Farfallina Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Vicotr Hochhauser has just announced that they will publish "some if not all" casting tomorrow on their Facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Posted a little while ago on the Hochhauser Facebook page: "SWAN LAKE29th July; Svetlana Zakharova & Alexander Volchkov30th July: Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov31st July Ekaterina Shipulina & Semyon Chudin1st August Ekaterina Krysanova & Artem Ovcharenko10th August (1400) Kristina Kretova & Dmitry Gudanov10th August (1930) Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov14th August Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov (15th August not given. ROH site still has Smirnova and Chudin. No way of knowing if this will be changed) LA BAYADERE 2nd August: Svetlana Zakharova & Vladislav LantratovMaria Alexandrova3rd August 1400 Evgenia Obraztsova & Alexander VolchkovAnna Tikhomirova3rd August 1930 Olga Smirnova & Semyon ChudinEkaterina Krysanova THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 5th August: Nina Kaptsova & Artem OvcharenkoYekaterina Shipulina6th August Svetlana Zahkarova & Ruslan SkvortsevOlga Smirnova7th August Evgenia Obraztsova & Dmitry GudanovYekaterina Shipulina8th August Ekaterina Krysanova & Semyon ChudinOlga Smirnova9th August Svetlana Zahkarova & Ruslan SkvortsevYekaterina Shipulina JEWELS 12th August EMERALDS -Evgenia Obraztsova & Vladislav LantratovAnna Tikhomirova & Karim AbdullinRUBIES –Ekaterina Krysanova & Dmitry GudanovEkaterina ShipulinaDIAMONDS –Svetlana Zakharova Alexander Volchkov13th August EMERALDSNina Kaptsova & Dmitry GudanovEkaterina Shipulina & Ivan AlexeyevaRUBIES -Kristina Kretova & Andrei MerkurievYulia GrebenshchikovaDIAMONDS -Olga Smirnova & Semyon Chudin THE FLAMES OF PARIS 16TH August Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev17th August 1400 Ekaterina Shipulina Alexander Volchkov17th August 1930 Maria Alexandrova & Andrei Merkuriev Please note casting is subject to change." Edited April 4, 2013 by Bluebird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thanks so for this. Disappointed no Hallberg and that Vasipova are not doing the Sat. FLAMES (still one mustn't be greedy, huh! Still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Why is Tsiskaridze not listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It looks too good to be true and of course at this stage it is, one change that I booked for is SB where Maria Alexandrova is replaced by Ekaterina Krysanova, I don't mind at all, and I hope Olga Smirnova still dances SL on the 15th, might have to swap if not(last time the ROH were okay with swapping one Bolshoi for another, any production). Since I booked all 3 Flames the last night looks wonderful, Maria Alexandrova and Andrei Merkuriev!!! Thanks for putting this up, I couldn't understand the Hochhauser page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspermil Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Posted a little while ago on the Hochhauser Facebook page: "SWAN LAKE 29th July; Svetlana Zakharova & Alexander Volchkov 30th July: Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov 31st July Ekaterina Shipulina & Semyon Chudin 1st August Ekaterina Krysanova & Artem Ovcharenko 10th August (1400) Kristina Kretova & Dmitry Gudanov 10th August (1930) Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov 14th August Maria Alexandrova & Ruslan Skvortsov (15th August not given. ROH site still has Smirnova and Chudin. No way of knowing if this will be changed) LA BAYADERE 2nd August: Svetlana Zakharova & Vladislav Lantratov Maria Alexandrova 3rd August 1400 Evgenia Obraztsova & Alexander Volchkov Anna Tikhomirova 3rd August 1930 Olga Smirnova & Semyon Chudin Ekaterina Krysanova THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 5th August: Nina Kaptsova & Artem Ovcharenko Yekaterina Shipulina 6th August Svetlana Zahkarova & Ruslan Skvortsev Olga Smirnova 7th August Evgenia Obraztsova & Dmitry Gudanov Yekaterina Shipulina 8th August Ekaterina Krysanova & Semyon Chudin Olga Smirnova 9th August Svetlana Zahkarova & Ruslan Skvortsev Yekaterina Shipulina JEWELS 12th August EMERALDS - Evgenia Obraztsova & Vladislav Lantratov Anna Tikhomirova & Karim Abdullin RUBIES – Ekaterina Krysanova & Dmitry Gudanov Ekaterina Shipulina DIAMONDS – Svetlana Zakharova Alexander Volchkov 13th August EMERALDS Nina Kaptsova & Dmitry Gudanov Ekaterina Shipulina & Ivan Alexeyeva RUBIES - Kristina Kretova & Andrei Merkuriev Yulia Grebenshchikova DIAMONDS - Olga Smirnova & Semyon Chudin THE FLAMES OF PARIS 16TH August Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev 17th August 1400 Ekaterina Shipulina Alexander Volchkov 17th August 1930 Maria Alexandrova & Andrei Merkuriev Please note casting is subject to change." Thank you so much for posting - have just booked for 17th August, Merkuriev!