Xanderl
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 5, 2017 9:11:14 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 5, 2017 11:57:54 GMT
Eugh. Alden and Jones
I wonder what the Carmen will be like (and how long will it stay in the rep for?') . A few things I want to see but none of us making me mega excited - perhaps as a long time opera goer you just can't get excited by endless revivals
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 5, 2017 12:01:19 GMT
Excited by this - a lot of things in there that will be good to check off my 'must-see' list. Will definitely be booking for La Boheme and Die Zauberflote. Will be interesting to see what Liam Scarlett does with Swan Lake!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 12:21:52 GMT
Ooh, quite an enticing line-up for me. Plus the return of Messrs Keenlyside and Kwiecien; always good!
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Post by AddisonMizner on Apr 5, 2017 19:14:51 GMT
I'm most excited for MACBETH with Anna Netrebko. Hers is a voice I have been wanting to hear live for some time now, after she cancelled in FAUST a few years ago. She is absolutely thrilling on recordings, so I can only imagine what she sounds like live. Let's just hope it doesn't sell out like the recent Jonas Kaufmann OTELLO did!
Overall, it looks like a strong season, with strong singers. Others on my list include:
- CAV/PAG with Elina Garanca, Bryan Hymel and Simon Keenlyside
- SEMIRAMIDE with Joyce DiDonato and Lawrence Brownlee
- LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK
- The new George Benjamin and Anthony Turnage operas
- FALSTAFF with Bryn Terfel and Simon Keenlyside
Looking forward to the ENO season announcement now.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 5, 2017 19:28:50 GMT
^I would be amazed if Netrebko's Macbeth performances didn't sell out instantly.
I'm afraid there's not that much that looks like must-sees for me. I would love to see Lohengrin, having never done so, but can't stand Alden (either!) so that's a no go. I may revisit Tosca, if the ticket prices aren't too horrendous, to see Gerald Finley's Scarpia. Possibly Semiramide, to make up for having to skip it at the Proms last year when I discovered it wasn't due to end till nearly 11pm on a Sunday night. Falstaff's cast looks good & I gather Carsen's production is at least bearable. Lots of singers I like in Ulisse but I wasn't mad about the piece when I saw ETO's last autumn & the location is a downside.
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Post by sayers500 on Apr 5, 2017 22:44:59 GMT
I caught Semiramide at the Proms and was really surprised at how great the music the music was and made me wonder why it had fallen off the traditional rep. Am so excited to see what DiDonato brings to the part.
Am also hoping that Richard Jones doesn't butcher Boheme in the same way Benedict Andrews did at the ENO.
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Post by stefy69 on Apr 6, 2017 11:06:34 GMT
Yay, the return in ballet of The Winter's Tale- sublime, very very pleased pre-Easter bunny here !  |
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Post by foxa on Apr 9, 2017 17:42:27 GMT
I agree, Winter's Tale was fabulous. I'm most excited about:
The Illustrated 'Farewell' NEW / The Wind NEW / Untouchable 2x WORLD PREMIERES
6–17 November 2017
Choreography: Twyla Tharp / Arthur Pita / Hofesh Shechter
Music: Joseph Haydn / Frank Moon and Christopher Austin / Hofesh Shechter and Nell Catchpole
Cast TBC
Twyla Tharp and Arthur Pita create new works for The Royal Ballet, in a programme that includes the first revival of Hofesh Shechter’s 2015 work for the Company.
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NEW Wayne McGregor / The Age of Anxiety / NEW Christopher Wheeldon 2x WORLD PREMIERES
15 March—13 April 2018
Choreography: Wayne McGregor / Liam Scarlett / Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Cast TBC
The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with an all-Bernstein programme from the Company’s three associate choreographers, Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Christopher Wheeldon.
