San Perregrino

I’ve just googled Acosta Danza Carmen and according to the Cuba 50 website:

”Carlos Acosta now presents and features in his own adaptation of Georges Bizet and Prosper Mérimée’s story. In his new version, the story’s universal and timeless themes are laid bare in a sparse and powerful setting.” *

This suggests to me that Carlos will dance… can anyone confirm this? 
 

*ref: www.cuba50.org

16 minutes ago, Sim said:

I have been reliably informed that Cinderella has now been added to the ROH stream.  

"

Our 2023 production of Cinderella has just been added to Royal Opera House Stream! Take a journey into the ethereal fairy tale world and join our next watch party on Monday 1 April at 5pm(GMT). 

Frederick Ashton's choreography has everything you'd want from a magical adaptation of this beloved tale: fairy godmothers, hilarious step-sisters and a handsome prince. We want everyone to have a special evening, so we've gathered some treats for you to make a night of it at home, plus there's an amazing prize for the most sparkling watch party that we see!

Let us know you're coming using the button below then gather your loved ones together on Monday 1 April."

18 minutes ago, art_enthusiast said:

are there train strikes happening next week as well?

There’s a thread for this information, hopefully you’ll find it useful:

Transport Issues: Strikes, Engineering Works, Bad Weather, etc.

@art_enthusiast here’s where you’ll find info on train and tube strikes etc 

9 minutes ago, Scheherezade said:

How did you manage that, San Perregrino? My daughter tried on the dot of 9.00 and it was showing Sold Out. 

It was showing sold out at 9am, I refreshed my screen and there were a few tickets available. £25-£250 Not often that I get lucky. 
It went some way to negate the disappointment for not getting tickets to the other performance. 

On the plus side, I did get an SCS for the Pappano Gala which was unexpected.

@BalletcoForum Moderators

please can you change the title of this thread so that it is not date specific. Thanks 

the RBS Summer Show tickets were flying out the window this morning. every time I had one in my basket someone had beaten me to it.

1 minute ago, JNC said:

assuming that is what they did?)

yes definitely more tickets at all prices were added this morning.

Tonight (26.03.23)  Paris has une nouvelle Étoile in the sky. Bluenn Battistoni was promoted on stage at the Palais Garnier at the end of this evening’s La Fille Mal Gardée. 
A standing ovation of many minutes was given by an appreciative audience. 
On the way out I overheard an audience member say “I don’t know who he [Colas] was but he should have been promoted too. He was referring to RB principal Marcelino Sambé! who danced his socks off in his second guest appearance here.

A revised casting has been posted on BRB website:

“The timeless love story of a bloke and his bird” 

that just about sums it up 🙂

4 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

But is still no use to anyone who wants to buy a ticket but doesn't fall into one of the categories.

Which means that, for the time being at least, the performance is sold out to them. 

42 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

to anyone

I don’t know why this is such a difficult topic to clarify.
If a seat hasn’t been sold it has to show as available to purchase in the listing. e.g.

To not do so would be to provide incorrect information.
However, NOT all available seats can be purchased by everyone as some may be held back for the time being, for want of a better description, for special interest groups e.g. YROH, Access, RBS and who knows who else.

This is why when we click on ‘Buy tickets’ we get:

It would be MUCH clearer if the message said « … in order to access THE SEATS and prices available to you … »

If, after clicking on “use our seatmap”, whether I am logged in or not, the seat map shows no availability, it means that the ‘available’ seats are NOT available for ME to purchase at the present time. However, they ARE available for purchase by the special interest groups for which they have been set aside. They WILL show up as visible on the seating plan if someone logs in who belongs to one of these special interest groups.

It’s a frustrating system at the best of times but once one understands how and why it is set up in such a way it does sort of make sense. 
 

NB when tickets go on general sale on Wednesday (thanks @LinMM) every seating plan will include lots of seats which are reserved for sale to special interest groups. They will not be identifiable. Only in instances when all tickets available to you and me are sold but some reserved for special interest groups remain unsold will the anomaly in availability be ‘visible’. 

3 hours ago, alison said:

Well, I'm assuming that, as a general member of the public, either seats will be available to me or they'll be hidden unless you belong to a specified other category.  So I can't see any particular point in my logging in - although in fact it turns out that I am logged in here, and still can't see any seats.

but they are hidden on the seating plan

1 hour ago, Emeralds said:

Did anyone here get to Paris to see Marcelino Sambe dancing Colas with Bleuenn Battistoni? 

I know Francesca Hayward did

Could the mods change the title so it isn’t date specific please?

2 minutes ago, LinMM said:

I will say again (especially for San Perregrino) that public booking for the summer season does not open tomorrow!! It opens on 27th which is on Wednesday. 

 

My apologies I’m already in Tuesday even though it’s still only Monday. I’ve edited my last post 

3 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said:

 

Over a month after other comparable houses (Paris, Munich and the Met have all announced) is not "a little later". It is also later than ROH typically announces.

Comparable how? Different companies, different cities, different business models, different business constraints…. 
The price of hotel rooms in London won’t be affected by Paris, Munich and the Met announcing their seasons ahead of the ROH. 
Easter is early this year, the ROH looks set to announce 2 weeks later than last year. Even though I want to plan ahead, I can live with that. 
NB. It would be nice to be proved wrong but I suspect that as soon as the season is announced major disappointment will be expressed about what isn’t being presented and that there will be demands for casting details to be known the day before yesterday. It happens every time. Not worth coming down, IMHO, on the ROH like a ton of bricks though. 

I understand that some ballet fans need to plan early. I like to do so myself. However coming down on the ROH like a ton of bricks because it doesn’t announce until the end of April, a little later than some other companies, seems both unnecessary and unwarranted to me. 
Hotel prices advertised months in advance can be priced at a premium as well as a discount. The hotel I booked six months ago in Birmingham for next week has actually come down in price and I have been able cancel and rebook at a lower rate. So, the early bird doesn’t always get the worm.
To correct what I said in my previous post, Summer booking for the general public only opens the day after tomorrow. The emphasis needs to be on selling the remaining seats for this the season to a general public which is increasingly choosing not to book months in advance as the current 2023/2024 season has shown.

(BRB’s La Fille Mal Gardée has been on sale to Sadlers Friends and is now onsale to the general public. A quick look shows that, despite much anxiety on BCF, actual sales including today are minimal.)

In the same vein, I don’t think announcing Cinderella on April 1st or April 30th will have any impact on sales vis à vis other companies’ Nutcrackers. 

1 hour ago, alison said:

Well, again, they weren't showing up on the performances I looked at, hence my choice of the word "allegedly", because I didn't want to get people's hopes up too much.

I think that’s why this message comes up now after one clicks on ‘Buy Seats’: 

“ Please sign in before choosing your seats in order to access prices available to you “

And by implication, the seats available to you. 
Although admittedly the wording of the message could be less obtuse to avoid continued confusion.

Not sure why it makes much difference if it’s announced before, simultaneously or after other companies? Booking only opens to the general public for the summer season tomorrow. Surely the emphasis needs to be to sell these seats before dangling a new season in front of people? 

1 hour ago, alison said:

allegedly

There are tickets for sale. 

Bumping this up before I return it to box office 

Bumping this up before I return it to box office