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspermil Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 It looks too good to be true and of course at this stage it is, one change that I booked for is SB where Maria Alexandrova is replaced by Ekaterina Krysanova, I don't mind at all, and I hope Olga Smirnova still dances SL on the 15th, might have to swap if not(last time the ROH were okay with swapping one Bolshoi for another, any production). Since I booked all 3 Flames the last night looks wonderful, Maria Alexandrova and Andrei Merkuriev!!! Thanks for putting this up, I couldn't understand the Hochhauser page. Merkuriev on the last night - AMAZING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lartiste Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) Thanks for posting the casting! I'm so glad my guesstimates have panned out for 2/3 performances - I booked for Zakharova 29th July, Zakharova 2nd August and Flames de Paris 17th August. I should have gone with my instinct and booked for 16th August however Maria Alexandrova and Andrei Merkuriev should be epic! I will be keeping my ticket for this performance and purchasing another for 16th August to see Osipova and Vasiliev, hopefully there will still be some good seats left once general public booking opens as I used the Hochhauser code to obtain these tickets. I can also now book for 6th or 9th August Sleeping Beauty. From what I remember of the 2010 ROH visit is that there was a lot of shuffling about of castings so I seemed to be permanently attached to the phone on a call to the ROH box office trying to alter my tickets! I won't feel secure in my choices until the curtain goes up on stage on the night of the performance...certainly keeps me on my toes! Also, please could someone post a link to the Hochhauser Facebook page I may be being completely dense but I can't find a link to it anywhere! Edited April 5, 2013 by lartiste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Thanks for posting the casting! I'm so glad my guesstimates have panned out for 2/3 performances - I booked for Zakharova 29th July, Zakharova 2nd August and Flames de Paris 17th August. I should have gone with my instinct and booked for 16th August however Maria Alexandrova and Andrei Merkuriev should be epic! I will be keeping my ticket for this performance and purchasing another for 16th August to see Osipova and Vasiliev, hopefully there will still be some good seats left once general public booking opens as I used the Hochhauser code to obtain these tickets. I can also now book for 6th or 9th August Sleeping Beauty. From what I remember of the 2010 ROH visit is that there was a lot of shuffling about of castings so I seemed to be permanently attached to the phone on a call to the ROH box office trying to alter my tickets! I won't feel secure in my choices until the curtain goes up on stage on the night of the performance...certainly keeps me on my toes! Also, please could someone post a link to the Hochhauser Facebook page I may be being completely dense but I can't find a link to it anywhere! You're not dense, the facebook page isn't called Hochhauser so you can't search for that on fb Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bolshoi-Ballet-50th-Anniversary-in-London/475849139138467 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 The ROH website has a very long line of names against Flames of Paris and Jewels, and I don't think Merkuriev will be dancing what we call the main role in Flames, he's also down for another role on Friday evening, Saturday looks like it will be Landratov. Dimitri Gudanov and Artem Ovcharenko are also dancing both nights, there are several main roles in this ballet, even so it's a very long list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I think most of the cast shuffles in 2010 were down to the fact Zakharova went on maternity leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) The Bolshoi season looks very attractive to me but my main disappointment is the absence of Nikolai Tsiskaridze. I read that he mentioned last month that he will not dance Solor anymore but his other ballets are in the repertoire of the tour: ‘Swan Lake’, ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, ‘The Jewels’. Last month he danced Desire. Here is the video: http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=you+tube+цискаридзе+спящая&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=FGFgUeq2Acmn0QX6xoDQBw