I think with the Bernstein music could make this a very special evening. I'm less of an opera person, but the Peter Brook adaptation of Carmen (being performed by young opera singers at Wilton's) could be interesting (I saw a version he did many, many years ago in Glasgow, that was very simple and very beautiful.) And the Salome designed by Es Devlin and directed my David McVicar....maybe?
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Post by Mr Snow on Apr 10, 2017 7:35:56 GMT
At some point around 1990 the Contessa Belowpar and I were in Rome and completely by accident we discovered Brooks Carmen was playing at the Theatro Argentina. Carmen is a piece I’ve never really liked but remember this with affection. I doubt my memory but I recall we sat on sand at the edge of a ‘ring’ and were ‘close to the action’. Smallish band and even the twerp Don Jose didn’t annoy. Will definitely go to Wilton’s.
It will be interesting to see if the awful Lucia isn’t toned down. Leaving water running in a bathroom which was louder in the Slips than the singing, the sex scenes that provoked outright laughter and other howlers can all be altered. But the split design of the set would be very expensive to fix. Shame as it’s a favourite piece.
By contrast I thought quite highly of the Carsen Falstaff production.
All of this must have been programmed by Holten and it will be a couple of years yet before we see his successors hand as a shaper of things?
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Post by foxa on Apr 10, 2017 12:26:32 GMT
My memory of Brook's Carmen was that there was sand and fire. Yes, a circle, a young cast....
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Post by Xanderl on May 2, 2017 6:02:41 GMT
They have also announced (for 2018/19) dates for 4 Ring Cycles - www.roh.org.uk/about/the-ringThis is a revival of the Keith Warner production last done in 2012 - anyone seen this before? |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 2, 2017 18:25:48 GMT
^ Not live but it got telecast when it was new back in, IIRC, 2005 & I watched Rheingold & Walkure before deciding I didn't really want to sit through any more as it wasn't to my taste. I daresay it's no odder than most Ring productions nowadays though. I still yearn for a horned helmets & spears traditional-type production, which is why I've never seen a live Ring.
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Post by Xanderl on May 2, 2017 18:36:00 GMT
Thanks! Only one I've seen live is the semi-staged Opera North one last year.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 2, 2017 18:58:12 GMT
I've only seen Walkure in concert live, when it was done fairly locally to me last year. I probably should watch the rest of ON's Ring, if it's still available online, but I wasn't keen on all the split screens & fades/overlays when I watched Rheingold. Of course that's a TV problem & wouldn't have been an issue when you saw it live. I wish it has just been filmed in a straighforward manner to replicate as best as possible seeing it in the concert hall but with some added close ups.
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Post by vabbian on May 10, 2017 14:17:22 GMT
really really dying to get tickets to see Anna Netrebko  bet it is going to sell out in 3.2 seconds |
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Post by n1david on Jun 28, 2017 10:13:37 GMT
The ROH allocation for La Tragedié de Carmen had already sold out by the time Friends booking opened this morning, but if you're keen, Wiltons has its own allocation which goes on sale to the public at 11am on Monday, or if you become a friend of Wiltons (£35) then the tickets are on sale now and there are plenty available.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 28, 2017 12:05:50 GMT
The ROH allocation for La Tragedié de Carmen had already sold out by the time Friends booking opened this morning, but if you're keen, Wiltons has its own allocation which goes on sale to the public at 11am on Monday, or if you become a friend of Wiltons (£35) then the tickets are on sale now and there are plenty available. HAv a thank you. Would love to see this. It was sold out even for Freinds + so hopefully Wiltons have a large no of seats for sale. |
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Post by tmesis on Jun 28, 2017 20:58:23 GMT
Yes I was really looking forward to this and amazed to see it already sold out. Will definitely try Wiltons directly on Monday.
I was actually surprised to see how heavy booking was across the board given there was no really big names singing. Ballet bookings were heavy too.
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 4, 2017 8:57:17 GMT
If you're unable/unwilling to go the Royal Opera House to see The Winter's Tale it is being shown live in the Everyman cinema chain on the 28th February.
