Aruna S Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 It's just been announced. http://www.roh.org.uk/news/201213-season-announced-ballet-and-dance Personally, I find it much more interesting than the Paris Opera's new season which was announced on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Wow. Well, that's different. Sounds interesting. And they've managed to get hold of Viscera already?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Wow - a new Ratmansky, In the Night .... it's beyond my wildest dreams. Plenty of others to look forward to. Let's hope we have some interesting casting to liven up the old warhorses/cash cows of the RB rep. Just for starters I'd invite Vladimir Shklyarov (?) of the Mariinsky to dance Solor, oh and maybe we could have Sergei back for that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Interesting, certainly. By reputation, "Las Hermanas" is a MacMillan piece I'd hoped to see one day, and there's lots more besides. And I'm naturally delighted that Cathy Marston's Bern:Ballett will be back next May ...... maybe with her "Midwinter's Night Dream" which I have still to see? Also perked up to see one of Bruce's DanceTabs tweets suggesting RB tours to Northern Ireland and Suffolk (At what scale? Dance East? Aldeburgh?) as well as Japan and Monte Carlo. Is the dam breaking at last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thanks for the link - it does look an interesting season. Some ballets I have not seen before (Monotones), a lot of new works (very pleased about that) and the return of old favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Williams Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 This is exciting - new Wheeldon, new Ratmansky and new Scarlett plus an earlier-than-expected showing of his Viscera...also v. good to see an all-Ashton programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 My son is hugely excited about The Wind in the Willows. I'm excited about a lot of others but in these difficult times one has to choose and I think the young 'uns should have first pick. I've never been to ROH2 or the Linbury Studio and since the site's jampacked I can't get in to check. Are tickets for these the same or cheaper than the main stage? Can't imagine they would be more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Problem with the Linbury is that the tickets are often more or less all the same price. Standing can be more expensive than in the main house, and sometimes I can't afford to sit down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 You can download the pdf with fuller details at http://www.roh.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Press_and_Media/Press_Releases/Ballet%20and%20Dance%202012%202013.pdf There is a stray reference to a gala in the autumn as well as more detail about some of the Linbury shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 12 main stage programmes, 123 performances, (m = matinée) Swan Lake x20 performances - Oct 8, 10, 11, 12, 13m, 13, 15, 17m, 17, 23, 25, 27; Nov 6, 9, 10m, 10 15, 22, 24m, 24 Viscera (Scarlett) / Infra (McGregor) / Fool’s Paradise (Wheeldon) x6 - Nov 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14 All-MacMillan programme: Concerto / Las Hermanas / Requiem x 6 - Nov 17, 21, 27, 29, 30; Dec 5 The Nutcracker x19 - Dec 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 23m, 27m, 27, 28, 31; Jan 1, 2m, 2, 5m, 8, 12m, 12, 15, 16 The Firebird (Fokine) / In the Night (Robbins) / Raymonda Act III (Petipa & Nureyev) x6 - Dec 22m, 29, 29; Jan 4, 9, 11 Onegin (Cranko) x13 - Jan 19, 22, 23, 25, 26m, 30, 31; Feb 1, 2m, 2, 5, 7, 8 All-Ashton programme: La Valse / Thaïs pdd / Voices of Spring pdd / Monotones I & II / Marguerite and Armand x5 - Feb 12, 13, 15, 21, 23 Apollo (Balanchine) / NEW Wheeldon / NEW Ratmansky x5 - Feb 22, 23m; March 7, 9m, 14 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Wheeldon) x11 - March 15, 19, 21, 23m, 25, 27, 28; April 2, 6m, 11, 13 La Bayadère x12 - April 5, 9, 12, 20m, 27m; May 1, 2, 6m, 6, 13, 14, 22 Mayerling (MacMillan) x 13 - April 19, 25, 30; May 3m, 30; June 1m, 1, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15 Raven Girl (NEW McGregor) / Symphony in C (Balanchine) x7 - May 24, 28, 29m 29; June 3, 8m, 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 If this is an O'Hare schedule then he's a man after my own heart. I'll excuse all those Swan Lakes and Nutcrackers - the dancers have to be paid somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 With reference to costs in Linbury - I took my grand-daughter to see Magical Night last Christmas - costs were about £23 for me and £14 for her (but it was a shorter ballet than Wind in the Willows). When Wind in the Willows was last on, I think the costs were very reasonable compared with the main stage and again the children were half price. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thank you, alison and Margaret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Also perked up to see one of Bruce's DanceTabs tweets suggesting RB tours to Northern Ireland and Suffolk (At what scale? Dance East? Aldeburgh?) as well as Japan and Monte Carlo. Is the dam breaking at last? There's a collaboration with Dance East involving a new piece by Brandstrup, so that's probably the Suffolk bit (will also be done at Sadler's Wells, I understand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Arrowsmith Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Refreshing after this rather dusty valedictory season - without being hugely must see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Refreshing after this rather dusty valedictory season... but one which has contained some spectacular performances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I find it annoying that the RB will be opening with Swan Lake because this could have a detrimental effect on the ticket sales for ENB's Swan Lake in August. ENB has far less money than the RB and really relies on the big classics at the Coli to balance the books and subsidise less popular (with the public) programmes. Could they not have chosen something else from their vast repertoire to open their season? I for one will not be going to the RB's Swan Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 This looks to be a varied and interesting season. Kevin O'Hare has clearly set his stall out, and I like the wares on it! Aileen, the RB and ENB sometimes do have the same ballets running concurrently, for example The Nutcracker this past Christmas, both of which played to packed houses the whole time. Many people will choose to go to the Coli instead of the ROH because ticket prices there are generally lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 There's a collaboration with Dance East involving a new piece by Brandstrup, so that's probably the Suffolk bit (will also be done at Sadler's Wells, I understand). Talking