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Tried and failed to get the very accessible winter casting format put out by the Royal Ballet for the autumn period so I emailed the website customer services (website.customerservices.roh.org.uk if anyone wants it) and they very helpfully sent it to me as an attachment. Tried for an hour to copy it here as an attachment and failed (they sent it as a read-only document and a pdf which I had to change to Word) so here is the complete thing.

Moderators please remove it if it is too space consuming or feel free to re-format it. I've printed it off for myself. it's great for booking even though I haven't fully booked for autumn yet!

 

Casting for Royal Ballet performances

18 January – 16 May 2020

MAIN STAGE

Onegin

Choreography John Cranko 

Music Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Pyotr Il’yich Tchiakovsky

Generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet (Production Principal), Sir Lloyd  and Lady Dorfman, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund,  Peter Lloyd, the Friends of Covent Garden and the American Friends of Covent Garden

 

Saturday 18 January at 1.30pm

Cuthbertson*, Soares#, Hinkis, Donnelly*, Mock*

(Tatiana, Onegin, Olga, Lensky, Prince Gremin)

Saturday 18 January at 7pm

Osipova, Muntagirov*, Hayward*, Ball, Avis

Tuesday 21 January at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano*, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke*

Friday 24 January at 7.30pm

Naghdi*, Bonelli, O’Sullivan*, Sissens*, Gartside

Friday 7 February at 7.30pm

Osipova, Muntagirov, Hayward, Ball, Avis

Saturday 8 February at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke

Wednesday 12 February at 7.30pm

Osipova, Muntagirov, Hayward, Ball, Avis

Friday 21 February at 7.30pm

Naghdi, Bonelli, O’Sullivan, Sissens, Gartside

Saturday 22 February at 7pm

Cuthbertson, Soares, Hinkis, Donnelly, Mock

Monday 24 February at 7.30pm

Naghdi, Bonelli, O’Sullivan, Sissens, Gartside

Thursday 27 February at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke

Saturday 29 February at 7.30pm

Cuthbertson, Soares, Hinkis, Donnelly, Mock

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

#Guest artist                                                                                                                                       /continued

MAIN STAGE

New Cathy Marston New Liam Scarlett

Choreography Cathy Marston | Music Philip Feeney

Choreography Liam Scarlett

Generous philanthropic support from The Taylor Family Foundation

New Cathy Marston – Generous philanthropic support from Sue Butcher and the Young Philanthropists

New Liam Scarlett – Generous philanthropic support from Victoria Robey ꢀꢁꢂ and Rachael Stearns

Liam Scarlett’s role as Artist in Residence is generously supported by Ricki Gail and Robert Conway

Monday 17 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson*, Ball*, Richardson*

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez*, Morera*, McRae*, Bracewell*

Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Tuesday 25 February at 7.30pm†

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Friday 28 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Stix-Brunell*, Corrales*, Sambé*

New Liam Scarlett: tba

Monday 2 March at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Wednesday 4 March at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Stix-Brunell, Corrales, Sambé

New Liam Scarlett: tba

 

 

 

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

†Live cinema relay                                                                                                                              /continued

MAIN STAGE

Swan Lake

Choreography Liam Scarlett after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov 

Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky 

 

Thursday 5 March at 7pm

Nuñez, Muntagirov 

(Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried)

Friday 6 March at 12 noon Takada, McRae

Tuesday 10 March at 7.30pm Takada, McRae

Wednesday 11 March at 7.30pm Osipova, Hallberg*#

Thursday 12 March at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

Wednesday 18 March at 7.30pm  Osipova, Hallberg

Friday 20 March at 7.30pm Takada, McRae

Sunday 22 March at 4pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Wednesday 25th March at 7.30pm Osipova, Hallberg

Thursday 26th March at 7.30pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Saturday 28 March at 7.30pm Hayward*, Corrales*

