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  1. In the highly unlikely event of a recording being made of "Onegin" I would certainly hope that it would be of the Soares/Nunez/Muntagirov/Takada cast which was vastly superior in every way to the over-hyped Osipova performances,although I did hugely admire the Lensky and Olga of Matthew Ball and Yasmine Naghidi. Otherwise,no contest.
  2. Zen replaced by Osipova on Friday. But who's replacing Sarah Lamb tomorrow? The ROH website has just changed and it will be Marianela
  3. As I queried, the Feb 14 matinee has now been corrected on the ROH website to read Marquez instead of Nunez,as has the incorrect naming of the wrong Golding to partner Osipova
  4. I've a feeling that Feb 14 matinee should read Marquez with Pennefather,not Nunez. Well,they both end with a Z so an easy mistake to make. ;-)
  5. If James Wilkie's posting on facebook is to be believed the company flew to Moscow on Aeroflot. Happily we know they arrived safely.
  6. "Giselle" is complete as a considerable work of choreographic art and an evening's entertainment and is perfectly capable of standing on it's own and satisfying any true ballet lover without bolstering it's appeal for those who feel they are being short changed with any additional work,either before or,perish the thought,after. The notion of following it with 50 minutes of murder,rape and misoginistic violence strikes me as just too absurd to even contemplate.
  7. Emeralds is a masterpiece which beautifully captures the perfumed elegance of Gabriel Faure's evocative music. For me the 'walking' pas de deux is one of the most serene and gracefully ravishing in all ballet,like a sigh made visible.
  8. Svetlana Beriosova speaking 'poetry in French' was in fact an excerpt from Ashton's ballet "Persephone".
  9. It has been well publicised (so I'm not breaking anyone's confidence) that the main reason for Leanne Cope's sabatical is to appear in Christopher Wheeldon's staged version of the musical "An American in Paris" which is to have it's premiere at the Chatalet Theatre in Paris in December prior,it is hoped,to New York. Leanne will be dancing the role created by Leslie Caron in the '50s movie.
  10. It couldn't happen to a nicer and more deserving person. Xander is a Prince both on and off stage who is finally receiving the recognition as well as the roles. Huge congratulations to him.
  11. Yuhui Choe has now been announced to replace Osipova in next Wednesday's last performance of Sleeping Beauty
  12. Sadly, many of us have been saying that for the last four years or so and it has just never happened. Hope springs eternal !
  13. Having seen some of the stills from this production I was somewhat alarmed (if hardly surprised) to see that Nikolai Tsiskaridze appeaars to be under the impression thet the Widow Simon is a glamourous role. A still of him in ActIII reveals him sitting - or rather posing at the spinning wheel with blue eyeshadow,bright red lipstick and earings. The late,great Stanley Holden must be revolving in his grave.
  14. Today would have been David's 68th birthday had he not been so cruelly taken from us in June last year. He and his wife Freda (Alfreda Thoroughgood) were very dear friends since before their marriage in 1967 at St Martin's in the Field. Arguably the finest male dancer ever to emerge in this country, as well as a man of enormous kindness,dedication and generosity of spirit whom I would like to suggest that we all raise a glass to today in celebration and remembrance of a very special person. I spoke to Freda this morning and she told me that there is to be a Memorial Service in David's honour at that same church in which they were married and where both their children were christened,to be held on May 22nd at 11am. I'm sure that many posters on this site,even those too young to have had the great pleasure of seeing him dance,will wish to attend to pay their respects and remember this great dancer and,to some of us,very dear and much missed friend.
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