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  1. Richard LH
    Keep your fingers crossed and have a good trip! Will also be there this evening...
  2. Richard LH
    Wow that's a random thought @PeterS! I would be fine with this, but where would the Royal Opera go? 🤔😂
  3. Richard LH
    Perhaps this discussion about Lauren missing O/O was supposed to be continued in the RB Casting for Spring 2024 thread?
  4. Richard LH
    I wonder why? Still, those who have booked for her will now be getting the excellent partnership of Kaneko and Bracewell. I would like to see these two, but these dates are all sold out at present (apart from the boxes on April 1st).
  5. Richard LH
    I don't think this is controversial @JNC, this seems to be the overwhelming opinion expressed on this thread so far....including myself. My only caveat is that I would abandon that position if James Hay were promoted, but I am assuming (like others) that is not now likely.
  6. Richard LH
    I would add Hirano to that list!
  7. Richard LH
    All very smooth for me too, although the website was slightly slower than usual in responding. A good, albeit costly, experience...thanks ROH! There seem to be plenty of seats currently available for all the Summer season productions, as far as I can see*. Swan Lake had more choice for me than in the first half of the run. * Edit...although not many currently available for some of the Sarasota perfomances, incluidng the last ones on 8th and 9th June
  8. Richard LH
    I am guessing this should have been a very good cast; looking forward to any reviews....?
  9. Richard LH
    Perhaps nearly all of us on the Forum book according to our favourites wherever possible, but from experience of chatting to neighbouring seat holders it is quite surprising how many people in general just seem to be out for a night at the ballet with little or no knowledge of the particular dancers they are seeing.
  10. Richard LH
    Which forum members though?🤔
  11. Richard LH
    I suppose we must assume there are some pretty extensive casting issues still to be sorted, that would go well beyond the odd or two last minute changes that could arise with any programme.....
  12. Richard LH
    I thought Fumi Kaneko gave us a flawless performance on her debut....excellent both in technique and in her own interpretation of the role. However I too found Muntagirov rather lacking in Act 1, seeming to wobble a bit a times in his solo, and somehow not really being convincing in this important first declaration of his feelings towards Manon. This meant that for me the overall partnership did not work quite as well as other casts I have seen; although all the passion was certainly there at the end of Act 3, it was rather less believable as it didn't really seem to have been there throughout. Perhaps my problem arose from drawing comparisons - looking back to the wonderful recent debut perfomances of Naghdi and Bracewell, as well as looking forward to seeing Hayward and Campell in these roles again shortly. I was also somewhat underwhelmed by Joseph Sissens as Lescaut, by Joshua Junker as Beggar Chief, and by Christopher Saunders as G. M., so my high expectations of this cast were a little deflated from the outset! However this is really well staged production, and there is always much to enjoy...and the Corps ladies and gentlemen, and the orchestra, were again excellent overall.
  13. Richard LH
    Anyone getting excited about Fumi's debut tonight? 😃
  14. Richard LH
    So he at least has known something of the casting for some time, if only that he was not himself included?
  15. Richard LH
    Both dates are "Sold Out" at present though.
  16. Richard LH
    Best wishes for that @MAB
  17. Richard LH
    Although a last performance with Takada as Manon again, which would have been the case but for her injury, would also have been very fitting, given their various lovely partnerships !
  18. Richard LH
    Indeed, certainly for me...it was Alex and Francesca who really introduced me to this beautiful art form in their BBC "Dancing the Nutcracker" documentary, setting off my visits to live ballet, one the earliest being their partnership in Giselle in 2018, and later in Manon that same season. After which there have been so many wonderful moments seeing him on stage! So it will be a poignant moment to see Alex dance in Manon with Frankie again in his last RB performance. Wishing him and his family all the best for this exciting new chapter in his career.
  19. Richard LH
    Perhaps one of the unforeseen circumstances is Alex Campbell's impending departure to RAD?
  20. Richard LH
    I suppose that's what you would expect though....if the dancers knew the casting then why not make it public?
  21. Richard LH
    Surely this is unusual though....I can't immediately think of any other Artist recently dancing two major roles like this, (with Clara) in only their second full year in the Company. Maybe Akane would have been cast again as Perdita in the Fumi/Vadim cast had she not been still rehabilitating from injury, alongside Sissens ( with whom she has been paired a few times now). If so, Viola gets an unexpected, rather than a planned, opportunity to perform in a role which may well suit her undoubted, perhaps exceptional, talent. So I am not sure this is an example of of any "trend" to somehow promote younger dancers over longer serving ones.
  22. Richard LH
    RB Ashton triples are on the Main stage...perhaps you included a wrong filter option? You need to make sure any filters are only set to Ballet and Dance, and/or Summer 23/24 and/or Main Stage.
  23. Richard LH
    Does that work though? I have to use an old toothbrush for getting the crumbs out of the keyboard....
  24. Richard LH
    Hopefully this suggests there is at least a prospect of her returning by June....or they would have already announced a different casting.
  25. Richard LH
    No he has two including the Schools Matinee.
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