Tuesday 31 March at 7.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Wednesday 1 April at 7.30pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Wednesday 8 April at 7.30pm Hayward, Corrales

Monday 13 April at 1.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Monday 13 April at 7.30pm Kaneko, Bonelli

Wednesday 15 April at 7.30pm Magri*, Sambé*

Wednesday 22 April at 7.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Tuesday 28 April at 7.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Friday 1 May at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

Saturday 9 May at 7.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Saturday 16 May at 1.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Saturday 16 May at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

 

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

#Principal guest artist

†Live cinema relay

 

 

 

 

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On 03/08/2019 at 00:10, HappyTurk said:

I lied! I'll say one last thing....if he is never going to be shown in the cinema showings as the male lead in the classics, why did KOH ever promote him in the first place given his age? Seems odd. I honestly don't know how some of these dancers stay motivated in the face of what looks like "favoritsm" (same goes for those who are hardly featured this season, particularly the two dancers that have already been mentioned by others). Good thing I'm not a dancer! Lol 

That seems a little extreme, Happyturk.  To be a Principal at one of the world’s leading ballet company’s is surely a demonstration of the talent and ability of that dancer.  Yes, it must be a nice dollop of icing on the cake to appear at the cinema but, equally it’s hardly career shattering if you don’t.  

 

Personally, I have not appreciated Hirano as much since he became a Principal and he is not my first choice for a performance.  But his work rate over the past two injury laden years at RB has been prodigious which means he has had the opportunity to dance so many roles and broaden his experience.  Surely a dancer can’t ask much more?

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21 minutes ago, jmhopton said:

Tried and failed to get the very accessible winter casting format put out by the Royal Ballet for the autumn period so I emailed the website customer services (website.customerservices.roh.org.uk if anyone wants it) and they very helpfully sent it to me as an attachment. Tried for an hour to copy it here as an attachment and failed (they sent it as a read-only document and a pdf which I had to change to Word) so here is the complete thing.

Moderators please remove it if it is too space consuming or feel free to re-format it. I've printed it off for myself. it's great for booking even though I haven't fully booked for autumn yet!

 

Casting for Royal Ballet performances

18 January – 16 May 2020

MAIN STAGE

Onegin

Choreography John Cranko 

Music Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Pyotr Il’yich Tchiakovsky

Generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet (Production Principal), Sir Lloyd  and Lady Dorfman, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund,  Peter Lloyd, the Friends of Covent Garden and the American Friends of Covent Garden

 

Saturday 18 January at 1.30pm

Cuthbertson*, Soares#, Hinkis, Donnelly*, Mock*

(Tatiana, Onegin, Olga, Lensky, Prince Gremin)

Saturday 18 January at 7pm

Osipova, Muntagirov*, Hayward*, Ball, Avis

Tuesday 21 January at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano*, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke*

Friday 24 January at 7.30pm

Naghdi*, Bonelli, O’Sullivan*, Sissens*, Gartside

Friday 7 February at 7.30pm

Osipova, Muntagirov, Hayward, Ball, Avis

Saturday 8 February at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke

Wednesday 12 February at 7.30pm

Osipova, Muntagirov, Hayward, Ball, Avis

Friday 21 February at 7.30pm

Naghdi, Bonelli, O’Sullivan, Sissens, Gartside

Saturday 22 February at 7pm

Cuthbertson, Soares, Hinkis, Donnelly, Mock

Monday 24 February at 7.30pm

Naghdi, Bonelli, O’Sullivan, Sissens, Gartside

Thursday 27 February at 7.30pm

Nuñez, Hirano, Takada, Edmonds, Clarke

Saturday 29 February at 7.30pm

Cuthbertson, Soares, Hinkis, Donnelly, Mock

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

#Guest artist                                                                                                                                       /continued

