San Perregrino

9 minutes ago, art_enthusiast said:

 

Definitely, it's sneaky how they do that, automatically adding it to your basket. I always prompt myself to check if it's there and remove it, but of course when you're rushing you don't have the time. I think Sadler's Wells do it too but it's a bit less.

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.

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.

14 minutes ago, Sim said:

Can someone please explain to me what an 'influencer' actually is?  I keep hearing about them but where do they come from and what do they do?  Are they paid by companies to wear their clothes/perfume/shoes etc. and then tell their followers how fabulous such products are?  Is it just advertising dressed up as another word?  

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.

1 hour ago, capybara said:

So where do audience members (many of whom obviously have difficulty standing and others with non visible medical conditions) wait until the auditorium is open (which can be as late as 20 minutes before a performance)?

The Linbury Foyer is often cordoned off; the velvet seating under the Stalls Circle is inaccessible. That leaves the toilets - and, yes, I have sat down in the Ladies many a time.

 

if the 'picnic populace' is herded downstairs then that would, at least hypothetically, free up the space upstairs. 

Perhaps, on nights when it is ‘dark’ the Linbury bar area could be designated as a public picnic area in the same way that museums have a discrete area hidden in their bowels for school groups and families to eat. 

Also, if you go on an opera night , the consumption of food brought from home seems to me to be much more visible all over the ROH including on the stairwells and landings. At a recent Flying Dutchman I almost tripped over a couple picnicking on a stairwell and narrowly avoided becoming the Flying Englishman!. 

There’s one long time visitor to the ROH who arrives with a bag full of food and wine purchased elsewhere that is brought out and enjoyed with their party of friends in plain sight of staff and other patrons both before a performance and in the intervals.
This struck me as being odd when I became a regular at the ROH several years ago but it continues to this day.

If I was minded to eat and drink before or during a show I would take this example as a precedent for it being ok to bring my own comestibles and bagging a table. 

Experience, however, has taught me that eating or drinking close to a performance spikes my blood sugar and makes me doze off regardless of how much I want to watch the action onstage. An expensive nap in so many ways! and so now I eat and drink elsewhere so that I can fully enjoy a performance. 

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