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    Press announcement (in German and English): https://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/w.aspx?sub=kre6XgZGpi8-91csh9ohGbK_k5WyqMXX6ch-91csh9ohGbj&tid=18RHrz-tfs9B&mid=3b409608&enc=66soGzXAq0G5mALmPu-WbiTGs8umJxPFll!R!aFYclqMomLGz-rvXXVS6drkGJVh0
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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=umvQxNS934E
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    Much looking forward to reading what people thought of tonight’s show.
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    Oops: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxvlJ25rZez/
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    Someone at an Insight a while ago mentioned the horrible injury Osipova suffered towards the end of Act 1 of DQ, and asked KOH if it had anything to do with the set. KOH said yes but claimed the floor had been fixed since then (or words to that effect). Are we sure it‘s all ok, is anyone technically minded able to comment?
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    I agree. However since the reign of the former ROH Marketing Queen, whose name must not be mentioned on this forum, we now know that not all sales are equal. The most desired sale is a sale to someone who has never been to the ROH before. Those of us who go a lot are the least desired sales. This was confirmed by the then ROH Chairman. One might hope that Covid would provide the ROH with an excuse to dump the Maoist demands of the Arts Council (with the paymasters full approval of course) but, oh dear, what if ROH bosses still think like this?
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    Just to say I notice a number of website issues coming up over the last day or two (including one or two new to me, they still keep showing skill at great innovation on the messing up front, well done the eager clever website elves!) These problems and idiotic marketing behaviour are discussed on anther thread, try scrolling down from around here: https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/27634-royal-ballet-casting-for-autumn-2023-24/?do=findComment&comment=418212
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    As predicted the discounts have started. Try code DUPRE25*
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    Contrary to what it still says on the Sadler’s Wells website here is the programme for last night (there were some last minute changes in the running order but all - except I think one piece - was performed):
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    Opera Ignoramus

    Geoff replied to Fonty's topic in Opera & Music

    👍
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    This thread has been going for weeks now yet so far no one has chosen Viviana Durante for any role. Really? She was by far the most gifted and expressive ballerina of her era at the Royal Ballet and thankfully some, at least, of her greatest performances are captured in good quality recordings. If I had to go for just one, I’d pick her pairing with Irek in Mayerling but her Giselle and Aurora are also still burned into my memory.
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    😱
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    Yes it was. Fwiw I don’t agree the ENO show was better. ROH has the better cast, more coherent staging and, above all, a wonderful balance between the orchestra and clear diction from the singers resulting in an authentic Wagner sound London audiences have not heard in many years. More on that point in this review: https://theartsdesk.com/opera/das-rheingold-royal-opera-knotty-riveting-route-destruction
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    For the record, here is what the Sadler’s Wells website says at the moment: We are privileged to be welcoming this incredible group of artists to the Peacock Theatre for their first ever London performances. The company presents a varied programme of excerpts from some of their favourite pieces including Les Sylphides, a fragment from the ballet Tribute to Peace (choreographed by Ivan Kozlov), Carmen, Sirtaki, and Men of Kyiv (a Ukrainian folk dance).
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    Wishing her a swift and complete recovery, here’s a memory: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxQNRGIAsgf/
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    This would suggest that “turning down the volume on a few speakers” is what has actually happened, rather than “turning off amplification”, which is what they should do. Pity.
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    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxStWA0ozBN/
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    +1
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    Did you see it in Vienna a couple of weeks ago? I had a ticket but couldn’t use it. What was the show like (not in such good shape before the summer, so I heard)?
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    Das Rheingold ROH

    Geoff replied to a topic in Opera & Music

    Speaking personally I did not think the last ROH Ring was “very good”, more like a show maybe worth seeing once only. So I am relieved that production is being replaced. Seeing this new show on Sunday.
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    By way of comparison, anyone remember this Deborah Bull story from over 20 years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/30/sarahhall
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    What an interesting discussion. Three possible analogies, perhaps more food for thought:— 1) From the 16th century on there was a European boom in castrati, young boys castrated to inhibit growth of their vocal cords and thyroid glands during puberty to give them a “special” (essentially female) voice. This practice endured into the modern era (one can find a commercial recording on YouTube). This kind of voice was very popular and some of these mutilated performers became superstars. The practice has died out but it seems connoisseurs enjoyed the sound for centuries. Do times move on? 2) Some people eat foie gras. Some don’t. Production is banned in, for example, the UK but not, for example, in France. Free choice? 3) Modern research into British boarding schools appears conclusive. The work of for example Joy Schaverien and Nick Duffell shows that even if one has a perfect institution (no bullies, no violence, no perverts, letches or other abusers), the simple act of taking a prepubescent or pubescent child out of an intact family to live in a “boarding school” for long periods of time can damage that child for life. Yet British boarding schools - starting from around the age of 7 - have not been banned, and, as charities, even receive state support in the form of tax breaks. Why?
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    MODERATOR NOTE: To avoid confusion as to the actual content of this programme, discussion prior to its broadcast is now in a separate thread, here: ----------------------------------------------------------- As this thread is now active again, might I make a request on behalf of those outside Britain who will be unable to see this programme (the BBC is very strict at policing its international reach)? Some people say they know ways around the BBC restrictions but many will not. As it seems this documentary may be of international relevance (or at least interest) perhaps someone who is planning to watch it could take a few notes and post a summary of the comment?
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    I was prompted to post by the (to me astonishingly vicious) reactions on the US forum Ballet Alert: https://balletalert.invisionzone.com/topic/47366-dont-think-dear-—-former-sab-students-memoir/ The comments followed an article in the New York Times in advance of publication. However I see that once the book came out, no one on Ballet Alert has thought to write about it. So it seemed like a good idea to do so here.
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