MAIN STAGE

New Cathy Marston New Liam Scarlett

Choreography Cathy Marston | Music Philip Feeney

Choreography Liam Scarlett

Generous philanthropic support from The Taylor Family Foundation

New Cathy Marston – Generous philanthropic support from Sue Butcher and the Young Philanthropists

New Liam Scarlett – Generous philanthropic support from Victoria Robey ꢀꢁꢂ and Rachael Stearns

Liam Scarlett’s role as Artist in Residence is generously supported by Ricki Gail and Robert Conway

Monday 17 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson*, Ball*, Richardson*

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez*, Morera*, McRae*, Bracewell*

Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Tuesday 25 February at 7.30pm†

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Friday 28 February at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Stix-Brunell*, Corrales*, Sambé*

New Liam Scarlett: tba

Monday 2 March at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Cuthbertson, Ball, Richardson

New Liam Scarlett: Nuñez, Morera, McRae, Bracewell

Wednesday 4 March at 7.30pm

New Cathy Marston: Stix-Brunell, Corrales, Sambé

New Liam Scarlett: tba

 

 

 

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

†Live cinema relay                                                                                                                              /continued

MAIN STAGE

Swan Lake

Choreography Liam Scarlett after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov 

Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky 

 

Thursday 5 March at 7pm

Nuñez, Muntagirov 

(Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried)

Friday 6 March at 12 noon Takada, McRae

Tuesday 10 March at 7.30pm Takada, McRae

Wednesday 11 March at 7.30pm Osipova, Hallberg*#

Thursday 12 March at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

Wednesday 18 March at 7.30pm  Osipova, Hallberg

Friday 20 March at 7.30pm Takada, McRae

Sunday 22 March at 4pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Wednesday 25th March at 7.30pm Osipova, Hallberg

Thursday 26th March at 7.30pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Saturday 28 March at 7.30pm Hayward*, Corrales*

Tuesday 31 March at 7.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Wednesday 1 April at 7.30pm Cuthbertson, Bracewell

Wednesday 8 April at 7.30pm Hayward, Corrales

Monday 13 April at 1.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Monday 13 April at 7.30pm Kaneko, Bonelli

Wednesday 15 April at 7.30pm Magri*, Sambé*

Wednesday 22 April at 7.30pm Lamb, Hirano

Tuesday 28 April at 7.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Friday 1 May at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

Saturday 9 May at 7.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Saturday 16 May at 1.30pm Naghdi, Ball

Saturday 16 May at 7.30pm Nuñez, Muntagirov

 

*Role debut with The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

#Principal guest artist

†Live cinema relay

 

 

 

 

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Really appreciate this, JM

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4 hours ago, bangorballetboy said:

To attach a pdf, you need to save it to your desktop (or elsewhere on your computer) then either drag it to the paperclip or click on "choose files" and locate the saved pdf.

 

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I tried repeatedly to do this using the 'choose files' option as I have done before but for some reason it didn't come up in my documents list when I searched from the forum even though it did seem to be there. I also tried the paperclip option but didn't really know how it worked; how to drag a document file from my hard drive to the Forum. 

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Does anyone know if Fumi Kaneko has danced Odette/Odile with the company previously? I’d thought this was a role debut for her but don’t see the asterix next to her name that usually signifies a debut. 

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9 hours ago, Riva said:

Does anyone know if Fumi Kaneko has danced Odette/Odile with the company previously? I’d thought this was a role debut for her but don’t see the asterix next to her name that usually signifies a debut. 

 

 Her 'debut' is at a 'family matinee' so, presumably, the asterisk is there.

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The cast list above appears to make a distinction between “guest artist” (Thiago Soares) and “principal guest artist” (David Hallberg). If I remember correctly,   Carlos Acosta used to be referred to as a principal guest artist. If Hallberg has been given the same title, might this explain why he is cast so frequently?

 

Edited to add that I have looked at an old company list and “principal guest artist” was also the title given to Sylvie Guillem.

