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  1. MrsBBB
    Thank you @Lizbie1. Nothing about the Heritage Bill in the Linbury, though.
  2. MrsBBB
    IMO the best orchestral balance and sound at ROH is in the front Amphi and front Balcony. There are some really odd distortions and echoes in the side Orchestra Stalls, near the “wall” to the Stalls Circle. For example, during Don Q the castanets sounded like they were behind me and late 🙉.
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    I couldn’t agree more! I’ve watched Nela for pretty much her entire 20 years at the RB, and last night she hit a new high. Two things struck me in particular: She never uses her phenomenally secure technique just to show off, but always to portray the character and to “live” the music. She exudes such joy in dancing it makes me feel joyful and happy. I don’t feel that way watching, for example, Osipova when she looks tense and nervous. So, brava Nela and long may she continue to delight us 👏🏻
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    That’s used in The Tales of Beatrix Potter and therefore invariably makes me think of dancing pigs! 😉
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    Seeing it next Saturday 😊
  6. MrsBBB
    The security men seem more interested in clicking their counters (do they get paid piece rates?) then actually searching anything. And some of them are very discourteous, one could say grunting more than speaking. I always give them a broad smile to deflect the grumpiness.
  7. MrsBBB
    My turkeys of the year: most disliked piece was Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, I hated every second of it. Most disliked performance was, yes him again, Polunin in the Gillian Lynne tribute. I hadn’t seen him in years & certainly wouldn’t book one of his shows.
  8. MrsBBB
    Just be grateful not to have seen the bedroom pdd which was filmed through net curtains and had a pillar constantly getting in the way of the camera 😤. That bothered me a lot more than the potted plant earlier.
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    Breakdancing countertenor. He’s performing at Wigmore Hall tonight.
  10. MrsBBB
    I’m going on Friday the 13th 😊
  11. MrsBBB
    1) As his mimed dialogue with the Lilac Fairy relays, he has never been in love. 2) No idea. Distant cousins? 3) Bluebeard + 1 (always strikes me as a bad omen for a wedding, cf. the opera by Bartok), Goldilocks + 1, Beauty and the Beast.
  12. MrsBBB
    Yes! I misread the restaurant name as “Pizza” every time.
  13. MrsBBB
    Yes! Exactly my thought. 👍🏼 I thought the slightly more junior pas de quatre line-up on Friday (which also included Hay and Richardson) worked better.
  14. MrsBBB
    The Spring 2020 edition of ROH magazine announces a gala to support the ROH Covent Garden Foundation on Wednesday 20 May 2020, comprising a programme of opera and ballet on the main stage. There’s the option of dinner with the performers and ROH staff afterwards. Full details will be shared in the Summer 2020 magazine (out in January).
  15. MrsBBB
    Thank you very much Naomi for posting the links to this very interesting film. One thing that struck me about the final exam was the complete absence of partnering which is, as mentioned several times in the documentary, an essential skill for a professional dancer. Has the Mariinsky hired any Bolshoi Academy graduates? Or is it strictly one-way traffic from St Petersburg to Moscow?
  16. MrsBBB
    Completely agree! I noticed Sophie too and thought she performed extremely well. Kevin O’Hare seems to make good choices with his lateral hires.
  17. MrsBBB
    So which of the men is Elgar and which is Barenboim? Any guesses?
  18. MrsBBB
    I think it’s hilarious that the LA Times reviewer believes that McGregor choreographed Inferno between the first public performance of the music in May and the ballet premiere in July 🤣 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ades-mcgregor-laphil-review-20190714-story.html
  19. MrsBBB
    Yes, he stages The Nutcracker and various Ashton ballets. He staged La Valse for the Royal Ballet School’s summer performances just now. His rehearsals are my favourites! So much energy & nothing escapes his eagle eye.
  20. MrsBBB
    The title of Senior Ballet Mistress is new, as far as I’m aware, but Christopher Saunders was Senior Ballet Master before his promotion to Rehearsal Director.
  21. MrsBBB
    Jürgen Rose, who is 81!, says in the interview that the workshops still look the same as 50-60 years ago when he started working with Cranko.
  22. MrsBBB
    That’s Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød http://www.roh.org.uk/people/lukas-bjrneboe-brndsrd
  23. MrsBBB
    Also in the News section of the ROH website: the Genée will be renamed the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition from next year in honour of Dame Margot’s centenary. The competition will be hosted at the ROH in September 2020. https://www.roh.org.uk/news/royal-opera-house-to-host-royal-academy-of-dances-prestigious-ballet-competition-in-september-2020
  24. MrsBBB
    Hardly, given it has a cast of only 6 (or 5? can’t remember).
  25. MrsBBB
    Beauty at £145?!? Just as well I don’t particularly like that ballet. Presumably Swan Lake will be the same, or even higher.
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