Blogs about: January April 2011
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Gianni Schicchi, Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, April 2011
We entered the theatre late, but though the Chinese are very punctual it didn’t matter a bit. Silently taking our seats we found ourselves watching a spoken prologue — in Chinese. The side-title… more →
Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews
Gianni Schicchi, Beijing, National Centre for the Performing Arts, April 2011
wrote 2 years ago: We entered the theatre late, but though the Chinese are very punctual it didn’t matter a bit. … more →
Manon, with Benjamin and McRae, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, April 2011
wrote 2 years ago: This work is one of the jewels in the Royal Ballet’s crown, and it hardly seems thirty-seven y … more →
The Tsar's Bride, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, April 2011
wrote 2 years ago: This is about love, jealousy, guilt and remorse — ideal material for opera — ostensibly set in the t … more →
Le Comte Ory, Metropolitan Opera, live cinema relay, April 2011
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wrote 2 years ago: This uniquely Rossinian opera — his penultimate — is wonderful fun, and I’m delighted the Met … more →
Opera Shots: The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Doctor's Tale, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, April 2011
wrote 2 years ago: The Tell-Tale Heart is an Edgar Allan Poe story in which the narrator kills an old man whose pale bl … more →
Derek Jacobi as King Lear, Richmond Theatre, April 2011
wrote 2 years ago: From the first moments of irascible folly to the final moments of grief as he cradles the body of hi … more →
The House of Atreus, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Imagine a Greek theatre director adapting three of Shakespeare’s history plays into a single e … more →
Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), London Coliseum, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Stage versions of Cinderella are many and varied. In Rossini’s opera there’s a pompous s … more →
Cause Célèbre, The Old Vic, London, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: A young man kills his lover’s husband in a fit of jealousy. Should he hang? This is 1935 when … more →
Preview — Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet, London Coliseum, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Following its world premiere in Birmingham last November, and Christmas Day BBC Television debut, Bi … more →
The Three Pintos, University College Opera, UCL, Bloomsbury Theatre, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: There’s only one real Don Pinto, the other two being imposters. The real one is on his way to … more →
A Magic Flute, C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, at the Barbican, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Singing in German, speaking in French with the occasional bit of German or English thrown in, and su … more →
The Return of Ulysses, English National Opera, ENO, at the Young Vic, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: The return of Odysseus to Ithaca and his faithful wife, Penelope forms the end of the Odyssey, that … more →
Swan Lake, English National Ballet, ENB, London Coliseum, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: With the recent success of the movie Black Swan, Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake is filling aud … more →
Anna Karenina, Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Those who have read Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina will remember her falling under the train. They ma … more →
Swan Lake, with Rojo and Acosta, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Tamara Rojo is the quintessential Odette/Odile, showing a wonderful purity of movement as Odette, th … more →
Rhapsody, Sensorium, and Still Life at the Penguin Café, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: Why were there empty seats? This is a wonderful Triple Bill, and the Royal Ballet gave a glorious pe … more →
La Clemenza di Tito, English Touring Opera, ETO, Hackney Empire, London, March 2011
wrote 2 years ago: This is essentially Mozart’s last opera, though its premiere on 6th September 1791, was 24 day … more →
Aida, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, March 2011
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wrote 2 years ago: Exiles and refugees in the modern world can take their gods with them, but it was not always so. Thi … more →
