Quintus Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I really like Zakharova, though I do get the ice maiden comments. Never seen her live but love her Odile on dvd and her Fille du Pharaon is one of my most watched recordings. I only managed to get an amphitheatre seat for her in Swan Lake, so look out for the guy with a Svetlana t-shirt and a large telescope Also looking forward very much to seeing Obraztsova in Bayadere, this time from a decent seat. She has a lot of charm, which is an elusive quality; had I been able to sell a kidney in time I'd have booked another performance too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Oh yes - I'm definitely going to see her (in sleeping beauty with hallberg and smirnova as lilac fairy). But I had an expensive ticket to her swan lake too and wanted thoughts about just how special that was... Her aurora is good too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 ... Her aurora is good too, right? Why not to see it here? http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=youtube+zakharova+aurora&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=XA7OUZbPAuPI4ASzq4DoCg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I know, but youtube just doesn't have the same magic of real performances.... Nunez in bayadere doesn't look that amazing on tape but it is on stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I think I have said this before on this or another thread, but I certainly wouldn't spend big bucks to see the Bolshoi's Swan Lake. I find the sets and costumes dated and ugly, the choreography boring, and the wigs so horrendously bad as to be a distraction. (This is not just my opinion about the wigs; I said so to someone before the Bolshoi came to Toronto, and her reaction was "How bad can it be, really?" but then when she saw the production she agreed wholeheartedly). I would go and see one of the other programs that you wouldn't otherwise see in London (e.g. Flames of Paris), or La Bayadere, if you can make it past the cringe-inducing racist stereotypes. Pretty much my reaction too, from what I remember of it (and precisely why I didn't bother booking SL). In fact, I'd far rather go and see the Maryinsky's (and I don't like *that* one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I have the Blu-Ray of Zakharova and Hallberg in SB and they are technically superb, they dance with rarified elegance and are a good matching couple, they don't act very much though, this doesn't bother me when faced with such perfection. As for SL, I'm only going for the dancers, Maria Alexandrova, who is my favourite Bolshoi ballerina, and Olga Smirnova who sounds very special, hope to see her also in Bayadere and Diamonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I know, but youtube just doesn't have the same magic of real performances....Of course, Dancefan, live art is irreplaceable. I didn't mean that you should restrict yourself to watching youtube. I gave this SB link just as an answer to your question on whether Zakharova's Aurora is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Don Q Fan You'll be pleased to know that Ekaterina Shipulina is now a principal. She was promoted, I believe, in 2012. James I hope she is - but the Bolshoi website has her listed initially under Principals but when you click to go to her page then it says "Leading Soloist" and no mention of a promotion on her biography. The other dancers have "Principal" on the heading of their pages. Maybe the website is out of date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farfallina Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Shipulina is Principal now. On the Russian version of the Bolshoi's wp the female principals are called ballerini and Schipulina has ballerina on her profile just like the other female principals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 ^^ thank you for the confirmation - I am so pleased for Ekaterina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 What's smirnova's best role supposed to be? Jewels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 It's strange how all the controversy over the Bolshoi that swims about these pages drips over now into other avenues of one's life. I was at the Globe's production of MACBETH yesterday afternoon and suddenly thought of the Bolshoi when I heard these words uttered by Ross in the English scene: Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the airAre made, not mark'd; where violent sorrow seemsA modern ecstasy As ever, Shakespeare (whoe'er he/she/it may be) seems - somehow - to SAY IT ALL!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Although I realise it's a little late to mention it now (my apologies), I did note that there was an article about the Bolshoi in yesterday's Daily Telegraph magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualia2008 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 For those who missed the Swan lake broadcast from Mikhailovsky: http://paraclassics.com/mikhailovsky-theatre-swan-lake-tchaikovsky-ekaterina-borchenko-victor-lebedev/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 An interesting interview with David Hallberg at the Bolshoi Theatre: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Lengthy interview with Bolshoi General Manager Vladimir Urin in the company's latest newsletter. I like: "Unfortunately, at the Bolshoi Theatre people usually say one thing, think another thing and do a completely different thing." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualia2008 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Here the old Mikhailovsky version of Swan Lake (before Messerer), considered the most authentic of all classical productions, the purest Petipa. Recorded in July 2009, it was the last performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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