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  1. Dawnstar
    I agree that Whitehead managed to make the bossy Stepsister nicest out of the dancers in the role. As this production is the first time I've seen Cinderella, I'm not entirely sure if this is a good or a bad thing, i.e. how unpleasant or not the character was originally meant to be. I was somewhat reminded of Coppelia, when I unexpectedly (having previously mostly seen him play villains) found Whitehead's Dr Coppelius the most sympathetic & touching of those I saw. Continuing on the bossy Stepsister, while Richardson was somewhat drag queen-ish in his portrayl it wasn't as much as I'd feared he might be & I enjoyed his performance. It is somewhat surreal to see a Nutcracker Prince and an SB Prince prancing about the stage in frocks though! Richardson did the Act II fall particularly wholesalely - perhaps because he's a good deal the youngest in the role - and threw another one in at the curtain calls! (The next photo I have after this is just a blur of purple net crawling through the gap in the curtains!)
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    At least other UK opera companies have done the operetta relatively recently - I loved Opera North's in 2018 - even if the ROH haven't so it's been possible to see it, unlike the ballet
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    There are going to be more RMT dates? Groan. I find it doesn't seem to make any difference which of the unions is on strike: my trains back from London give up at about 5.30pm on all strike days, making theatregoing impossible.
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    I thought it was only Aslef going on strike now & a deal had been struck with RMT but I've just discovered that's not the case. Couldn't they at least have both gone on strike on the same day? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65407844
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    Yes, lovely to meet you for the first time @J_New and @Nogoat & @Mummykool and then to meet@Sophoife at the stage door. I won't tag in those I've met before but nice to see them again too. As for whether it was worth it, I've only just got on a bus at Stevenage which is due to take nearly 2 hours to get to Cambridge so I'll get back to you on that...!!
  6. Dawnstar
    It's looking like about 3am. What's particularly annoying is I went to this one rather than either her debut or her last to avoid rail replacement buses both weekends. I now may as well have gone on Saturday, when the bus stint would have been shorter & my train ticket would have been cheaper.
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    @Sophoife Sadly not. @jmhopton Yes, I wasn't interested in going until I found out it would be her last. I'm hoping to get a cheap Friday rush ticket as I don't want to pay much when I will probably skip at least one of the other parts, possibly even both.
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    I'm very glad Laura Morera was on this evening & that I loved her in the role. I'm now stuck in rail replacement bus hell, after missing the last direct train because Covent Garden tube was temporarily closed, so at least I'm suffering for a good performance! I'm also starting to wonder if the railway has something against me seeing Morera as I had a terrible journey home after seeing her as Giselle too!
  9. Dawnstar
    I think the triple bill ending this season presents that dilemma to some people, myself included. I said on the predictions thread that if Melissa Hamilton didn't get a public performance as Manon I'd complain to Kevin O'Hare in person. This evening I tried to pre-empt any need to complain by putting in a request when I saw him at the stage door!
  10. Dawnstar
    Am I the only person who didn't mind Frankenstein? Not that I loved it but I thought it was fine. If it was revived again I'd consider seeing it again, if it was a good cast. I feel as though every one else hates it though! The only other Scarlett pieces I've seen are The Cunning Little Vixen, which I really enjoyed, Asphodel Meadows & an extract from No Man's Land.
  11. Dawnstar
    And Morera is safely on tonight's cast list! https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/40/cinderella-by-frederick-ashton/cast-list/51649
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    I hope your flight was on time. I would have been terrified of delays. In fact even though I'm only coming from Cambridge I've decided to get a train half an hour earlier than usual just in case, as the other train line is screwed up.
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    I have already seen her a couple of weeks ago & really liked her in the role, not having seen her in that many classical roles previously. Basically as long as Morera makes it onstage tonight I'm not so bothered as to who the rest of the cast are! Thanks.
  14. Dawnstar
    My ROH bookings aren't affected this time but I'm annoyed that I won't be able to get to Peterborough on 31st May to see one of my favourite improv groups. That's another £25 ticket down the drain. (Yes, I have looked at coaches but there appear to only be a couple per day and the return one would be leaving Peterborough at 3am and getting to Cambridge at 4am, which are hardly practical or safe times to be travelling as a single female.)
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    I nearly had a heart attack just now when I checked the ROH website & saw "Cast Change" against tonight's performance. Mercifully it's Mendizabel replacing Storm-Jensen as the Fairy Godmother & not anything involving Morera! I mean, I would have liked to see Storm-Jensen but there will be other future opportunities whereas this is my only chance ever to see Morera as Cinderella, & I'm still gutted at having missed her as Mary Vetsera when she was injured last November.
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    The only Kosky production I've seen is The Nose. I would have left at the interval if only it had had one! So I've been avoiding his productions since.
  17. Dawnstar
    I evidently either blinked & missed that or couldn't see it from where I was sat.
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    Which of the operas had this? Giulio Cesare? I saw ETO less than 2 weeks ago & can't recall a moment exactly like that. Though it could have been one of the things I missed from my restricted view seats. However at least with ETO I'm paying £25 for restricted view & it's only 5 miles away, vs £60+ & 60 miles for the ROH, so I tend to be a lot less bothered by the odd dud ETO production. I reasonably enjoyed all 3 of the latest tour, with Il Viaggio a Reims my favourite (apart from the last couple of minutes).
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    Exactly! She makes them sounds so interesting. Of course whether they actually are or not I don't know, but I'd like the opportunity to find out.
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    I can't either, but it doesn't stop me from wishing some of them would be. I'd be really interested to see Checkmate or Job or The Gods Go A-Begging. I wouldn't mind if I was the only person in the audience, though whichever company was performing obviously would!
  21. Dawnstar
    I gather from when comments on booking are made that a significant proportion of the posters on here have some level of Friends membership so, as I don't, I'd say I have less chance than all those. As for female choreographers, it doesn't bother me in the slightest that most classical/heritage ballets are by male choreographers & I certainly wouldn't go & see something just because of the gender of its choreographer. I'd be interested in seeing some of de Valois' works - because they sound interesting rather than because she was female - but it doesn't look like the RB's likely to revive them any time soon (ever?). I have yet to see anything I like by any current female choreographers, but then I haven't liked much of what I've seen from current male choreographers either!
  22. Dawnstar
    I don't bother to go in that case, because if I'm going to just listen then I can listen to a CD or the radio much more cheaply! Yes, considering Tosca is one of their few traditional productions that's left the thought of it being replaced is rather depressing. I doubt that Carmen will be considered a loss, as most people seemed to really dislike it, but yes it seems a waste of money to ditch it after only something like 6 years.
  23. Dawnstar
    Nowadays I settle for productions that I don't actively dislike. I gave up some years ago on hoping for anything more than that, with opera houses ditching all the lovely lavish period older productions & bringing in minimalist modern replacements.
  24. Dawnstar
    Wouldn't it be likely that friends/relatives/ex-dancers would be able to attend some sort of invite-only dress rehearsal? Anyway, it sounds as though I need to downgrade my ticket expectations from "unlikely to get a ticket" to "not a hope of getting a ticket" & not even bother trying for it when booking opens next March.
  25. Dawnstar
    Thanks. I thought it would be odd for there to be 1 booking period less than usual. At least next season the ballets are fairly well spaced out over the booking periods, unlike some years when there seemed to be more than half the ballet season all in the first booking period. Though unfortunately most of the operas I'm considering bookings for are in the first booking period so it's still going to be an expensive one for me!
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