Tag Archives: Don Quixote

Tilting at windmills: Bolshoi’s Don Quixote cranks into top gear

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Don Quixote Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, 15th August 2019 Don Who? It’s best to forget Cervantes when it comes to the ballet version of Don Quixote, especially in Alexei Fadeyechev’s three-year old Bolshoi production, last seen here at Covent … Continue reading →

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Núñez and Muntagirov light up Don Quixote

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Don Quixote The Royal Ballet, 15th February 2019 Perhaps it’s written in the skies why Carlos Acosta’s staging of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet looks tame. In the outer acts, fluffy white clouds scud across powder blue. For all … Continue reading →

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Tereshkina and Kim add fire to the Mariinsky Ballet’s dusty Don Quixote

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Minkus: Don Quixote *** Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House, 24th July 2017 The fireworks – when they came – were explosive, Viktoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim igniting the Royal Opera House stage in a frenzy of effervescent footwork. Tereshkina whipped out her fouettés and Kim’s double tours … Continue reading →

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Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

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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