capybara Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Emeralds said: ..... the Royal Ballet is doing extremely well to be able to put its scheduled shows out so far without cancellations. Yes indeed and ENB likewise. The 'Nutcracker seasons' are always a drain on the energies of dancers, this year even more so. I think that the RB has 31 this time around and ENB possibly 32, both companies with many double show days. And, now, they have to cope with Omicron on top of everything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) Who wants to bet if Kevin O’Hare might end up having to cover the Grandfather? (So that Giacomo and other partners of Clara don’t have to do both, even if it was just a typo rather than a prank.....lol) I mean, Anthony Dowell has portrayed Drosselmeyer while artistic director...... On another note, hope those who are off ill or injured make a quick recovery and are feeling better soon. Marianela Nunez and Reece Clarke join the list of unscheduled partnerships that were reacquainted this Nutcracker season- Fumi Kaneko and Reece, Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov. Reece will have been Prince to many different Fairies this season! Edited December 16, 2021 by Emeralds 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: Thinking about it - was last year's abortive Nutcracker with a reduced orchestra? If so, they'll know the drill. Hmm, I didn’t go to it and the livestream got cancelled by restrictions...not sure. I just know the show had a few cuts hence fewer dancers. The orchestra on 25 Nov and 10 Dec was pretty full- looked like the full preCovid numbers. All the musicians were masked while performing ( apart from brass and woodwind, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Who wants to bet if Kevin O’Hare might end up having to cover the Grandfather? (So that Giacomo and other partners of Clara don’t have to do both, even if it was just a typo rather than a prank.....lol) I mean, Anthony Dowell has portrayed Drosselmeyer while artistic director...... On another note, hope those who are off ill or injured make a quick recovery and are feeling better soon. Marianela Nunez and Reece Clarke join the list of unscheduled partnerships that were reacquainted this Nutcracker season- Fumi Kaneko and Reece, Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov. Reece will have been Prince to many different Fairies this season! Forgot to add- Yasmine Naghdi and Cesar Corrales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Rob S said: The Mouse King collapsed in to the arms of only one mouse today so it’s hitting other species now! 🐭 Yes I thought the fight was a bit unfair as regards to numbers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Fonty said: I had to read that cast replacement list again. For a moment I thought Leo Dixon was dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy. I’m sure he’d acquit himself well if he had to… So far this Nutcracker run I’ve seen Leo dance: - The Nutcracker; he stepped in to replace Valentino Zucchetti as partner to Meagan Grace Hinkis several times & now Ashley Dean when in fact his official debut in the role wasn’t due until 21 December! with Romany Pajdak as Clara. - Clara’s partner - Chinese dance - Russian Dance - Spanish Dance - Rose Fairy Escort a full, if not punishing, schedule, and I hope he does make it to 21 December and beyond to dance with Romany. He must be high on the promotions list too. Edited December 16, 2021 by prs59 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Edited December 17, 2021 by Rob S 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshoesgirl2 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 so how did Reese do as prince? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 hours ago, redshoesgirl2 said: so how did Reese do as prince? It all looked great to me 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 12 hours ago, Rob S said: Beautiful photos, Rob S! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Particularly great piccie of Leticia but all lovely 🙏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Has anyone else found the website imploding while trying to book Friday Rush tickets or indeed any tickets? It seems to crash when I press buy.... hopefully it’s not saying “You’ve watched enough”! Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, LinMM said: Particularly great piccie of Leticia but all lovely 🙏 Thank you, I found myself on the better side of the auditorium for pics of her this time 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Has anyone else found the website imploding while trying to book Friday Rush tickets or indeed any tickets? It seems to crash when I press buy.... hopefully it’s not saying “You’ve watched enough”! Lol. Yes I am …. Been trying for 15 minutes and getting error message whatever I try . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, FionaE said: Yes I am …. Been trying for 15 minutes and getting error message whatever I try . Thanks FionaE- it’s even doing it for opera! Hope they are trying to fix it and it will resolve soon, or their phones will be inundated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmarose Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Lovely pics as usual Rob! So, further info on garter-gate, Reece Clarke is not wearing one in his latest performance, but DID wear one in his performances with Natalia. The conspiracy continues..... 