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Post by ctas on Jul 21, 2017 14:42:02 GMT
First round of bookings done for me- a mini package with Magic Flute, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Sylvia!
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jan 31, 2018 11:30:22 GMT
Can't believe I actually managed to get a ticket for the Anna Netrebko MACBETH today! Really excited to finally hear her live.
I booked for the night of the cinema relay. Has anyone else booked for these before? How is it in terms of seat obstruction with cameras etc?
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Post by argon on Jan 31, 2018 13:33:18 GMT
Can't believe I actually managed to get a ticket for the Anna Netrebko MACBETH today! Really excited to finally hear her live. I booked for the night of the cinema relay. Has anyone else booked for these before? How is it in terms of seat obstruction with cameras etc? Just hope see does her full quota of performances. She has let many people down before. |
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 31, 2018 13:47:37 GMT
I booked for "Lessons in Love and Violence" and "From the House of the Dead" when package booking opened.
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Post by ctas on Apr 17, 2018 20:10:33 GMT
Little bump in this thread because I just have to express how incredible the Nuñez/Bolle casting for Manon was. I saw Manon a few years ago and didn’t really take to it, but last Wednesday went out of love for Marianela Nuñez and curiosity about Roberto Bolle and the atmosphere was just electric. The ovations went on forever! I adored it so much that I bought a rush ticket for the following Monday (last night) and it was just as good, if not better. I hope we’re lucky enough to see Roberto Bolle back here soon, especially paired with Nuñez.
My ROH season has been pretty good overall- Magic Flute and Alice to start, Sylvia was a fun production, skipped another Giselle in favour of The Winter’s Tale and the Bernstein celebration had some really high points. Now I’m fully in Manon-mania with a third performance to go next month (the Hayward-lead cast), quickly followed by the new Swan Lake and then I’ll be finishing off the season with Don Giovanni.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 17, 2018 22:00:43 GMT
Little bump in this thread because I just have to express how incredible the Nuñez/Bolle casting for Manon was. I saw Manon a few years ago and didn’t really take to it, but last Wednesday went out of love for Marianela Nuñez and curiosity about Roberto Bolle and the atmosphere was just electric. The ovations went on forever! I adored it so much that I bought a rush ticket for the following Monday (last night) and it was just as good, if not better. I hope we’re lucky enough to see Roberto Bolle back here soon, especially paired with Nuñez. I was there also last Wednesday. Manon is a great production and Nuñez and Bolle were, indeed, excellent. There are a couple of times in the ballet when I was wishing they would get on with the dancing, but when they did the waiting was worth it! |
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Post by ctas on Apr 17, 2018 22:32:53 GMT
Little bump in this thread because I just have to express how incredible the Nuñez/Bolle casting for Manon was. I saw Manon a few years ago and didn’t really take to it, but last Wednesday went out of love for Marianela Nuñez and curiosity about Roberto Bolle and the atmosphere was just electric. The ovations went on forever! I adored it so much that I bought a rush ticket for the following Monday (last night) and it was just as good, if not better. I hope we’re lucky enough to see Roberto Bolle back here soon, especially paired with Nuñez. I was there also last Wednesday. Manon is a great production and Nuñez and Bolle were, indeed, excellent. There are a couple of times in the ballet when I was wishing they would get on with the dancing, but when they did the waiting was worth it! I’ve never found Manon quite so moving before! Wednesday I had seats towards the back of the amphitheatre and still felt moved, yesterday was one of the pillar-obstructed seats in the stalls circle and it was just as devastating. What an excellent pairing! I’m not even the biggest Macmillan fan (barring Romeo and Juliet— the ROH are going to get a fair amount of my money next year for that, eek) but it really connected on both occasions. |
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Post by ctas on May 10, 2018 19:21:05 GMT
The Swan Lake rehearsal livestream that is currently ongoing is absolutely fascinating. Seeing this next week (opening night cast) and I can't wait!
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