Vanartus Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 2 hours ago, alison said: Well, I'm assuming that Swan Lake is a dead cert - and possibly a similar number of performances to the current run of Romeos? In which case I hope it's interspersed with something else to break things up a bit. I’d better not repeat my educated guess again or I’ll get the chop as well, but I guess that they might rest Swan Lake and bring back Sleeping Beauty...but I'm in the dark re the triple act MacMillan rota...are we back to Manon again? Anyway just over a fortnight away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: In particular I can’t wait to find out whether the four “large scale” operas inspired by the writings of Slavoj Zizek will appear on schedule in 2020. (I’m not joking, this was announced with some fanfare in 2013: https://www.roh.org.uk/news/royal-opera-announces-new-work-and-relationships-for-2013-2020.) I can barely contain my excitement, Lizzie, at the prospect of a whole season of inspired navel-gazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 13 hours ago, Darlex said: I have a feeling that we all realise this to be the case. It feels like a very poor offering, especially when you consider the Berstein tribute last year. I believe that the new season is opening with a full length ballet never danced by Fonteyn. Holding out against hope that there will be a Fonteyn triple in the Autumn, but really doubt it. Not necessarily linked to this speculation, but out of interest did Fonteyn ever dance Lise in La Fille Mal Gardée? I couldn't find any such performance on her Wikipedia list, which I find quite surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Vanartus said: I guess that they might rest Swan Lake and bring back Sleeping Beauty... Do you think so? I was assuming they'd be really keen to get some more return on their investment. But who knows - perhaps we'll get both - might help to make up the shortfall from this season a bit. Personally, at the moment I'd rather have Beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, Richard LH said: Not necessarily linked to this speculation, but out of interest did Fonteyn ever dance Lise in La Fille Mal Gardée? I couldn't find any such performance on her Wikipedia list, which I find quite surprising. Fonteyn never danced Lise. The role was made on Nadia Nerina and drew on her notably strong elevation - quite possibly a reason why certain principal dancers have never danced the role. Fonteyn had turned 40 by the time of the premiere - an age anyway where a dancers' jump decreases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBBB Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 13 hours ago, RuthE said: As an opera follower at ROH I actually had had no idea that Pappano wasn’t around next season, though I know that had he not been renewing his contract, next season would have been his last. Sorry I got ahead of things, Pappano’s sabbatical season is 2020/21. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) From an interview with Jasper Conran in Tatler about his Golden Hour costumes (https://www.tatler.com/article/jasper-conran-designs-golden-costumes-for-royal-ballet) ”It’s Conran’s first time working with Christopher Wheeldon – after this production, the life cycle of the costumes will hopefully go on. After all, Conran reveals, ‘there’s a piece that I did for the royal ballet 25 years ago that is returning next year.’ Let's hope that the same applies for these.” Could that be Tombeaux? Does anything else fit? Edited May 6, 2019 by Lizbie1 Link tidied 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Lizbie1 said: Could that be Tombeaux? Well spotted Lizbie...I think it must be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Re guessing the future..Boy or Girl (royal baby is now officially on the way).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: From an interview with Jasper Conran in Tatler about his Golden Hour costumes (https://www.tatler.com/article/jasper-conran-designs-golden-costumes-for-royal-ballet) ”It’s Conran’s first time working with Christopher Wheeldon – after this production, the life cycle of the costumes will hopefully go on. After all, Conran reveals, ‘there’s a piece that I did for the royal ballet 25 years ago that is returning next year.’ Let's hope that the same applies for these.” Could that be Tombeaux? Does anything else fit? This archived biography from the BRB website only mentions Tombeaux in respect of RB. I love Tombeaux!! https://www.brb.org.uk/profile/jasper-conran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: This archived biography from the BRB website only mentions Tombeaux in respect of RB. I love Tombeaux!! https://www.brb.org.uk/profile/jasper-conran It’s possible that it’s BRB reviving it, I suppose. And “next year” could of course mean 20/21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: It’s possible that it’s BRB reviving it, I suppose. And “next year” could of course mean 20/21. I would love BRB to revive it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard LH said: Re guessing the future..Boy or Girl (royal baby is now officially on the way).... Boy. Sorry, back to the thread... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Lizbie1 said: From an interview with Jasper Conran in Tatler about his Golden Hour costumes (https://www.tatler.com/article/jasper-conran-designs-golden-costumes-for-royal-ballet) ”It’s Conran’s first time working with Christopher Wheeldon – after this production, the life cycle of the costumes will hopefully go on. After all, Conran reveals, ‘there’s a piece that I did for the royal ballet 25 years ago that is returning next year.’ Let's hope that the same applies for these.” Could that be Tombeaux? Does anything else fit? Hoorah! I loved Tombeaux. It would be nice opening a programme with The King Dances or new Bintley and finishing with Still Life at the Penguin Cafe. I hope that Hayward and O'Sullivan get to dance the Durante role, possibly Morera and Lamb too, and I would be happy to see either McRae, Campbell, Sambé, Hay and Corrales dance the Sansom role. I think Cuthbertson and Bonelli danced it last time around in 2005. Edited May 6, 2019 by Darlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 I’ve just received an invite for a preview of the Royal Opera House’s new season for 21 May (evening ) so I think we’re going to have to wait until around then to find out what’s planned. I’m not in London that day so I’ll just have to be patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 I did wonder if there might be some Bintley involved. Consort Lessons has been on my wishlist for a decade or two ... you could make up a triple bill with Penguin Café Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnS said: I’ve just received an invite for a preview of the Royal Opera House’s new season for 21 May (evening ) so I think we’re going to have to wait until around then to find out what’s planned. I’m not in London that day so I’ll just have to be patient. The season announcement is on 14 May, so you don't have to wait for the preview to find out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Many thanks bangorballetboy - I thought I’d read something about 14 May (perhaps from you in an earlier post?). Seems a bit odd having a preview a week after the Season’s programme has been announced but I’ll look forward with great interest to 14 May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 The preview used to be the night before the press announcement but they stopped that as there were too many leaks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Whereas of course now there are absolutely no leaks Personally, I'd be pretty happy if KO'H repeated more or less all the productions I was unfortunate enough to miss in 2017 - I could hardly have picked a worse season to miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 4 hours ago, bangorballetboy said: The preview used to be the night before the press announcement but they stopped that as there were too many leaks. The timing of the so-called preview is dependent on many factors and, last year, the ROH again held it on the evening before the Press Conference. I was not aware of a sudden burst pipe overnight but there had been the usual amount of seepage up to that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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