HelenLoveAppleJuice Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 21:04, Dawnstar said: Going a bit off topic here but I'm 2 years older than you & I too am not sure if I count a younger audience member or not. By the standards of most opera audiences I'm at the younger end but I've been seeing opera at the ROH for 15 years so am I actually part of the repeat audience that the ROH seem to want to get rid of...? Actually I found ROH audience age is much better distributed than the rest of places I had been. Partially because there are many art students in London and partially because many tourists put RoH on the list of thing to do in west end... Well I started my opera years when I was 21-22 in SF war memorial opera house. I could hardy find anyone of the same age as me or even anyone without grey hair. In ROH I often make the opening night of a ballet on the front row of Amphi to get a overall view then pick some other dates to sit downstairs. Usually the front row of the opening night is a treat, surrounding by real fans:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 It appears that the Period 1 casting will not now emerge until next week “due to unforeseen circumstances”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, capybara said: It appears that the Period 1 casting will not now emerge until next week “due to unforeseen circumstances”. Hmmm. Probably the admin assistant who was meant to publish it is off sick. But I suppose it COULD mean a senior dancer is joining or leaving the company that we don't know about yet... All will be revealed soon enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Pricing now seems to be fully visible for the Autumn season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 08:35, Jan McNulty said: I'm not being funny but how does it benefit the dancers? On 21/05/2019 at 08:51, bangorballetboy said: It's so that they have more rest time at a weekend. The matinée usually starts early when it is the only show they are doing that day; on double show days the matinée usually starts later. On 21/05/2019 at 13:52, alison said: I'd always assumed it was down to opera scheduling - either for a long-running one in the evening, or so they could fit another rehearsal of one act of something inbetween the two performances! But perhaps the two aren't mutually exclusive. Well...even if it is for the benefit of the dancers, the thinking seems to have spread to the opera company too: with the exception of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (which is I think very short), their Saturday matinees all start at 12pm as well, with no obvious reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: Pricing now seems to be fully visible for the Autumn season. Thanks, Lizbie1. I've just had a quick look and have noticed that the Beauty prices are back to Swan Lake Levels for some areas of the House. £30 for restricted view front side amphitheatre seats! I can, sort of, understand why they felt the need to do it for a new production but Beauty is not new! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, Bluebird said: Thanks, Lizbie1. I've just had a quick look and have noticed that the Beauty prices are back to Swan Lake Levels for some areas of the House. £30 for restricted view front side amphitheatre seats! I can, sort of, understand why they felt the need to do it for a new production but Beauty is not new! Oh no! I’d hoped we’d seen the back of that price band arrangement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Lizbie1 said: Oh no! I’d hoped we’d seen the back of that price band arrangement Looking again - I think it’s even worse this time: the seats immediately above the mid-Amphi entrances that remained in the lower band for Swan Lake have now been swept up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 24/05/2019 at 10:58, RuthE said: Hmmm. Probably the admin assistant who was meant to publish it is off sick. But I suppose it COULD mean a senior dancer is joining or leaving the company that we don't know about yet... All will be revealed soon enough. My immediate thought was maybe they're having to make re-arrangements due to injuries. Given they haven't yet updated the website with even the cast changes that must be happening for the triple bill that starts in 10 days (surely McRae, Takada & Heap are all now out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTurk Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Does anyone know exactly when news of leavers and joiners comes out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, HappyTurk said: Does anyone know exactly when news of leavers and joiners comes out? If they do, it’s not public knowledge and cannot be posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, HappyTurk said: Does anyone know exactly when news of leavers and joiners comes out? With the other major companies the news is usually released after the end of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTurk Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It's usually when they return from tour, though it's been a little earlier in the last couple of years. Though do I recall correctly that last year they mentioned joiners and promotions but never actually told us officially who had left? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Anyone heard anything about when the Autumn casting will be announced? On Tuesday I was told it was "imminent" and would be up by today. Nothing yet...😕 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 51 minutes ago, Richard LH said: Anyone heard anything about when the Autumn casting will be announced? On Tuesday I was told it was "imminent" and would be up by today. Nothing yet...😕 It has been available to some levels of ROH Membership since Tuesday. Maybe there is some kind of hold-up on the website which is also affecting their updating the casting for next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Just now, capybara said: It has been available to some levels of ROH Membership since Tuesday. Maybe there is some kind of hold-up on the website which is also affecting their updating the casting for next week. If that is official, presumably the details could be shared by some kind person in the know? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, Richard LH said: If that is official, presumably the details could be shared by some kind person in the know? I believe that someone who is a Patron very kindly shared the casting on here a few years back but came in for a bit of implied 'stick' for being a higher level friend. I doubt if they would want to put their heads above the parapet again! It will all the more exciting when we finally know........... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, capybara said: I believe that someone who is a Patron very kindly shared the casting on here a few years back but came in for a bit of implied 'stick' for being a higher level friend. I doubt if they would want to put their heads above the parapet again! It will all the more exciting when we finally know........... 