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Tag Archives: Alexei Ratmansky
Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London
Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Taming of the Shrew, Le Corsaire We’re over a month into the BBC Proms season, yet I’ve only attended one concert thus far. What gives? Apart from a week away at Verbier Festival and Dorset … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Fadeyechev, Alexei Ratmansky, Artemy Belyakov, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Denis Rodkin, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Minkus, Olga Smirnova, Shostakovich, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Taming of the Shrew, Yulia Stepanova, Yuri Grigorovich
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Augurs of Spring: strong Mariinsky double bill in Cardiff
Mariinsky Ballet: Concerto DSCH/Sacre **** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17th April 2016 It’s difficult to know what shocked Parisian audiences more when The Rite of Spring caused a near riot at its 1913 première: was it Stravinsky’s music – pounding dissonances … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Concerto DSCH, Ekaterina Kondaurova, Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Orchestra, Sasha Waltz, The Rite of Spring, Valery Gergiev
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Ratmansky’s Mariinsky Cinderella: Once upon an urban fairy tale
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet **** Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House, 15th August 2014 It was clever programming to bookend the Mariinsky’s three-week London Summer Season with two Prokofiev full-length ballets – starting with its classic, but dated, Romeo and Juliet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Anastasia Petushkova, Diana Vishneva, Konstantin Zverev, Mariinsky Ballet, Prokofiev
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Swans, severed heads and a deerstalker: 2018 in review
“Wow! That’s some year you’ve had!” was a message written in one of this year’s Christmas cards. “Aiming to top it in 2019?” I’m not sure I have the energy! My outstanding operatic experience of the year was easily Salome at … Continue reading →
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