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I just had an email from the ROH and the booking date does appear to be July 5 for some Friends. Further dates weren't in the email but I assume they will be the dates posted above by oncnp.

Assuming you were watching the trailer that came with the email publicising the live stream, the dancers in Diamonds are Ako Kondo and Brett Chynoweth. According to the published casting, they're currently scheduled to be the lead dancers in Rubies rather than Diamonds so maybe the casting has changed since it was published.

When I tried, above, to post the link to 'claim' the offer, the offer text disappeared. I'll try posting it here - it's a very long link - no idea whether or not it will work! https://roh.prospect2.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cucm9oLm9yZy51ayUyRnRpY2tldHMtYW5kLWV2ZW50cyUyRmRvbi1jYXJsby1ieS1uaWNob2xhcy1oeXRuZXItZGV0YWlscyUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RBY3RpdmVDYW1wYWlnbiUyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW0lM0RlbWFpbCUyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50JTNER2V0JTJCMjUlMkIlMkJvZmYlMkJWZXJkaSUyQnMlMkJlcGljJTJCb3BlcmElMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0QyMzA2MjZfbWFya2V0aW5nX29mZmVyX2Rvbl9jYXJsb192ZXJkaQ==&sig=Ej9ofrRSP4LhBGaeibyNcuKLQ1USL7VtaoKmdjNhfegd&iat=1687792522&a=||1002598428||&account=roh.activehosted.com&email=YHAFuhQjT2AcLtBQlLN313vKv1Q8P0J5uc2ydcd1M34baF6q%3AKQ6tvuCLWfCikzFBz3a%2F%2FebLp8n0QopK&s=0790a2b1745bf51068ebad344490158b&i=186A200A1A4154

The offer wasn't sent to me as I already have tickets but a friend has forwarded the offer to me: VERDI'S HISTORICAL OPERA RETURNS IN Verdi's mighty score brings this epic opera, brimming with passion, political intrigue and violence, to life. Featuring spellbinding music and a set steeped in the gilt and gore of Renaissance art, Nicholas Hytner's production of Don Carlo is an operatic experience we think you'll love. With opening night right around the corner, we have got an exclusive offer for you: Get 25% off tickets on select performances using the promocode VERDI25. Book now A TALE OF LOVE It's love at first sight when Don Carlos meets his intended bride Elizabeth de Valois. But when peace treaty negotiations between Spain and France demand she marry someone else, will Carlos lose all sense of hope? Watch the trailer HOW TO BOOK To book your tickets online: 1. Select a performance of Don Carlo on one of the following dates: 30 June, 6, 9 or 15 July. 2. Enter the promo code VERDI25 in the promotional code box on the 'How would you like to find your seats?' page (you may need to scroll down). 3. Choose your tickets (offer does not apply to boxes).

The full email to Premium One Friends: We are emailing to inform you that performances of Don Quixote will not be available for booking tomorrow (28 June) due to a technical issue, and will remain off sale until further notice. All other Main Stage and Linbury Theatre performances will open for booking at 9am. A separate on-sale for all performances of Don Quixote will be announced in due course. We are working to resolve the issue and apologise again for this situation. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Email just arrived to inform ticket holders that, due to illness, Jonas Kaufmann will not be singing tomorrow and will be replaced by..................Juan Diego Flórez. What a replacement!

..........and what about Katja Khaniukova? She's a supremely talented dancer who, in my opinion, is easily as good as the current principal dancers. I will never understand why she consistently gets overlooked for principal roles. Edited to agree with Sim's wishes for Francesca Velicu and KenSaruhashi. Both deserve to be promoted. I'd also like to congratulate all those who've been promoted

I think PeterS has worked out the problem. Taking amphi prices as an example, the pricing is exactly the same as the opera pricing with rear side amphi £36 and front side amphi £52. For ballet they’re normally the same price . Similarly, as for opera, the very back row in the amphi (W) and most upper slips are the same price as SCS whereas for ballet, they have a higher price band than SCS

Since I can't get Safari on my PC, I just downloaded the Opera browser and the Don Q seating plan is showing on there (with its exorbitant and, hopefully, incorrect prices) It's still not showing on Chrome and Firefox. Edited to add that it's now showing on Edge as well

I've just managed to get the ticket prices on Safari and the front side amphi (some of which are very restricted but were, nonetheless, priced at £34 for Cinderella and Beauty) are priced at £52! That's surely a mistake.