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17 minutes ago, Bluebird said:

The cast list above appears to make a distinction between “guest artist” (Thiago Soares) and “principal guest artist” (David Hallberg). If I remember correctly,   Carlos Acosta used to be referred to as a principal guest artist. If Hallberg has been given the same title, might this explain why he is cast so frequently?

 

Edited to add that I have looked at an old company list and “principal guest artist” was also the title given to Sylvia Guillem.

 

If Hallberg now has that designation, it's strange that it hasn't been announced.

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6 minutes ago, bridiem said:

 

If Hallberg now has that designation, it's strange that it hasn't been announced.

 

I’m glad you quoted me, Bridiem, as it brought to my attention the fact that my iPad had changed Sylvie to Sylvia! I’ve now corrected the original.

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43 minutes ago, Bluebird said:

The cast list above appears to make a distinction between “guest artist” (Thiago Soares) and “principal guest artist” (David Hallberg). If I remember correctly,   Carlos Acosta used to be referred to as a principal guest artist. If Hallberg has been given the same title, might this explain why he is cast so frequently?

 

I hope not! I'm reluctant to speculate but, surely, it is because Osipova likes to dance with Hallberg. They both talk about this frequently.

If anyone is going to become 'Principal Guest Artist' with a permanent status, I can think of far better candidates - dancers whose occasional appearances have caused a real buzz, of the kind which Hallberg has not.

[I've been asking myself why I feel quite strongly about this and I think that it is that 1) a regular guest should really be 'something special' and give absolutely top notch performances  and 2) I am (perhaps overly) conscious of the needs of the RB's young, up-and-coming dancers (who I would actually rather see perform). Maybe the subject of companies using guest principals merits a separate thread?]

 

 

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Hope this works...I emailed ROH and they responded very quickly so top marks for customer service.

 

(Why they don't just put this online in the first place though to save that additional admin...it's hardly confidential information! Maybe it's because it would take away from people continually checking the websites and reducing their 'hit rate'?) 

 

@jmhopton it seems I am able to successfully download the file you uploaded, sorry I didn't realise you were able to upload due to the discussion. This is a PDF anyway rather than word so at least it's not a complete duplication! 

 

The Royal Ballet Winter Ballet Casting 2020.pdf

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9 hours ago, JNC said:

Hope this works...I emailed ROH and they responded very quickly so top marks for customer service.

 

(Why they don't just put this online in the first place though to save that additional admin...it's hardly confidential information! Maybe it's because it would take away from people continually checking the websites and reducing their 'hit rate'?) 

 

@jmhopton it seems I am able to successfully download the file you uploaded, sorry I didn't realise you were able to upload due to the discussion. This is a PDF anyway rather than word so at least it's not a complete duplication! 

 

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Yes my original was a PDF but as I had such a bother to transfer it to the Forum I changed it to a Word doc but still had bother so that's why I just ended up copying it in full. How did you do it JNC? My technical skills aren't that great!

Like you JNC I don't know why it can't be easily available on the wonderful new website. I tried again searching for it several times under every permutation I can think of and still can't find it. So I emailed them again to thank them for getting back to me so promptly and for the information but asking for a URL so I can access it every season without having to email but I haven't heard back yet.

I'll keep you posted!

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8 minutes ago, jmhopton said:

 

Yes my original was a PDF but as I had such a bother to transfer it to the Forum I changed it to a Word doc but still had bother so that's why I just ended up copying it in full. How did you do it JNC? My technical skills aren't that great!

Like you JNC I don't know why it can't be easily available on the wonderful new website. I tried again searching for it several times under every permutation I can think of and still can't find it. So I emailed them again to thank them for getting back to me so promptly and for the information but asking for a URL so I can access it every season without having to email but I haven't heard back yet.

I'll keep you posted!