about Brandstrup, I was about to say that if we have to have La Valse back again I'd have appreciated another chance to see Invitus Invitam, too. (This is really weird. I could have sworn I'd posted this just before Sim posted hers. How odd). I do have to say, though, that yet again none of my wishlist for the past few years are on the list. Oh well, I'll keep hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I find it annoying that the RB will be opening with Swan Lake because this could have a detrimental effect on the ticket sales for ENB's Swan Lake in August. I would rather doubt that. The London ballet audience may be starting to get withdrawal symptoms by August, especially as the Russians aren't coming this summer. The ENB shows are on sale already, the RB ones won't be for a few months yet. ENB's Coliseum season coincides with the Olympics which I would have thought would be a good thing for them though some anticipate the London theatres losing out. Both companies (all companies) rely on Swan Lake as a banker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 There is a stray reference to a gala in the autumn… Would this be Monica Mason's leaving gala? She should have one. There will probably never again be someone with such continuous long service with the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Interestingly, I see that the Royal Opera is doing Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable - that's the one with the ballet of the (very naughty) nuns in it, isn't it? Shall be intrigued to see how that goes ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Here's the dance PDF thus far: http://www.roh.org.uk/uploadedFiles/Press_and_Media/Press_Releases/Ballet%20and%20Dance%202012%202013.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 And Ismene Brown has more details over at the Arts Desk: http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/royal-ballet-2012-13-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Ismene Brown and others have used the term 'triparite directorship' - and the creation of the two posts of 'Artistic Associates'. When did this come about? Are the Artistic Associates honorary titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 John, the ENB tickets may be on sale already but a lot of people book quite late. My daughter and I will definitely be going but we haven't yet booked; there's not the same scramble for tickets as there is at the ROH. Those people who have no particular allegiance to ENB and just want to see Swan Lake might decide to wait for the RB's which is only a couple of months later. The Nutcracker is different; you expect it to be performed around Christmas. Sim, the RB's Nutcracker may have been sold out but I don't think that ENB's was although it sold well. I seem to remember that there were empty seats at the performances which I attended, and I was able to book a seat for a performance with ENB's top pairing at very short notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I find it annoying that the RB will be opening with Swan Lake because this could have a detrimental effect on the ticket sales for ENB's Swan Lake in August. ENB has far less money than the RB and really relies on the big classics at the Coli to balance the books and subsidise less popular (with the public) programmes. Could they not have chosen something else from their vast repertoire to open their season? I for one will not be going to the RB's Swan Lake. The RB Swan Lake starts almost two months after the ENB one finishes at the Coli. I doubt that RB doing Swan Lake will have any impact whatsoever on the ENB ticket sales. The RB also relies on the big classics to balance its books btw and these days Swan Lake is the ultimate banker. Most likely we'll not see a Swan Lake free RB season for a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I finally managed to look at the seating plan of the Linbury Theatre and have a question which I'm posting here since I don't know where else it should go. We usually pick the orchestra stalls in the main auditorium, from row H onwards, as central and as close as we can get. Would the equivalent here be Lower Gallery, row E onwards? It looks as if C or D might be too close but I have absolutely no idea.Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I finally managed to look at the seating plan of the Linbury Theatre and have a question which I'm posting here since I don't know where else it should go. We usually pick the orchestra stalls in the main auditorium, from row H onwards, as central and as close as we can get. Would the equivalent here be Lower Gallery, row E onwards? It looks as if C or D might be too close but I have absolutely no idea.Thanks for any help. If rows A-D are in use, try to avoid row E as it's not raked as much as the rest of the seating. Most of the seats from row F back are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 If rows A-D are in use, try to avoid row E as it's not raked as much as the rest of the seating. Most of the seats from row F back are good. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 John, the ENB tickets may be on sale already but a lot of people book quite late. My daughter and I will definitely be going but we haven't yet booked; there's not the same scramble for tickets as there is at the ROH. Same for me - will definitely be going just need to know casting!!! Why is it that companies like the RB can give us casting well in advance of booking, while ENB and BRB seem to give us this information at very short notice - makes travel very difficult!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Interestingly, I see that the Royal Opera is doing Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable - that's the one with the ballet of the (very naughty) nuns in it, isn't it? Shall be intrigued to see how that goes ... It is indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I find it annoying that the RB will be opening with Swan Lake because this could have a detrimental effect on the ticket sales for ENB's Swan Lake in August. ENB has far less money than the RB and really relies on the big classics at the Coli to balance the books and subsidise less popular (with the public) programmes. Could they not have chosen something else from their vast repertoire to open their season? I for one will not be going to the RB's Swan Lake. Not only ENB but BRB are on in September with Swan Lake at The Lowry and later in their season. I beggars belief how the 3 big companies in the UK always seem to clash - so this season it's Swan Lake, last season it was a surfeit of Cinderellas. They ought to speak to each other. As for the RB season I can only say thank goodness Mayerling and Onegin are on, too much Wheeldon and McGregor for me so that'll save me loads of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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