Margaret

Do we know if this concert is to be relayed on television?  If so when and where?

Thanks

When I saw that there was camera filming, I emailed the Friends to ask if this triple bill is to be streamed or available to cinemas.  They replied -  

Many thanks for your help  oncnp

I would like to know how to access this gala online.  It sounds great from all the reviews above.

I cannot find details of the Diamond Celebration on the ROH website, though it is listed on the News section.  I have tried various options with no success.

I would be grateful for help with this.

Margaret

I also saw her dance in a Festival of Ballet in  Coventry in 1961.  She danced Spectre de la Rose with John Gilpin and other pieces.  The evening also had  dancers such as Anton Dolin and Rosella Hightower.  A wonderful evening.

That was great, such fun, a lovely way to start the day!!

Many thanks.

Looking forward to the streamed Nutcracker, does anyone know which cast it will be?  I assume it has already been filmed.  Sorry for those of you who had tickets and now cannot see it at the opera house, as well as all the dancers.

Hopefully we will get back to normal soon.

Many thanks capybara for your help in this.  They were such lovely dancers and I look forward to seeing them in roles in the future.

Just watched Scherzo for the second time, really lovely - well done Valentino on creating it.  Does anyone know who the two dancers in red were and also the young man (in blue) who did some solos during the piece.    Such a lovely performance from all the young dancers in this ballet.

Another one to stand out for me was the pas de deux from Concerto - one of my favorite ballets and danced so beautifully.

46 minutes ago, zxDaveM said:

 

...and the minimalist lighting we always seem to get these days!

I agree with that, I would love the Opera house to go back to how it was some time ago.  I remember attending Wolf Works and finding it difficult to see from the amphitheatre what was happening, it was much easier to see at the cinema relay.

Yes it is available online for 14 days I  think.  Just go to the ROH website and click on Watch on Vimeo and it will go to the youtube of last nights performance.  The ballet segment starts about 40 mins into the programme and starts with an introduction by Wayne McGregor.

Just realised someone has already answered this!

Has anyone any information about the length of this evenings concert?

Thanks for the Get Lost Corona video, really enjoyed it

Margaret

This brings back memories.  I saw Svetlana Beriosova and Donald Maclearly in Giselle in 1964 at the ROH.  My first ballet though, was in 1950 in Coventry - it was The Sleeping Princess, performed by the company run by Mona Inglesby.  

I have just found my VHS tape of Peter and the Wolf.  It was filmed in 1997, with Sir Anthony Dowell as the Grandfather, Martin Harvey the Wolf,  the rest of the cast I don't recognise, but somebody may know of them.

Peter - David Johnson   Bird - Layla Harrison  Duck - Karen Lingham      Cat - Elizabeth Halliday

Hope that helps.   

I have a VHS of Peter and the Wolf with Martin Harvey as the wolf - will have to see where it is.  I must have bought it about 20 years ago as I remember my eldest grandson (now at Uni) loved it.

Enjoyed watching the new version from 2011 - my youngest granddaughter was watching it at home with her parents - they all loved it.

I have received an apology from the ROH Customer Services about using the only matinee for the mixed bill for a Welcome performance.  They said they would pass my comments on to the Welcome Team, who  have said they would take what I said into account when next planning events to avoid this happening again.

We will have to wait and see!

I tried this morning to book seats in the amphitheatre for the mixed bill on Sat 13th June only to find no seats on offer.  I discovered that this was now listed as a welcome performance, though there were no indications of this in the magazine or online.  I know it is important to encourage new visitors, but to do this for the only matinee for that programme is very disappointing.

There have been a lack of matinees this season -  especially for mixed bills (particularly in the spring season and winter) - so it is annoying for it to happen again.  For those of us who live outside London, evening performances can be difficult.

2 hours ago, zxDaveM said:

 

That happened to me at my local when I saw Osipova/Acosta Giselle. I wrote and complained and even though it was merely the last 1-2mins they refunded me with a voucher. Its something to do with the time they are told it will last, that they set it automatically and the projectionist just zips off to anothe screen and doesn't watch what is happening. The 'joy' of multiplexes!

They did give us all vouchers to use for another screening (or any other event), but it did not make up for us missing the ending of The Cellist, which I imagine was very moving.

I saw this at the cinema last evening.  Dances at a Gathering was lovely, if a bit long - wonderful performances from all the dancers.  The Cellist was very moving but was spoiled for us when the live feed suddenly cut off just in the last few minutes!   We were told it was due to the ballet over running.   It did tell her story well, though I got a bit confused at times with chorus.  I thought Cuthbertson, Sambe and Ball were extremely good - just sorry not to see the final scenes.

Does anyone know how long the film of CATS is and if there will be an interval?  No information on the Vue cinema chain which I use.

Thanks

I have had intermittent problems with this.  Just now I got onto the site and it showed I was not logged in.  However when I moved to the second forum I was suddenly logged in!  Very strange as it still highlighted the discussions I had read - but not in the first forum.  No idea why.

I had hoped to see this last evening with some friends - however there was a problem with the feed and we all went home very disappointed.  Will try to see the encore on Sunday.  Sounds as though it was a wonderful evening.  I do hope they release a DVD of the event.

Thank you Richard for these links which make life a lot easier when giving information to the friends I book for.   I hadn't noticed that they had been available and I've not had any notification from the Friends about this.  The pricing on individual ballets and operas seems to have disappeared, so I wonder how others will know about the cost of tickets.  Will they appear nearer the booking date?