 

So I clicked the 'choose files' and found the file in my downloads folder. Sorry I know you had a right nightmare uploading and I don't doubt that you did the same thing as me...I have previously struggled to embed instagram pictures/videos on here which others seem to have no issue with (and I believe I followed the instructions as it were) so I guess sometimes it just doesn't want to do it!

 

 

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13 hours ago, capybara said:

 

 Her 'debut' is at a 'family matinee' so, presumably, the asterisk is there.

I suspect you are right, just questioned it as Magri has the debut asterix next to her public performance instead of the schools one. Perhaps ROH classify school and welcome performances differently. 

 

Looking forward to these debuts (also and particularly Francesca Hayward)!

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37 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said:

Just had a look at Winter pricing: Swan Lake is I think the same as the Autumn Sleeping Beauty (i.e. steep);

 

And I think Beauty is even steeper than the first-run performances of Swan Lake, isn't it?

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23 minutes ago, alison said:

 

And I think Beauty is even steeper than the first-run performances of Swan Lake, isn't it?

 

Like-for-like, yes, at least those tickets within my budget are - and furthermore the seats I had last time have been bumped up a band on top.

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Just received from the ROH:

Our records show that you are due to attend a performance of The Cellist/Dances at a Gathering. We are contacting you to let you know about the following cast changes:

Friday 28 February, 7.30pm
Wednesday 4 March, 7.30pm

Marcelino Sambé is replaced by Calvin Richardson.

 

Edited to add that I've checked the casting on the production page and Marcelino Sambé is now down to do the first cast - i.e. they've just swapped casts.

https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-cellist-dances-at-a-gathering-dates

 

Edited again as another email has just arrived:

Our records show that you are due to attend a performance of The Cellist/Dances at a Gathering. We are contacting you to let you know about the following cast changes:

Monday 17 February, 7.30pm
Tuesday 18 February, 7.30pm
Tuesday 25 February, 7.30pm
Monday 2 March, 7.30pm

Calvin Richardson is replaced by Marcelino Sambé

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Bluebird said:

Just received from the ROH:

Our records show that you are due to attend a performance of The Cellist/Dances at a Gathering. We are contacting you to let you know about the following cast changes:

Friday 28 February, 7.30pm
Wednesday 4 March, 7.30pm

Marcelino Sambé is replaced by Calvin Richardson.

 

Edited to add that I've checked the casting on the production page and Marcelino Sambé is now down to do the first cast - i.e. they've just swapped casts.

https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-cellist-dances-at-a-gathering-dates

 

 

That's interesting - the email which I too have just had implies that Calvin Richardson has been replaced in all four performances not that there has been a swap ! Don't they proof read these messages before sending them? 

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That's interesting - the email which I too have just had implies that Calvin Richardson has been replaced in all four performances ! Don't they proof read these messages before sending them? 

 

I think you've misinterpreted the cast change.  Calvin Richardson is replaced by Marcelino Sambé in the first cast's four performances.  He replaces Marcelino Sambé in the other two.

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5 minutes ago, Bluebird said:

 

I think you've misinterpreted the cast change.  Calvin Richardson is replaced by Marcelino Sambé in the first cast's four performances.  He replaces Marcelino Sambé in the other two.

 

Yes I know - the email doesn't say that though.

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Actually glad to see just a swap! I’m not going until March 4th and was worried at first that Sambe must have a serious injury for them to be announcing his “replacement” now! 
I only got the email referring to the performance I was attending. 

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3 minutes ago, LinMM said:

Actually glad to see just a swap! I’m not going until March 4th and was worried at first that Sambe must have a serious injury for them to be announcing his “replacement” now! 
I only got the email referring to the performance I was attending. 

 

When I got the first email I thought maybe he’d accepted a role in a film like Francesca Hayward did...then the second one came through and they’re just swapping dates 

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40 minutes ago, Rob S said:

 

When I got the first email I thought maybe he’d accepted a role in a film like Francesca Hayward did...then the second one came through and they’re just swapping dates 

 

I got the first, not the second! 

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