MrsBBB Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 The Spring 2020 edition of ROH magazine announces a gala to support the ROH Covent Garden Foundation on Wednesday 20 May 2020, comprising a programme of opera and ballet on the main stage. There’s the option of dinner with the performers and ROH staff afterwards. Full details will be shared in the Summer 2020 magazine (out in January). 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 The Fonteyn gala was one of the better evenings I spent at ROH in the last year, so maybe the powers that be have decided to do such things more often again. In any case, good! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNC Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 This sounds interesting! I hope they do have a reasonable range of prices, and also availability for non-friends on general booking day too! As an aside I wonder when we'll get more information about the Linbury heritage programme that's been mentioned a few times. I hope we get more details in the January magazine also perhaps? I imagine that the Linbury programme might be programmed to tie in with the above? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Allen Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Has anyone ever been to a mixed opera and ballet gala at the Royal Opera House that worked? It has always been my experience that one part fizzled out and depressed the atmosphere. The successful galas have, in my experience, been either opera or ballet. Can anyone point to one which disproves my point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 20 hours ago, Douglas Allen said: Has anyone ever been to a mixed opera and ballet gala at the Royal Opera House that worked? It has always been my experience that one part fizzled out and depressed the atmosphere. The successful galas have, in my experience, been either opera or ballet. Can anyone point to one which disproves my point? Nope, but this 2012 post from my long-defunct blog supports your experience! https://croceedeliziaalcor.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/extraordinary-in-part/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleC Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 22 hours ago, Douglas Allen said: Has anyone ever been to a mixed opera and ballet gala at the Royal Opera House that worked? It has always been my experience that one part fizzled out and depressed the atmosphere. The successful galas have, in my experience, been either opera or ballet. Can anyone point to one which disproves my point? Yes - the gala that was arranged at very short notice in order to raise funds following the Tsunami in 2004. This remains the best gala I've been to. It had a wonderful mix of many favourites from both opera and ballet, as well as some very poignant pieces/films, and the general overall feeling that we were all there (both performers and audience), very much pulling together, to try to help a little in such a disastrous situation. (Otherwise, like you, I never feel that the balance is right and they never quite work - although I keep going in the hope that "this one" might be different). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Yes, I still have that one on tape or disk somewhere ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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