SusanR Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Brilliant photos Don Q. Wish I had been there! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Your photos are totally wonderful. Thank-you. Edited April 8, 2018 by John Mallinson Edited to remove photos - link inserted instead. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Don q fan - thanks for sharing your wonderful photos with us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Fabulous photos but they remind me... perhaps it's time to update those wigs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Oh I don't know....Shkylarov's is quite nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Can someone tell me how to pronounce Shkylarov? I’ve been trying to figure it out for ages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, aliceinwoolfland said: Can someone tell me how to pronounce Shkylarov? I’ve been trying to figure it out for ages! Helps if you spell it right first - it's ShkLYarov Once you've got the SHKLY bit out of the way - you just need to throw them out quickly - it's a long "ah" sound then a straightforward "rov". (I wouldn't get bogged down in the finer points.) Edited to clarify it's an ordinary Y, as in "yoghurt", NOT as in "sky". Edited April 8, 2018 by Lizbie1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Lizbie1 said: Fabulous photos but they remind me... perhaps it's time to update those wigs? I think that the wigs for Lescaut's Mistress and the main Harlots have been'updated' this run, haven't they? They are ridiculously big and, last Thursday., Melissa Hamilton's seemed to be moving independently of her. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 minute ago, capybara said: I think that the wigs for Lescaut's Mistress and the main Harlots have been'updated' this run, haven't they? They are ridiculously big and, last Thursday., Melissa Hamilton's seemed to be moving independently of her. Crikey. There's still more than a touch of the Mrs Slocombe about them I'd say. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 42 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: Helps if you spell it right first - it's ShkLYarov Once you've got the SHKLY bit out of the way - you just need to throw them out quickly - it's a long "ah" sound then a straightforward "rov". (I wouldn't get bogged down in the finer points.) Edited to clarify it's an ordinary Y, as in "yoghurt", NOT as in "sky". I am afraid, Lizbie, that you put a wrong stress in his surname. The correct stress is on "O" in the last syllable. ShklyarOv At first, you say “Shklya” without making stress, then say “rov” stressing “o”. It helps to get the right pronunciation in Russian by prolonging the stressed vowel: Shklya - rOOOv, OOOsipova. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Great piccies as per usual Don Q ....many thanks...and think I now know your secret!! That's one of the probs with a really good camera they are weighty to carry around. The last really good camera I had I left in a taxi and didn't get back unfortunately so have just made do since then!! Thanks for reviews folks as cannot get to this round of Manons for various reasons ......and I would have LOVED to have seen Shklyarov as definitely my kind of dancer! But it's great reading about everybody's different experiences of the performances of this ballet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauxArts Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Mary said: Oh I don't know....Shkylarov's is quite nice Ha ha! That is his own hair, of course! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Aren't the large wigs indicative of the hairstyles ladies adopted in those days? And wasn't it traditional that prostitutes flaunted their status by having hair with lurid, unnatural colours? http://thehistoryofthehairsworld.com/1780_gainsborough_1780.jpg Incidentally, I think the short wig really suits Osipova. I don't know about anybody else, but I am still completely baffled as to how Shkylarov pronounces his name! In my head, I am saying it as Shikilarov. Which I certain is completely wrong. Edited April 9, 2018 by Fonty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Shklyarov - he seems to pronounce it as 'Sh-clear-off' himself: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Fonty said: Aren't the large wigs indicative of the hairstyles ladies adopted in those days? Sure, but there's definitely a shampoo-and-set/70s flavour to them. (I'm probably in a minority but I have similar feelings about a lot of the costumes for Mayerling.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandra Newman Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, capybara said: I think that the wigs for Lescaut's Mistress and the main Harlots have been'updated' this run, haven't they? They are ridiculously big and, last Thursday., Melissa Hamilton's seemed to be moving independently of her. ...and Yasmine Naghdi, in the Ballet Association interview report revealed "that her Mistress wig weighs a tonne, so does her corseted and boned costume" . Edited April 9, 2018 by Xandra Newman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I shouldn't worry about the pronunciation of Shklyarov's name, I don't think I ever heard Nureyev's name pronounced properly once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Sh Clear Off he shall become. At least in my head, anyway! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: Sure, but there's definitely a shampoo-and-set/70s flavour to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 48 minutes ago, Fonty said: Sh Clear Off he shall become. At least in my head, anyway! Except we never want him to clear off!! Some of us call him Skylark.....with the greatest of affection!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, MAB said: I shouldn't worry about the pronunciation of Shklyarov's name... I am nor surprised that people bother to ask about the correct pronunciation of names and surnames. They know that hardly anyone likes to hear his own name mispronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Amelia said: I am nor surprised that people bother to ask about the correct pronunciation of names and surnames. They know that hardly anyone likes to hear his own name mispronounced. And though it's quite a clump of consonants to get through, I don't think it's that tricky to manage an approximation - it's spoken pretty much as written, as are most Russian transliterations once you've learned a few rules and peculiarities. Where it does get a little difficult is knowing where the stress lies. I sometimes struggle with that, and it can be doubly important when it affects the unstressed vowel sounds significantly: most notably, in "mainstream" pronunciation you don't say an "O" vowel on an unstressed syllable, however it's written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 37 minutes ago, Amelia said: I am nor surprised that people bother to ask about the correct pronunciation of names and surnames. They know that hardly anyone likes to hear his own name mispronounced. My surname is frequently mispronounced and few non-Brits can manage it at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 ^^ Think they are typical of Georgiadis' designs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 20 hours ago, MAB said: My surname is frequently mispronounced and few non-Brits can manage it at all. Your comment reminds me of someone I first met at university. I can't remember where he came from, but both his names were almost impossible for us Brits to pronounce correctly. The nearest English approximation to one of his names was halitosis. Fortunately, this could be nicely shortened to Hally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Fonty said: Your comment reminds me of someone I first met at university. I can't remember where he came from, but both his names were almost impossible for us Brits to pronounce correctly. The nearest English approximation to one of his names was halitosis. Fortunately, this could be nicely shortened to Hally. Well my father was Irish and most people can't manage either of my names! I don't even expect it nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 A handful of (mainly expensive) returns currently online for the Osipova/Shklyarov and Nunez/Bolle casts, plus the Hayward/Bonelli Saturday matinee, all previously sold out. Edit: oops, sorry, the Osipova ones have disappeared already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 9 hours ago, alison said: plus the Hayward/Bonelli Saturday matinee, ...just one £4 amphi standing left for this...more options on other dates though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Interesting - that wasn't there when I looked last night. And your post is dated from 6 hours ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, alison said: Interesting - that wasn't there when I looked last night. And your post is dated from 6 hours ago! The Hayward/Bonelli Sat Mat is sold out again now, though other options remain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 15:26, MAB said: My surname is frequently mispronounced and few non-Brits can manage it at all. I have the same problem only it's Brits that struggle and more often than not the foreigners who get it right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Just back from Bolle, Nunez, Sambe & Beatriz S-B. Absolutely brilliant dancing and acting by the whole cast. Wonderful evening. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Yes indeed a fabulous evening. The huge and lengthy applause at the end showed the audience's appreciation. That final pdd just cut me to pieces, danced with such confidence and such feeling. Beatriz Stix-Brunell made a very impressive debut as The Mistress and I got a lot more from Marcelino Sambe tonight than I did last week. Bravo to all. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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