He hasn’t been cast in the Bolshoi’s recent production of ‘The Jewels’, which is puzzling, because he performed it with the Mariinsky - “Rubies‘ with Vishneva, Nioradze and Novikova and ‘Diamonds’ with Lopatkina. Not with the Bolshoi, however. He is not cast in any Bolshoi’s performances in April but will appear in St.Petersburg and Kiev. If casting changes are to happen, I really would like to see him here. Edited for changing layout. Edited April 6, 2013 by Amelia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lartiste Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 You're not dense, the facebook page isn't called Hochhauser so you can't search for that on fb Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bolshoi-Ballet-50th-Anniversary-in-London/475849139138467 Thanks for sharing the link toursenlair I feel less inept now knowing it's filed away in cyberspace under Bolshoi as I was fruitlessly searching for the fb page under Hochhauser and felt so stupid when I couldn't find it! Beryl H - I just checked the ROH website that is one very long cast list for Flames de Paris! I saw Lantratov in La Bayadere alongside Zakharova in the cinema live broadcast from the Bolshoi in January 2013 and he was immediately placed on my list of one's to watch in terms of up-and-coming talent. I'm pleased that I will be able to see him perform live! Will Ryzhkina and Lobukhin be coming across with the company for the season at the ROH? They were amazing in Don Quixote in 2010 so I would like to see them perform again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I've edited the title of this thread: "next summer" was becoming a bit misleading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lartiste Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I was so disappointed on Wednesday when I tried to purchase a ticket for Flames de Paris for 16th August to discover the performance was entirely sold out - I was in the studio all day on Tuesday 9th when public booking opened so I couldn't get anywhere near the internet to order tickets. I was feeling hopeful today and thought maybe someone has exchanged a ticket it's worth a look, lo and behold there was a single ticket available! So now I am all booked up for both performances of Flames de Paris, La Bayadere and Swan Lake currently debating Sleeping Beauty as I can't decide where to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I've edited the title of this thread: "next summer" was becoming a bit misleading! I'm glad that someone believes in Summer 2013. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I hesitated to start a new topic and am placing this news here: Bolshoi in Paris, 4-10 Jan. 2014 “ … the prestigious Bolshoi Theatre Ballet has again been invited to perform at the Palais Garnier. They return this season with a creation by Alexei Ratmansky: Lost Illusions, based on the novel by Balzac.” http://www.operadeparis.fr/en/saison_2013_2014/Ballets/ballet-du-theatre-bolchoi/decouvrir/presentation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farfallina Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I hesitated to start a new topic and am placing this news here: Bolshoi in Paris, 4-10 Jan. 2014 “ … the prestigious Bolshoi Theatre Ballet has again been invited to perform at the Palais Garnier. They return this season with a creation by Alexei Ratmansky: Lost Illusions, based on the novel by Balzac.” http://www.operadeparis.fr/en/saison_2013_2014/Ballets/ballet-du-theatre-bolchoi/decouvrir/presentation/ great - love to go - just hope the ticket sale will not be a nightmare again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Ok ok so I've narrowed it down I think to see Alexandrova in swan lake Zakharova in sleeping beauty Smirnova in la bayadere Does that sound good? Bayadere is supposed to be one of zakharova's best roles but smirnova just won the benois with it, Oh these decisions are so tricky!