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  1. Aruna S
    Oh the poor things, what an awful disappointment! Hopefully there will be a DVD.
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    Well, the theatre has finally got back to me, and although I had requested the Parkett front row or row 8 onwards I'm being offered Parkett links Reihe 5 Platz 163. I have to confirm in a few days. A friend has a spare ticket in the lowest balcony - Balkon rechts Reihe 4 Platz 6, which is of course a bit cheaper. I would be very grateful for advice on which option to go with. I looked at the seating plan and the Parkett seat seems nicely located but if the rake is negligible I'm too short to take risks and will take the balcony. Thank you!
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    Indeed it was McNally and what a wonderful Carabosse she was! Elizabeth McGorian was the Queen IIRC. Having seen the McRae-Lamb duo dance the Grand PDD at Mara Galeazzi's Verona gala I was thrilled to be able to see them dance the whole ballet. No goosebumps but a feeling of pure unmitigated joy which lasted for a good bit after the show was over.
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    Thank you, Meunier for mentioning the La Scala Museum, it sounds well worth visiting. Re Verdi and the Grand Hotel, I'm a bit surprised because just the other day I was watching something on Sky Arts and the presenter visited the hotel and was shown the suite Verdi had occupied, which has been preserved with the original (or some of it anyway) furniture. I think it was the Suggs in Italy series but I could be wrong. I assumed they kept the suite that way so that it could be visited, but your experience shows otherwise.
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    Euan, if you can get hold of the earlier RB DVD, Lesley Collier was lovely as Lise. The very first version with the dancers Fille was created on, Nadia Nerina and David Blair, is also available on DVD, but my personal fave is Collier. I have seen the POB's version of Fille which is very well done, but I agree with you that the RB's is better. Including the adorable little pony.
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    Re Tatiana, now of course there is Osipova to be considered. IIRC she hasn't danced this role before.
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    I've just finished watching the live stream and am a little confused by the final apotheosis. It looked as if the souls of Nikiya, Solor and Gamzatti are headed for paradise together. Gamzatti, the murderess or accomplice to murder, is worthy of this? Hopefully I have got it all wrong but then who is the third person? Bewitched (by Lucia Lacarra), bothered and bewildered am I.
  8. Aruna S
    Why oh why is Onegin always in the middle of winter? I'll just have to grit my teeth and battle through the icy winds!
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    Onegin, I hope.
  10. Aruna S
    I had Russian ladies sitting near me at the ROH during the Bolshoi's 2010 season, and they sang/hummed loudly along with the music during both Coppelia and Giselle. Politely asking them to stop had no effect, they didn't seem to understand me and the few words of Russian I know were of no use. This hasn't happened so far anywhere else, thank goodness.
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    I'm surprised too. I remember an usher coming across to tell my husband he wasn't allowed to take a photograph of our son in his seat *long before* the performance started!
  12. Aruna S
    Yes, prices have really shot up. I can remember paying 75 Euros for seats in the Optima category for Fille just two years ago, ah those were the days! There seem to be very few matinees too. Fortunately there are excellent and much more reasonable alternatives in Germany.
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    I saw a wonderful performance of Onegin with Isabelle Ciaravola and Herve' Moreau on Sunday. She, in particular, was mesmerising. The audience was very receptive and enthusiastically applauded the Act 1 finale which Irmgard mentions. At the end there was a hush, it was almost possible to hear the last note before the applause broke out which is unusual these days. Although Mlle Ciaravola's formal farewell is next month, it did seem as though she was saying goodbye to her fans at each performance which made the whole thing even more poignant. This was definitely a goosebump event
  14. Aruna S
    I would add Paquita to the list.
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    I'd like to veer slightly off-topic too, to share something I've just discovered. My son, who was also dazzled by Giselle, has modified the names of one of our cats, and she is now called Estella Esmeralda Rojo-Osipova
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    Just back from the cinema relay and still reeling from Natalia Osipova's sublime performance.
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    This made me laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing, Jacqueline. IIRC Osipova's Giselle with the Bolshoi in 2010 got a partial standing ovation.
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    I've only done this once, because my son insisted, after a Rojo/Bonelli Sleeping Beauty matinee. We waited for quite a long time but had to leave because we had something else booked, I now regret that because he was very disappointed, and with hindsight I should either have refused to go at all or not had anything else planned. Others have told me that Tamara Rojo is very nice to fans who wait for her which is always good to know. I once saw Roberto Bolle at the Covent Garden Market but left him alone.
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    I still don't see the cast. For the Dream mixed bill I mean, not WT.
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    The casting information seems to have disappeared from the ROH website. Does this mean there will be changes, I wonder?
  21. Aruna S
    What I would really like to see is Lamb-McRae in The Dream. But that's just a dream :-)
  22. Aruna S
    TBH, Morera for me too (and Bonelli over Golding any day), I was just curious about seeing Osipova's take on Ashton.
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    Thanks for posting this, Bluebird. I was hoping to see McRae's Oberon but the dates don't work for me. My choices now are either Osipova or Morera as Titania. Not an easy decision.
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    A long overdue promotion was announced yesterday after a performance of Swan Lake at the Rome Teatro dell'Opera. Alessandra Amato, a member of the corps who has been dancing principal parts for years, was finally named principal. http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/teatro-danza/2013/12/21/news/amato-74206887/ (in Italian)
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    I'm glad you posted this, Beryl, because I was also looking for comments on the cinema performance which I thought was spectacular. This time round there were no technical glitches and we were able to see the entire presentation. The backstage part presented by Gary Avis was fascinating and very well done while Darcey Bussell seemed rather wooden IMO. Also, when she was doing a voice-over at the cutrain calls surely she could have remembered Yuhui Choe's name instead of saying one of the girl soloists! I was really looking forward to seeing Laura Morera and she lived up to expectations. Apart from the dancers you've mentioned, Gary Avis was splendid, as always. Francesca Hayward is a joy to watch, and effectively contradicts pronouncements about the younger generation of dancers lacking passion and commitment.
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