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  1. alison
    Yes. Probably, like me, they've tried selecting a few price bands and are getting fed up with the "We could not find 1 tickets together. Try requesting fewer tickets, or select a different area." What should I go for, 0.5? 0.25? And of course they can't find 1 ticket together Shame the system can't filter on the number of tickets looked for.
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    Yep. Or alternatively if your other half doesn't actually like ballet/opera, or is unable to travel, or ...
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    I'm afraid it was obvious to me from the outset that single-bookers were likely to be excluded, or at least left with meagre pickings, for economic reasons. That's part of the reason why I didn't expect to be returning any time soon
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    It didn't bother me at all. I think he needed to break it up a bit for the audience, as running through all the introductions in one go might well have left people confused, especially if they didn't know the works.
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    Yes, the Thais bit was excellent - and good to have it recorded for posterity. I was also intrigued watching the socially-distanced rehearsal of Monotones - gives you an idea of what the Royal Ballet are probably having to do at the moment - and the in-depth wardrobe feature was interesting as well.
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    I was interested to see how different some of the works look compared with when they are performed by the Royal Ballet. I'm not yet sure to what extent that's because I would invariably have been in the amphitheatre at the Royal Opera House, but here have a "ground floor" view, but will have another look and see if things become clearer on a second viewing.
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    Details of all 3 programmes in the current digital season can be found here:
  8. alison
    I totally forgot they were on last night. Thanks, Lynette, and congratulations to all the winners.
  9. alison
    I've set up a thread in the Performances section here: Perhaps it will attract more attention/interest.
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    Thanks, Bruce. I've now put the feedback posts into a separate thread in the Performances forum.
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    List of works performed, for those who haven't caught it yet: -Meditation from Thaïs - first performed by Dame Antoinette Sibley and Sir Anthony Dowell 21 March 1971, to music by Jules Massenet -Monotones II - first performed by The Royal Ballet 24 March 1965, to music by Erik Satie orchestrated by Claude Debussy and Alexis Roland-Manuel -Façade, Extracts - first performed by the Camargo Society 26 April 1931, set to William Walton's score originally created as a setting for the poetry of Edith Sitwell -Romeo & Juliet, Balcony pas de deux - first performed by Royal Danish
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    And the London Mozart Players, at Croydon's Fairfield Hall, which I presume still has the best acoustic in London: London Mozart Players - Classical Club Fairfield Halls’ resident orchestra, the London Mozart Players, were back in the Concert Hall this month to film a wonderful concert for their online series Classical Club. A socially-distanced audience of just 50 people were appreciated Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and Strauss’s Oboe Concerto in the fine acoustics of the hall. LMP’s Classical Club is a series of 8
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    We missed this one: Tuesday 27th, 7 am, Sky Arts: Mata Hari, so that's presumably Dutch National Ballet. @Don Q Fan @Terpsichore Wednesday 28th, 6 am: Discovering Dance on Film
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    Very sad, but I suppose to be expected given previous announcements
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    I'd forgotten I'd started this thread, but here's a quick shout out for the following on Sky Arts: Today, 11 am: Valery Gergiev conducts Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (and presumably something else as the programme lasts for nearly two hours) Sunday, 6 am: Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Gala
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