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Thanks FionaE- it’s even doing it for opera! Hope they are trying to fix it and it will resolve soon, or their phones will be inundated! The good news is no one else is getting tickets … the # available for the show I’m trying to get is going up ! Late returns I suppose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hopeless … waiting on the phone for 10 minutes already. no one answering that or the live chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Terrible customer service. Website buying buttons still going to “page not found”… no one answers phone, email or live chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 One has to wonder whether Covid has struck the box office and booking as well - one way or another. I had as usual totally forgotten about Friday Rush anyway. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 🤔 You don't think they're all looking around for Reece's missing garter, do you!?🤭 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, FionaE said: Terrible customer service. Website buying buttons still going to “page not found”… no one answers phone, email or live chat. I wonder if a tech person or two might be off ill or something, and the rest are busy processing the returns. They might have to get extra staff in to man the phones to sell tickets. What’s more worrying for the ROH (or should be!) is that the opera Tosca is due to start in less than 5 hours and they still have over 100 tickets unsold and people can’t get through- the tickets are perishable. Great cast it is too - Freddie Di Tommasio is incredible and got rave reviews. At least RB has till tomorrow morning for the matinee. I’m going to leave it for several hours as mine is not so urgent. Best of luck, FionaE, and everyone trying! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Saga continues .. the callback service called me back … nice chap was hopeless couldn’t access Friday Rush. Put me on hold as he was struggling to access it . Now he’s cut me off. Pressed the wrong button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Success at last. Website finally worked .. 1.5 hours later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Could someone kindly identify the 4 Flowers in Rob's photos from last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Just a heads up that I will be reselling my tickets for next Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd. They are really good seats I think, so would be a treat for someone on this lovely forum to enjoy them. Has been advertised on the ticket resale thread as well. 21st 7:30PM Amphi A-72 (Naghdi/Ball) £43 22nd 12:30PM Amphi Lower Slips (Kaneko/Edmonds) A-28 £18 Edited December 17, 2021 by Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jane S said: Could someone kindly identify the 4 Flowers in Rob's photos from last night? The Flowers are Romany Pajdak, Julia Roscoe, Nadia Mullova-Barley and Isabel Lubach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Emeralds said: I wonder if a tech person or two might be off ill or something, and the rest are busy processing the returns. They might have to get extra staff in to man the phones to sell tickets. What’s more worrying for the ROH (or should be!) is that the opera Tosca is due to start in less than 5 hours and they still have over 100 tickets unsold and people can’t get through- the tickets are perishable. Great cast it is too - Freddie Di Tommasio is incredible and got rave reviews. At least RB has till tomorrow morning for the matinee. I’m going to leave it for several hours as mine is not so urgent. Best of luck, FionaE, and everyone trying! What's worrying is how their entire website system is built - its failure shouldn't be dependent upon the absence of one or two people (especially not in this current day and age!). I'd be interested to know how they built the website, and how its format leads to things like this happening... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Rather bittersweet to come across this ROH video prequel for the Nutcracker cinema screening, given that Akane was unable to perform in the end. It would have been wonderful to have seen her interpretation of dancing on top of the cake! Akane and Cesar's mutual admiration is just so lovely. Edited December 17, 2021 by Richard LH 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, Richard LH said: Rather bittersweet to come across this ROH video prequel for the Nutcracker cinema screening, given that Akane was unable to perform in the end. It would have been wonderful to have seen her interpretation of dancing on top of the cake! Akane and Cesar's mutual admiration is just so lovely. I wish they’d stream this cast for those of us who couldn’t get to the cinema - I loved the Giselle stream and am looking forward to the Dante Project but it’s not exactly Christmassy! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Well, I've just been e-mailed to the effect that Fumi Kaneko will replace Yasmine Naghdi tomorrow afternoon (1.30pm) and Vadim Muntagirov will replace Steven McRae in the evening (7.00pm). Also - it's that man again...........!!!! Leo Dixon will replace Benjamin Ella as Hans Peter. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, capybara said: Also - it's that man again...........!!!! Leo Dixon will replace Benjamin Ella as Hans Peter. I think he's going to deserve a real medal at the end of this! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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