What browser are you using? I'm not able to book yet but, although the usual seat map comes up for other productions, I get a blank page for Don Q on both Chrome and Firefox. On Safari I get the filter headings but no seat map.

As I've just posted on the 23/24 season announcement thread, they've now removed all the seat maps. They must be having problems with them.

Not only have they not fixed the Don Q pages, they've now removed the seat maps from the other productions. It's presumably still a work in progress.

The seat maps showing the prices for Autumn productions are now on the ROH website but, currently, there's a fault with the Don Q pages. Let's hope they fix it soon.

A while ago, Friends of the RBS were sent details of the Holland Park programming (see below). Last night's repertoire seems to have been taken from this and, usually, most of the Holland Park repertoire is repeated in the Main Stage performance. "Watch a rich selection of works performed by the future stars of ballet at four days of Summer Performances at Opera Holland Park, featuring the Dream Scene from Carlos Acosta’s vibrant Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet performed by Upper School 1st Year, 2nd Year and Pre-professional students, Konservatoriet, August Bournonville’s vaudeville work for the Royal Danish Ballet performed by our White Lodge students with 1st Year Upper School soloists, and Kenneth MacMillan’s inventive The Four Seasons set to three Verdi operas. Fans of contemporary will find lots of exciting works, including BOLD by Goyo Montero created with students from 24 ballet schools around the world at this year’s Prix de Lausanne, and, in a first for the School, excerpts from acclaimed alumnus Christopher Wheeldon’s glowing masterpiece, Within the Golden Hour.”"

I believe it is, indeed, a different story and that the back row of the side stalls has a very restricted view. Where in the side circle were you, art_enthusiast? My experience is that the view is extremely restricted in the side circle. It's even somewhat restricted at the very ends of row B centre block and this must have been noted as, for some productions, the ends of row B centre block are cheaper than the rest of the row. Actually, for an interview, the view restriction might not matter as the participants will, presumably, be sitting in the centre of the stage.

In her recent Ballet Association interview, Laura said she and Ben were first paired together at the age of 12!

It seems that Laura Morera's debut was in 2008 rather than in 2011. I've continued to search the Wayback Machine but have been unable to find the Manon thread for that year. I have, however, found some Manon reviews, from that particular run, in the November 2008 Magazine. Your review, Alison, is of two other casts: http://web.archive.org/web/20081215173931/http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_08/nov08/ap_rev_rb_1008.htm In the same Magazine, there is a glowing review of Laura's debut, written by Sim and her husband Ged: http://web.archive.org/web/20081215174604/http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_08/nov08/sd_rev_royal_ballet_1008.htm

I've managed to find the 2011 thread on the Wayback Machine. However, I've a feeling it's incomplete as there aren't many comments on the Morera/Bonelli performance: http://web.archive.org/web/20150322203218/http://www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/happening/8066.html#82

tw1nklet0es' post was, I think, in response to this one:

It’s there now: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/40/new-wayne-mcgregor-corybantic-games-anastasia-act-iii/cast-list/51734

Press reviews will, of course, be in tomorrow's links but I couldn't resist quoting from a review that I found in www.theupcoming.co.uk (my highlighting) "On this occasion, two understudies impressed in the roles of Cinderella and Prince Guillaume, with Erina Takahashi and Francesco Gabriele Frola ably standing in for Emma Hawes and Aitor Arrieta."

The casting list links to dancers' profiles were certainly on the old ROH website. I'm not sure when they disappeared. Maybe when they started to revamp the website?

You've reminded me, Janet, of a wonderful mixed bill I saw in Birmingham in 2004. I've just searched out my programme - Concerto Barocco, Enigma Variations and Western Symphony - 2 Balanchines and an Ashton. Who could ask for more!

Casting changes (due to injury) Emma Hawes and Aitor Arrieta are replaced by Erina Takahashi and Francesco Gabriele Frola (on Thu 15 Jun 7.30pm), and Precious Adams and Daniel McCormick (on Sat 17 Jun 7.30pm). Ivana Bueno replaces Emma Hawes on Thu 22 Jun 7.30pm and Sat 24 Jun 7.30pm; she will be making her debut as Cinderella, dancing with Aitor Arrieta.