Lizbie1 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Pn the subject of Gremin’s age: IIRC, he’s supposed to be about 60, so I’ve always had the rather insensitive thought that the true test of Onegin’s affection would be to see whether he’d wait for Tatyana until Gremin snuffed it! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) I thought both the younger Prince Gremin’s that I saw did a good job of being discrete and attentive Edited January 21, 2020 by FionaE Change source to original post by Lucas BB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I think that Bennet Gartside played Gremin with very considerable distinction when he was really young. I'm glad to be reminded that the previous outings for Onegin were in 2013 and 2015. That could mean that we won't have to wait as long as 5 years before it returns after this run. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorist Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 In previous runs, with Avis or Gartside as Gremin, I remember being very moved by the pd2 with Tatiana. Not, I'm afraid, with Brændsrød this evening, when I saw little tenderness on display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Thanks Rob! I thought this was a tour de force from Nunez who seems to understand the role of Tatiana so well and danced all those difficult movements so perfectly! And a wonderful, supportive debut from Hirano who judged Onegin's character really well and acted and danced with great subtlety. Edmonds was also pretty fine in his own debut as Lensky, partnering the wonderful, fluid, airy and joyful classical dancing of Takada as Olga. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Richard LH said: Thanks Rob! I thought this was a tour de force from Nunez who seems to understand the role of Tatiana so well and danced all those difficult movements so perfectly! And a wonderful, supportive debut from Hirano who judged Onegin's character really well and acted and danced with great subtlety. Edmonds was also pretty fine in his own debut as Lensky, partnering the wonderful, fluid, airy and joyful classical dancing of Takada as Olga. Edmonds has danced Lensky before, in the 2015 run. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Isn't Takada absolutely glorious as Olga? I recall her getting a Critic's Circle Award for her performance in this role in 2013 - no wonder! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, capybara said: Isn't Takada absolutely glorious as Olga? I recall her getting a Critic's Circle Award for her performance in this role in 2013 - no wonder! just a nomination, IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, bangorballetboy said: just a nomination, IIRC Whoops! Of course, you are in THE position to know BBB. Apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Sim said: Edmonds has danced Lensky before, in the 2015 run. Thanks Sim - sorry I didn't check properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, capybara said: Isn't Takada absolutely glorious as Olga? I recall her getting a Critic's Circle Award for her performance in this role in 2013 - no wonder! Yes she is so lovely in this! In my mind, at least, she DOES get some sort of Award for her beautiful performance. Looking forward to seeing her again in February...meanwhile I hope she enjoys the RB Gala in Tokyo at the end of this month, having unfortunately missed RB's Japan tour last summer. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 21/01/2020 at 08:01, annamk said: Thank you FioneE. So glad someone has posted about Donnelly, I wasn't able to make the performance so was really keen to hear how he did. He's had very few opportunities in soloist roles, his last big one was The Invitation in which I thought he danced neatly with musicality and gave a thoughtful and intelligent character portrayal. As you say, so nice to see him given such a prominent role and he was excellent. Hopefully onwards and upwards for him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegro Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, MJW said: As you say, so nice to see him given such a prominent role and he was excellent. Hopefully onwards and upwards for him ! On 20/01/2020 at 23:12, FionaE said: The standout performance for me of all 3 casts was David Donnelly as Lensky. His final solo before the duel was incredibly moving. I knew he had fabulous technique (beautiful developpes, pirouettes and jumps, luscious movements), but I didn’t know he could portray emotion like this. So so wonderful. I will never forget it. I can’t stop thinking about it. I too enjoyed David Donnelly’s performance at the matinee of 18th January. I thought he had wonderful musicality, he was able to project the emotions up to the amphitheatre and had beautiful technique. However, this was all spoilt for me unfortunately by his noisy landings. Such a shame and a schoolboy error for me. He had great plié and good feet but he didn’t use either on his jumps/landings. Meaghan Grace Hinkis captured such a delightful portrayal of Olga, I thoroughly enjoyed her performance. I loved Cranko’s choreography. Tricky pdd’s but interesting to see a move where the dancers partner adds an extra tempo within the step to whip the dancer round his body (not explaining this well at all but have absolutely no idea what it would be called, sorry!). I’m very envious of you all who can attend multiple performances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 “I too enjoyed David Donnelly’s performance at the matinee of 18th January. I thought he had wonderful musicality, he was able to project the emotions up to the amphitheatre and had beautiful technique. However, this was all spoilt for me unfortunately by his noisy landings. Such a shame and a schoolboy error for me. He had great plié and good feet but he didn’t use either on his jumps/landings.” I’ve had a ludicrously busy week and although I’ve formulated thoughts on the Onegin matinee and the ENB Saturday night Gala I’ve not yet committed in writing, but I have to agree with Allegro re the noisy landings. It was particularly noticeable next to Thiago Soares who doesn’t now in technical terms have the younger dancer’s pliancy but was much more disciplined in such matters. And, I’ll try to write at more length, I thought Mendizabal was wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarianne Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 21/01/2020 at 11:17, Lizbie1 said: Pn the subject of Gremin’s age: IIRC, he’s supposed to be about 60, so I’ve always had the rather insensitive thought that the true test of Onegin’s affection would be to see whether he’d wait for Tatyana until Gremin snuffed it! Pushkin never specified how old Gremin was and his interaction with Onegin right before he saw Tatiana again would suggest they were fairly close in age. My guess would be he is around 40. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Allegro said: Meaghan Grace Hinkis captured such a delightful portrayal of Olga, I thoroughly enjoyed her performance. Yes - I'll be totally honest and say Hinkis is not a favourite dancer of mine, but in this role I think she's perfect. 11 hours ago, Jamesrhblack said: I’ve had a ludicrously busy week and although I’ve formulated thoughts on the Onegin matinee and the ENB Saturday night Gala I’ve not yet committed in writing, but I have to agree with Allegro re the noisy landings. It was particularly noticeable next to Thiago Soares who doesn’t now in technical terms have the younger dancer’s pliancy but was much more disciplined in such matters. And, I’ll try to write at more length, I thought Mendizabal was wonderful. I wish I'd known you were there! I agree, Mendizabal was terrific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, RuthE said: I wish I'd known you were there! I agree, Mendizabal was terrific. Mendizabal generally is. I do hope that the RB doesn't allow her to slip through the net with insufficient recognition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 A review of the Nunez/Hirano/Takada/Edmonds cast which I don't think has been picked up yet by the Dance Links forum... https://www.thejc.com/culture/dance/dance-review-onegin-1.495757 Interestingly I note Takada first danced Olga back in 2010 when a First Artist, and just two years into her RB career. It seems to have been rather a "breakout" role for her, helping her later progression.....Anyway she must be one of the most experienced Company members for Onegin now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Richard LH said: A review of the Nunez/Hirano/Takada/Edmonds cast which I don't think has been picked up yet by the Dance Links forum... https://www.thejc.com/culture/dance/dance-review-onegin-1.495757 Interestingly I note Takada first danced Olga back in 2010 when a First Artist, and just two years into her RB career. It seems to have been rather a "breakout" role for her, helping her later progression.....Anyway she must be one of the most experienced Company members for Onegin now. Takada was paired with Muntagirov in the last run (2015) IIRC. I especially loved her with Bracewell in Swan Lake in 2018 but a partnership with Vadim in other ballets would be equally alluring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, capybara said: Takada was paired with Muntagirov in the last run (2015) IIRC. I especially loved her with Bracewell in Swan Lake in 2018 but a partnership with Vadim in other ballets would be equally alluring. Yes indeed, and they do have form....she was paired with Vadim in The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote in 2014, and in Swan Lake 2015. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Allegro said: I too enjoyed David Donnelly’s performance at the matinee of 18th January. I thought he had wonderful musicality, he was able to project the emotions up to the amphitheatre and had beautiful technique. However, this was all spoilt for me unfortunately by his noisy landings. Such a shame and a schoolboy error for me. He had great plié and good feet but he didn’t use either on his jumps/landings. Meaghan Grace Hinkis captured such a delightful portrayal of Olga, I thoroughly enjoyed her performance. I loved Cranko’s choreography. Tricky pdd’s but interesting to see a move where the dancers partner adds an extra tempo within the step to whip the dancer round his body (not explaining this well at all but have absolutely no idea what it would be called, sorry!). I’m very envious of you all who can attend multiple performances. I’ve booked again for 22nd February so I will see if he has softened his landings ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, MJW said: I’ve booked again for 22nd February so I will see if he has softened his landings ! yes, that was the only thing that 'spoiled' his performance in my book - he looked supeb though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I honestly didn’t notice Donelly’s landings; maybe it depends where one sits? Perhaps I was engrossed in how marvellous his acting was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_skichick Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Anna C said: I honestly didn’t notice Donelly’s landings; maybe it depends where one sits? Perhaps I was engrossed in how marvellous his acting was. Very loud landings from stalls circle left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 20 hours ago, capybara said: Takada was paired with Muntagirov in the last run (2015) IIRC. I especially loved her with Bracewell in Swan Lake in 2018 but a partnership with Vadim in other ballets would be equally alluring. Facebook tells me that on this day five years ago, I (and no doubt many others on this forum) saw double-Onegin, with Mendizabal/Kish/Stix-Brunell/Edmonds/Stepanek in the afternoon (from a front-row seat, as I recall - ah, for the days when you could get good seats for a reasonable price at matinees...) and Nunez/Soares/Takada/Muntagirov/Hirano in the evening 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 20/01/2020 at 12:06, pasdedeux said: Late to the party, but I thought the Saturday evening performance was really memorable - not faultless, but very, very enticing. ... Even later to the party (new to the forum and still exploring!) but I saw the same cast, and my comments were almost exactly the same as yours. It would be unfair of me to compare Reece's debut to dancers with much more experience in the role, but as a fan of his since his RBS days, I'm sure he will mature brilliantly into it. I'm hoping to snap up some tickets for Anna Rose's debut later in the run. Rather sad that Laura Morera's Tatiana and Yuhui Choe's Olga won't be seen this run 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Just now, Meetmeatthebarre said: I'm hoping to snap up some tickets for Anna Rose's debut later in the run. Her debut is tonight... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, RuthE said: Her debut is tonight... I should have been clearer - I meant her "debut run"! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Hello Meetmeatthebarre and welcome to the Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Ditto. Loved the name when I first spotted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Meetmeatthebarre said: I should have been clearer - I meant her "debut run"! Yes welcome Meetatthebarre...it looks like you have found out pretty early on that a few of us on this Forum (not excluding myself) can be pretty pedantic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 23 minutes ago, Richard LH said: Yes welcome Meetatthebarre...it looks like you have found out pretty early on that a few of us on this Forum (not excluding myself) can be pretty pedantic! Thank you for the welcome! This is ballet, so I see precision is a virtue 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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