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  1. San Perregrino
    for the purposes of this production the 'chickens' will be made from soya protein
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    The Tales of Beatrix Potter ?
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    I was just trying to explain what I agree is an imperfect system. I found it infuriating until I understood what is happening. The Donmar Warehouse has a very simple message on its website that I have suggested more than once could be adopted.
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    As mentioned, this issue has been extensively discussed elsewhere on the forum. In case you missed/can’t find the discussion, in brief: Taking for example, 14th June Swan Lake: 31 tickets ARE available to purchase so the website is showing correct information. If you click on the seating plan and there are no seats showing, then it means that these available tickets are NOT currently available to YOU to purchase. However, they may be released at a later date if they remain unsold to the groups for whom they have currently been ‘set aside’ e.g. YROH, Access, RBS. It’s like a reef or shipwreck that is only visible at low tide. These ‘set aside’ seats are always there but only come to one’s notice once the rest of the house is sold out and they have not.
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    It’s the first screen that pops up when i click on ‘What’s On’. Been there for long enough for me not to think of it as new. 2018 version is the original cast recording inc Nuñez/Muntagirov/Campbell/Gartside so a potentially large audience. 2022 version is also available to stream to subscribers. I’m not aware of any other recording.
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    it seems that there is another alternative. To rent Swan Lake 2018 for 3 days rather then subscribe. Not sure if it’s the same price or different as I’m already subscribed. SWAN LAKE (2018) RENT FOR THREE DAYS Rent this performance for £7.99 or subscribe to Royal Opera House stream to watch all our ballets, operas and episodes.
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    If you don’t want to take out a subscription, you can currently pay a one-off £7.99 to stream the 2018 version of Swan Lake. ONLINE ONLY BALLET AND DANCE STREAM SWAN LAKE (2018) RENT FOR THREE DAYS Unable to get tickets for Swan Lake on our Main Stage? Rent now for £7.99 or subscribe to Royal Opera House Stream to watch more ballets, operas and episodes. Rent for £7.99
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    There is no need for you to ‘SHOUT’ at me in capital letters. I am merely reporting what was said in Birmingham on Thursday night. And, if you read what I wrote you’d see that I didn’t say that it is “a ‘Black Swan’ PDD!” , I wrote that it has commonly become known as the black swan. Again I am merely reporting what was said on Thursday evening. Personally I don’t give a fig if it was blue, rainbow, pink or gold when it was danced in an era long before I was conceived or at what point black became commonplace. Perhaps in a new version it will be scarlet with polka dots.
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    To add to what I’ve already written above, conductor Paul Murphy, IIRC, in his introduction to the “Black” Swan pas de deux said that the piece of music used was originally in Act 1. The original character was Von Rothbart’s daughter, a sorceress in her own right, directed by him to cast a spell on Siegfried. And, that the costume/tutu was blue until the 1920s when a ballerina wore black after which it commonly became known as the black swan.
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    Ticket has gone.
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    1 x good SCS to be rehomed. Face value £14 please leave a message & send me a DM if interested thanks dream team cast of Kaneko/Bracewell
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    Darn predictive text again!
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    Here’s a new one on me at least…. The website is suggesting that tickets for the sold out Friends Rehearsals of Carmen & Andrea Chénier will be available on Friday Rush! 2 APRIL 2024 TUESDAY, 7PM CARMEN MAIN STAGE GUIDANCE: Guidance available for each performance Sold out ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. FIND LAST MINUTE TICKETS ON: FRIDAY RUSH 28 MAY 2024 TUESDAY, 11.30AM ANDREA CHÉNIER MAIN STAGE GUIDANCE: Guidance available for each performance Sold out ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. FIND LAST MINUTE TICKETS ON: FRIDAY RUSH
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    Just an observation that June is a month in which to be outside in the evenings to make the most of any summer weather especially for the young audience that the ROH targets. Also there are a lot of other productions competing for peoples’ attendance and money. e.g. I’ve got tickets to 4 tennis tournaments in June and, if the weather is clement, these will take precedence over being inside to watch ballet. Going to more than one of each Ashton & Sarasota is my rainy day plan B.
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    This ✔️ I’d also add that, for me at least, to assess a full work created for stage on the basis of a video clip or hearsay might not be the best way to make a decision about whether or not to see it. If I had followed this route there is a whole slew of Ashton and MacMillan works I would have missed out on. In respect of this version of Inger’s Carmen it showcases some of the outstanding dance talent currently residing at ENB which is reason enough to see it more than once.
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    @Sim could you please change the title of this thread so that it is not date specific? Many thanks
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    it was a quality evening. Carlos Acosta introduced the evening with a huge thank you to everyone for turning up and, barring a few upper gallery seats, making the event a sell out. He followed that with an impassioned plea for people to continue to buy tickets and see as many events and shows as possible to keep the Arts alive in Birmingham now and for future generations. Céline Gittens was poetry in motion as the delicate white swan. Yasiel Hodelin showed the promise of technical greatness that is being murmured about in the ballet corridors. Miki Mitzutani and Max Maslen were perfectly precise and shone as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Prince. Yu Kurosawa had definitely shot an arrow through Lachlan Monaghan’s heart, he was beyond smitten. The beautifully executed fouettés brought the house down as a fitting finale. A big shout out to the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by a wonderfully entertaining energetic Paul Murphy for their stand alone pieces particularly the Capriccio Italien.
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    i get a weekly newsletter on Sundays, the last dated 24/3. Nothing else. Suggest you start a new email, get the address from the website rather than hit the ‘reply’ button and copy and paste the text into it.
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    The cover email that was sent out with the casting included the following paragraph: ”'Please find attached the latest casting for Ashton Celebrated which begins in two months’ time. I do apologise that these are reaching you later than we had planned; due to a number of factors the casting has been in flux, so we did not want to give you incorrect information. You have received this email because you are a Friend of the Royal Opera House.
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    In the text it says half price for local students and senior citizens. I wish we had the latter reduction in London.
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    Might he still be dancing though not cast in a named role?
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    Sportsmen & women and ballet dancers can be at the top of their field of expertise but IMHO if they’re posting about e.g. a scented candle then they’re no different from any other ‘influencer’.
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    the ROH is not alone in doing this but is one of the few organisations that doesn't also charge a Booking Fee. it seems to be common practice among many arts organisations these days to add a suggested donation and let the purchaser decide to leave or remove it. some are a flat fee, some a %age of the total ticket price. other organisations impose a 'building levy fee' or 'building restoration fee' which cannot be removed. many organisations including, Sadlers Wells, charge a booking fee which the ROH doesn't as yet and which is more than the £3 asked as a donation by the ROH. the advantage to all being that, if you qualify and have ticked the Gift Aid box, the ROH receives an additional amount from the government over and above your donation. a clever move IMHO.
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    I found much to enjoy last night both in terms of choreography, orchestration and narrative. Minju Kang was stunning in the lead role of Carmen (a femme fatale par excellence) alongside Rentaro Nakaaki as a deeply tormented Don José and James Streeter as an arrogant Zuniga. If you're a fan of Erik Woolhouse then his Torero is not to be missed. I am already looking forward to seeing it again with other casts.
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    saying this with tongue in cheek, IMHO, "an influencer" is a Pied Pier, a leader of lemmings. I'm minded of King Louie singing "I Wanna Be Like You' to Mowgli in The Jungle Book.
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