3

129 €

Area 4 94 €
Area 4

94 €

Area 5 69 €
Area 5

69 €

Area 6 47 €
Area 6

47 €

Area 7 34 €
Area 7

34 €

Area 8 23 €
Area 8

23 €

Area 9 13 €
Area 9

13 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27