Thanks Anna, I will have to get someone to show me how to do links.

ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT - SEE WEB SITE

21 minutes ago, prs59 said:

TodayTix now has a 24 hour offer with reductions of up to 62% on all price bands across the run. Tickets from £15 

Looks to me that the discounted seats are at the very rear of the stalls/circle. The £85 seats are still £85 for example. The matinee performances are virtually empty.

It was directly below a posting that mentioned lastminute. com having some deal or other so I assumed it referred to that. 

3 hours ago, alison said:

A reminder that there is a sub-forum in the Tickets forum for (public) ticket offers 🙂

Can't see anything on their regarding Alina - am I looking in the wrong place.

1 hour ago, Don Q Fan said:

Loads of tickets remaining for this for the matinee - wonder if there are any offers? 

 

Loads of tickets left for all the performances, great shame, I love Alina but the programme is not for me.  

Not sure you will get much below 50p!

On 01/02/2020 at 18:22, Duck said:

The film will be available on Arte from 8 Feb to 8 May 2020 https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/088015-000-A/romeo-et-juliette/

Unfortunately it appears it is not available in the U.K. and it does not tell us where it is available.

Just received email, Natalia is ill and is replaced by Marianella for Fridays performance. Get well soon Natalia.

I have to say that ticket sales for her performances do look very “slow”. There appears to be a lot of unsold seats still available, which does surprise me.

13 hours ago, Mary said:

Stellar performances from Muntagirov and Nunez...on sparkling form...making us gasp.....and an elegantly soaring Bluebird from James Hay.

Just home from 8 days at sea on a cruise to find Vadim not dancing Onegin but he danced last night.  Why has he pulled out?

Thanks Mary from me to. My wife and I spent the interval wondering what was going on.

Bridiem spot on with her review, Frankie showed great comic timing and playfulness, you could see the fun she and Gary were having in the second act, she is a total joy. But in the pdd in Act 3 you saw the serious side with a glorious pairing with Alexander, very moving. All the cast really looked to be enjoying themselves which came across the footlights concluding with loud appreciation at the end. Great Christmas show and I hope everyone has a very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year.

4 hours ago, MJW said:

Just had this in

 

Insights

The dates of the below Insights which were unknown at the time of your Spring magazine going to print have now been confirmed as:

The Royal Opera House in Rehearsal on 22 April 2020
Elektra on 12 May 2020  
Behind the Scenes - Film & Broadcast on 13 May 2020 

Four further Insights have also been added to the Programme:

In Conversation with Antonio Pappano on 27 January 2020, Linbury Theatre 
In Conversation with David Hallberg on 19 March 2020, Clore Studio
In conversation with Francesca Hayward on 6 April 2020, Linbury Theatre
Behind the Scenes Hair, Wigs and Make-up on 30 April 2020, Clore Studio

I got this too, now on website but can’t find them?

I have set myself up to receive an email whenever a ticket is offered for sale. For the last week I get seven emails for every ticket put up for sale. WHY?

The performance’s  in today’s matinee were truly wonderful. I was standing in the stalls circle today and witnessed Francesca’s total absorption in the character of Manon. Normally in the amphi where facial expressions are beyond my eyesight I could see her happiness, sadness and all inbetween emotions on display,  Of course the dancing was just wonderful, Alexander really looked after Francesca even when he was throwing her about and Cesar played a fantastic drunk. All the smaller roles have their parts to play in making up the whole which they all did beautifully. I didn’t think of Brexit once, thank goodness. 

4 minutes ago, alison said:

I certainly hope not: it was originally announced as being for BBC at Christmas.

 

At a running time of 90 minutes, it's clearly not the whole ballet, but I'll be interested to see what they've done with it.

Do the BBC still make programmes paid for by them, I don't think so, certainly not movies.

Just received a tweet announcing a new filmed version of the the above starring Francesca and Bracewell as the lovers, supported by dancers from the RB. Being shown by Curzon chain on December 16th , I guess to tie up with release of Cats. Looks great, hope for DVD eventually.

If there was any doubt this will rocket Francesca’s career to greater heights.

29 minutes ago, maryrosesatonapin said:

Thank you for the heads-up, JNC.  I love the pic of Frankie on the cover but the one inside, not so much... I don't like ballerinas' legs to look too 'sporty' even though they have to do such hard work.  It's nice to see her being acknowledged.  I wonder if Meghan goes to the ballet much?

I love seeing the muscleature, male or female. To me it encapsulates both strength and beauty. ( Hope the pin was removed safely )

Is this the only time the dancers get to dance with the orchestra. It was for the Royal Ballet School; we went on the Saturday morning and that was their only go.

For me it’s because their cheaper and you get a “full” performance ( ballet). With Opera whilst the main singers are not going full blast I can take chance on whether I will like it or not without paying top dollar.

On 18/07/2019 at 14:00, Dawnstar said:

Not being accustomed to it, I managed to completely forget about rehearsal booking until midday. By which point the website was working fine but there were no tickets lower than the amphi available for Manon. Guess I'll have to hope more might be released later.

Generally only amphi seats are available for general rehearsals. 

5 hours ago, RuthE said:

 

We had a few of them in the Marquis of Anglesey with their parents watching the remaining 3 hours of Wimbledon men's singles final, too!

 

I thoroughly enjoyed the RBS performance yesterday, though having seen one of the Holland Park "predominantly Upper School" shows, was *slightly* disappointed that with the exception of the solo piece, the Paquita Mazurka for the youngest students, and of course the grand defile, it was effectively the same show.  However, with much of the principal casting different except in Simple Symphony, there wasn't really that much sense of repetition.  I echo the thoughts of those above who complimented Untied, Undone.

 

I was struck by how much better Simple Symphony looked on the ROH stage; at Holland Park without the lit backdrop, the costumes looked lurid, but with the correct background lighting it was much easier on the eye. And I was glad to see La Valse repeated on the ROH stage, as at Holland Park (which has no curtains) the ending just doesn't work.

 

As an aside, there was one White Lodge dancer not in any featured role who consistently caught my eye as I thought she had a characterful face and radiated personality.  She was in Bottega and then ended up at the front of the line of Year 10 girls at the end of the grand defile.  I'll look out for her again next year!

I would add to your comments RuthE that  having a “live” orchestra as opposed to recorded music made a huge difference. Great job by all concerned and a shout for Jay Jolley who is retiring after 20 plus years ( if they let him)

32 minutes ago, LinMM said:

Great show this afternoon. Some real talent on show.

Probably for me one of the standout performances from the Seniors was Kele Roberson ....and his own choreography too ...he definitely had the wow factor .....but is not joining the Royal Ballet as one of the Aud Jebsen apprentices at any rate. Lucky Company who gets him! 

Some lovely performances from the pre Upper school groups but won't mention names for these younger students just hoping that quite a few of them have got into the Upper School for next year! 

Nederland Dance Theatre2 I believe, He was dancing  his audition piece, no surprise he has been hired.