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    No trouble with Chrome for Desktop, but on my tablet earlier it wouldn't work at all, no matter what I did.
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    It seems OK now from my PC but I still couldn't get in on my (Android) tablet an hour ago - I consistently got the 123 page. Is there something I need to do to remedy that? I tried everything last night, including clearing the cache, clearing the bookmark and typing in www.balletcoforum.com, going via Google (both to the homepage and to other pages).
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    I didn't feel it with Carmen either - it all seemed a bit dated and, worse, most of either the choreography or the dancing lacked attack, which you'd have thought the music called out for. I don't think one could ever not enjoy seeing Vishneva dance, but her Carmen was rather polite! The other problem for me was Ivanchenko (who I've not seen before) as the Torero: he's a very handsome presence but that's as far as it goes IMO - very underpowered dancing. Infra I mostly enjoyed, though I do have "issues" with the way McGregor has the male dancers repeatedly manipulate the women into extreme extensions: it makes for very uncomfortable viewing for me, both ideologically and out of sheer ouch factor. Kondaurova was pretty special in it though, and hats off to her for performing brilliantly in both the McGregor and Paquita in the same evening! I loved the Paquita: really beautiful costumes and gorgeous light choreography and dancing throughout: there's not much more I can say except bravo to all involved.
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    I'm not clear whether the proportion of tickets held back for general booking is across the whole run or for each date. I agree that if you've got your heart set on a particular cast you could be disappointed, but on the whole there's usually a good choice available. The Watson/Osipova Mayerlings had much the starriest cast and the Amphitheatre for one of their three shows was held back for students (and it's possible that ROH counts that allocation towards the 20%). In the case of the Osipova mixed bill it was probably a combination of a relatively short run and a number of very popular dancers that night: not just Osipova but Nunez/McRae/Muntagirov in the Forsythe, Hayward in the Tarantella and the departing Yanowsky in the Scarlett, IIRC.
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    Sat mat and Thursday now gone; Saturday evening ticket (Kondaurova/Yermakov/Matvienko) still available until Tuesday afternoon, after which I'll be returning it to the box office. PM me if interested.
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    Crikey - I wonder what Vladimir Urin makes of that!
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    Takes one to know one
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    If you look at Autumn pricing it might give you a feel for how much tickets will cost - I'd expect Swan Lake prices to be higher than Alice and Nutcracker but not hugely so: http://static.roh.org.uk/seatmaps/2017-18/autumn/autumn-seat-price-plan-201718.pdf. If you like I can try and remember to post the price range here once the Summer Friends' magazine has arrived. I don't think your optimism is irrational, especially if all you're really hoping for is a well-danced and conservative Swan Lake. Kevin O'Hare seems to have gone out of his way to stress that there won't be anything revolutionary about the production: he'd have been foolish to say what he has if Liam Scarlett is planning to impose his own vision, and KOH is no fool! I don't think that availability in general will be a problem - as long as you're online promptly at the appointed hour (an early start for you!) and are prepared to compromise on dates or seats or both you should be fine. It's only recently that I've become a Friend; before then - very short runs aside - the only shows I was nervous about getting tickets for were for the opera when it came to certain singers and Wagner.
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    Agree that Repnikov is a vast improvement.
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    So am I safe with Matvienko for the Friday night Bayadere?
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    I thought that I had this too until I realised that I had to tap the like button again, to "confirm" it I guess. Might that be the answer?
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    A lovely review, thank you but, at the risk of reopening old wounds I'm not sure I'd class Zakharova with Vishneva!
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    I agree that injuries happen and that no-one should ever bank on being able to see a particular dancer on a given night. In the last RB season I've had at least three principals cancel on me late in the day, two of which I'd specifically wanted to see and one I was pretty pleased to see replaced! (That's out of perhaps nine visits this year.) I don't see anyone calling their season disastrous, despite that. As for errors: I haven't yet seen any to signify - perhaps that will change over the next week. But like others above, I'd rather dancers took some risks that didn't come off than played within their comfort zone. However (and I think I'm over the worst of any annoyance so I hope I'm being objective!) it does worry me that Tereshkina is apparently the only available dancer who they feel up to the job of opening night.
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    In Osmolkina's defence, I thought her fouettes on Saturday afternoon were pretty special.
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    Looks like Tereshkina has been shuffled to Thursday with Matvienko taking her place on Friday. Which leaves me with an unhappy choice: I was looking forward to the Tereshkina/Shklyarov/Osmolkina "dream team" but now I have to decide between Thursday, Friday or even Saturday night, especially in light of doubts cast above about Matvienko. Any advice? Is Matvienko as disappointing as all that? Does the benefit of Shklyarov and Osmolkina outweigh any doubts about Matvienko?
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    Crikey those are absolute whoppers!
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    The Russians are not famed for their punctuality - late starts are built in, to the degree that I got used to arriving at the Bolshoi only a minute or two before the advertised start time and not having to rush to buy a programme, deposit my coat and get to my seat. Even after that, I'd still be waiting for the conductor to make his entrance.
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    Assoluta: I'm not as qualified to judge as some others here, but the main complaint seems to be the lack of dramatic edge, rather than any technical deficiencies. Or do I misunderstand you?
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    And shameless about it! Many a time I was told in no uncertain terms to squeeze up on a bench seat at the Moscow Conservatory by a babushka without a ticket who'd presumably been let in by a friend! Agree that the talking is a New Russian thing, and furthermore largely confined to the ballet - though that may be because Novi Russkis don't bother much with opera or classical concerts.
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    Sat mat ticket now sold!
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    I have the following balcony standing tickets available for £15 each: Thursday 10th August 19.30 (Skorik*/Kim/Batoeva), Balcony Right standing C66 Saturday 12th August MATINEE 14.00 (Chebykina/Askerov/Yevseyeva), Balcony Right standing C65 Saturday 12th August EVENING 19.30 (Kondaurova/Yermakov/Matvienko), Balcony Right standing C65 * supposedly! Please PM me if interested.
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    I work (more than!) full time and a two and a half hour journey away but can still make it to a 7pm start if I plan in a 4pm finish at work, which in my experience can be arranged in most office jobs. I wonder if late finishes actually discourage workers from going to shows as we need to be up in the morning. I for one try to avoid "school nights" for that reason.
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    Apologies for heading off topic, but this is one of the reasons I've never understood why so many houses seem to aim to finish as close to 10.30 as possible rather than, say, 10 or - God forbid! - 9.30. Do calculations about maximising bar and in-house restaurant revenue trump all? Do people prefer a later start? I know I don't, even on the few occasions I don't have a long trek home. I'd rather be in bed sooner! Or are there other reasons? I'd love to know!
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    Very neat and very quick too!
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    Thank you for explaining.
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