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Can't speak for Smirnova having never seen her myself yet, but the other two are same as I have booked and I expect great things!! Happy to swap notes with you in the interval of Swan Lake - PM me if you wish to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Taking a ballet-sceptic boyfriend so not sure it would make me popular! But going by myself to la bayadere if anyone's around then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 From today's Izvestiya newspaper: Anatolyi Iksanov is dismissed from the post of the Director General of the Bolshoi Theatre. The contract of the high-ranking official is terminated ahead of time. http://izvestia.ru/news/553322 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Anatolyi Iksanov is dismissed from the post of the Director General of the Bolshoi Theatre. I wonder if that means we lose the inestimable pleasure of seeing Nikolai Tsiskaridze in LIepa's seasonal blow-outs. (THIS IS INTENDED TO BE HUMOUROUS ... WRITTEN IN JEST ... LEST THERE BE ANY DOUBT) In any event it appears that it may be a 'BIG' change all round soon for the BOLSHOI company. AH WAIT ... WE KNOW .... TO QUOTE ...FROM THE ABOVE REFERENCED ARTICLE Succeeding Mr. Iksanova is the CEO Musical Theater of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Company, Vladimir Urin. Edited July 8, 2013 by Meunier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Of course, that's the same company that Filin previously ran as AD after leaving the Bolshoi as a dancer .... I hope there are re-freshed security provisions in Mr. Urin's contract ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 The Times has devoted a double page spread to+ the Bolshoi today in the Times 2 section, best thing about it is the full page picture of Maria Alexandrova in Paquita on the front cover - a ballet they will not be bringing to London by the way. For those that disregard this paper due to the firewall, the main article is by the Times Moscow correspondent, not an arts journalist. To sum up: the Bolshoi is coming to London and things have been problematic in the past six months, but hey! they're the Bolshoi and theyr'e great. The only detail is to say it is widely believed that Iksanov lost his job because Zakharova is piqued about not being first cast in Onegin and that Gennadi Yanin is now back working in the theatre which really is wonderful news. Times critic Debra Crane also gets the chance to say how good they are in a short piece at the bottom of the page 'Best on the Planet" apparently and we are told that the dancers to watch are Zakharov, Alexandrova, Smirnova, Hallberg and Volchkov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yes Laura Capelle did that big piece in praise of obaztsova but she's not getting quite as much pick up elsewhere... That's for the times tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) According to Volcanohunter on Balletalert, it has been announced that Nina Kaptsova will not be coming to London with the company. He says that the casting for Aurora has therefore been changed. These are the dates affected, with the new Aurora in capitals 5th August: OBRAZTSOVA & Artem OvcharenkoYekaterina Shipulina 7th August KRYSANOVA & Dmitry GudanovYekaterina Shipulina 8th August ALEXANDROVA & Semyon ChudinOlga Smirnova In addition, Anastasia Stashkevich will replace Kaptsova in Emeralds on 13th August The modified casting is on the Bolshoi website (in Russian) but Google Translate makes it more or less understandable. Here's the link: http://www.bolshoi.ru/about/press/articles/2013/2633/ Edited July 19, 2013 by Bluebird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Oh that's annoying, I'd got a standing on the weds and was exited to see obratszova And so it starts, I guess, the shuffling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 In the context of an article in today's Daily Telegraph about the Hochhausers, it say that there will be exclusive daily behind-the-scenes footage of the Bolshoi in class and rehearsal at www.telegraph.co.uk/video. Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Another change to SLEEPING BEAUTY Aurora mix ... Krysanova dancing Princess Aurora on August 5. Obraztsova August 7, and as before, Alexandrova on August 8. Reference: http://www.bolshoi.r...cles/2013/2633/ Sorry to those who scrambled to alter their tickets. Edited July 24, 2013 by Meunier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 This is brilliant (until it changes again) I have the 5th and 8th and really wanted to see Krysanova, and am very happy to see Alexandrova instead of Kaptsova, also glad the Princes haven't changed. As I said, until it changes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancefan Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Great! Thank you for all the v helpful russian posting. As the opera house website reflect none of those changes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 The Russian TVkultura News announced that the Bolshoi company is preparing to meet its Artistic Director. If his doctors don’t object, Sergei Filin will come to London: http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/96225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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