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  1. MJW
    I hope everyone else who is going has a very enjoyable evening and manages to brave the weather and the tube strike!
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    Thanks for that - great to see James Hay as Benno. Just hoping it doesn't rain too hard as I walk along Waterloo Bridge later on!
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    No! Short and to the point - We hope you are looking forward to seeing Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House. Please be aware that the following cast changes have been made: Tuesday 1 March, 19:00: Marianela Nuñez is replaced by Yasmine Naghdi as Odette/Odile
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    That's a bit of a shame for tomorrow as it would have been one of the very few times I have seen Nunez and Muntagirov live, but I have tried to learn to live with cast changes!
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    Hope this is ok to post - a link to IG showing a snippet of Scènes de Ballet https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXRvPJKAmF/
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    Should The Queen be listed on the Staff page?
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    Yes I saw Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano when this version of Swan Lake was first performed - Sarah Lamb was fantastic
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    As I have had enough of clearing broken branches following the storm on Friday, I thought I might as well start a thread for the Royal Ballet's performances of Swan Lake which start next week. I am very much looking forward to my trips on 1st (Nunez and Muntagirov) and 16th March (Bracewell and Hayward) and it will be the first time I have been to Opening Night. Here are some rehearsal photos from ROH's Flickr of Cesar Corrales and Mayara Magri https://www.flickr.com/photos/royaloperahouse/albums/72177720296700854 and from 2020 with William Bracewell (who I am particularly looking forward to seeing having seen his Romeo) https://www.flickr.com/photos/royaloperahouse/albums/72177720296516106
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    Just back from the Cinema Screening - lovely performances from Marcelino and Anna Rose (and great to see James Hay back on stage).
  10. MJW
    Thank you! This had completely passed me by. Luckily I still had the email in my inbox!
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    I prefer the first or second rows of the GT (or the same with the Balcony) as I'm guaranteed an unobstructed view and feel a bit less "swamped" than when sometimes sitting in the Stalls
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    I suspect that by the time I next visit on 1st March I will have forgotten to collect my free programme, but fair play at least we have a proper response. It just begs the question why it wasn't tested properly beforehand - I am sure if they had asked Friends many of us would have been happy to help test a "dummy" system.
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    I am a Friends+ as well (I wish they could think of a better name than that!) - I tried to use the new booking system on Thursday morning but on having confirmed that I was happy to use the new booking system the page just got stuck. I started again and used the old version and it was fine. I wasn't sure whether it was a problem with my connection at work or not but clearly not. I have just tried again using the new version this morning and it seemed to work fine; were the problems on Thursday caused by demand? We could try emailing membership@roh.org.uk - which is the Friends' contact email address
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    I had the same problem but thought it might be something to do with my connection at work. It the end I restarted and used the old version. Two trips to see the Ashton triple and one to see the Solo Echo triple
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    Clearly the announcement at the start of each act on Saturday not to film or take photos fell on deaf ears. I did have to ask someone to switch off their mobile at the start of a Nutcracker in 2020 - and thankfully he did - rather than ignore or abuse me!
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    Very impressive performances this afternoon from Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball. Great to see Gary Avis as Tybalt and nice to see David Donnelly as Paris (he was excellent as Lensky in 2020). I always try to see how many of the Mandolin dancers I can recognise given their makeup and managed four out of six which I think is pretty good! Next stop Swan Lake on 1st March (my first opening night!)
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    In 2014, a colleague/friend's husband (who then worked for one of the larger telecoms companies) phoned her at work to say that his company was offering some form of staff discount to go to Covent Garden to see the ballet, and did she want to go? The husband said he didn't want to, but despite never previously having had even an inkling of a desire to go to the ballet, I said I wouldn't mind if she wanted to. I looked into it. and booked us both to see the Nutcracker just after Christmas 2014. It was at that production (with Nunez and Soares) that I caught the Ballet Bug, and haven't looked back since!
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    Just a reminder of booking dates: General: 22 February 2022, 9am Friends: 8 February 2022, 9am Young Friends: 8 February 2022, 9am Friends+: 3 February 2022, 9am Supporting Friends: 1 February 2022, 9am Premium 1 Friends: 27 January 2022, 9am Premium 2 Friends: 25 January 2022, 9am
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    Well done ! I was trying to be clever and post a screenshot of the page from the Magazine but that didn't seem to work!
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    The most recent edition of the Friends Magazine is available if you log in on the ROH website - its under the Membership section. I can post an extract with the prices on here but I am not sure if I am allowed to?
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    Yes I saw that on IG - great news and am very pleased he will be back on stage soon 😊
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    My Sky info said the same but clearly not...makes one wonder where they get their information from!
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    https://www.roh.org.uk/news/remembering-john-sainsbury-19272022
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    He was very impressive in the same role last October
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    I quite agree - it was great that last Saturday's Nutcracker started at 18:30
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