😉 Sometimes people are asked to keep things like this confidential until the official announcement. Not necessarily RB but I have known of this occasionally with other companies. With the advent of the internet, if people leak on line advance information could be withdrawn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTurk Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 All I want to know is who is going to perform Coppelia in the live screening. So, I would be fine with just that piece of information. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNC Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Still no casting details a week after they were due! I wonder if this means we have to wait till next week.... By then it'll only be a month for advance booking for Friends, so surely they must be out soon! First the delay to announcing the whole season itself (was a reason for this ever given?) and now this. Wonder if this is what is to be expected for the future. I guess we can still be grateful that RB do announce casting in advance, unlike ENB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 If the RB can't tell us,who is dancing in the triple bill next week I can't see castings for the autumn coming soon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Ninamargaret: You could take a safe bet on Hirano who has danced most of everything else this year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 21:58, bangorballetboy said: The Heritage programme in the Linbury will be RB & BRB and hopefully one more company. It will include 2 Ashton pieces, one of which will be Dante Sonata (BRB). Talk of Margaret Barbieri being in town for the Fonteyn Insight has started me daydreaming: wouldn't it be wonderful if the "other company" were Sarasota Ballet? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 23 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: Talk of Margaret Barbieri being in town for the Fonteyn Insight has started me daydreaming: wouldn't it be wonderful if the "other company" were Sarasota Ballet? Definitely!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I don't understand this culture of secrecy - do TPTB think that knowing who is dancing Coppelia is so important that they have to suppress it? After all it's hardly going to affect the world situation. Why not release the information as soon as it's been arranged with the dancer(s) concerned. It's not easy for ballet enthusiasts having to plan so far ahead, why make it more difficult? Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, loveclassics said: I don't understand this culture of secrecy - do TPTB think that knowing who is dancing Coppelia is so important that they have to suppress it? After all it's hardly going to affect the world situation. Why not release the information as soon as it's been arranged with the dancer(s) concerned. It's not easy for ballet enthusiasts having to plan so far ahead, why make it more difficult? Linda I don’t understand. The casting for Coppélia is on the website. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Yes the casting is there, but not where it usually was listed. If you look at the page of dates for Coppelia the cast is listed under each date, near the red button 'not on sale/see prices'. I missed it myself as it used to be listed at the side after you clicked on a particular date. Hope that helps Linda. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Not sure if there’s a need for a new thread but with Friends booking opening from today, I thought it worth saying that the packages are pretty flexible, include my favourite seats (H Sides Orchestra Stalls), and offer significant discounts. They are only available in certain areas but I was very pleased to book a couple of ‘all ballet’ packages and a few other performances. Would I have booked without the discount? Probably although perhaps I might have booked cheaper seats for one or two performances given recent price increases. But the discount has in effect taken prices back to what I was paying a number of years ago. I do wonder why the Royal Opera House has given such discounts and particularly how they can be justified for the more expensive seats in the Stalls/Stalls Circle (20% for Opera, 18% for Ballet) when Amphitheatre packages offer discounts of 12% Opera and 10% Ballet. With pressure to increase Box Office revenue, I do hope someone has looked at all this and has the necessary analyses to provide appropriate assurances to management and Finance/Audit Committees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnS said: with Friends booking opening from today John you got me going there for a moment, thinking I had missed the date. I see however it is just Premium 2 Friends who can book from today... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Richard LH said: John you got me going there for a moment, thinking I had missed the date. I see however it is just Premium 2 Friends who can book from today... I had a bit of a panic as well ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Apologies Richard and MJW (and anyone else) - I knew what I meant by ‘Friends booking opening from today’ but should have been a bit more careful. It’s bad enough when booking actually opens without being panicked into thinking I’ve missed the date. Not having booked a package before I blithely booked a second package without having added my first package to my basket. When checking out I realised my mistake, rebooked what I thought was my first package, but then found I’d booked neighbouring seats for my second package. Fortunately I was able to rebook pretty much the seats I’d originally tried to book so was pretty pleased with the end result. I still find the website a trial and seemed to spend a fair bit of time resetting the filters. In the past I’ve often finished booking by 9:10. Today confirmation of my final order came through just after 9:30 but 10 minutes would have been down to my own ineptitude. Wishing everybody stress free booking over the next few days/weeks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) I've never tried getting a package before, because I've never wanted to see enough operas in one booking period for it to work, but I've just realised that as I want to see all the ballets in the next booking period then it might be worth looking into & seeing if I can afford it, so thanks for the heads-up @JohnS. Edit: Drat, just checked the FAQs on the ROH website & neither side stalls circle nor the first two rows of the stalls are apparently available for packages. Looks like I'll be sticking to single tickets then. Edited July 2, 2019 by Dawnstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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