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[leonid]

Royal Opera Website @  http://www.roh.org.u...shoi/index.aspx

[Rosa]

Looks like a real good program. I noticed the dates of Spartacus and Coppelia are the same...

[leonid]

Rosa, on Dec 27 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

Looks like a real good program. I noticed the dates of Spartacus and Coppelia are the same...

Apologies, I forgot to mention this error.

[leonid]

The Royal Opera House have amended a number of dates as follows: http://www.roh.org.u...shoi/index.aspx

[Drew]

Work may take me to London in late July--I won't have much choice about dates if I want to see the ballet (and I do!), but still would be very eager to hear any news about casting as soon as it is available.

I am, of course, aware that casts are, as they say, "subject to change."

[Jane Simpson]

Bolshoi casting has now been posted on the Royal Opera House site - obviously it may change before July. Any spelling mistakes are my own.

Spartacus  19, 20, 21, 31 July at 7.30pm, 31 July at 2pm

Vasiliev/Kaptsova/Zakharova/Volchkov 19, 31E
Nikulina/Dmitrichenko/Alexandrova/Baranov 20
Lobukhin/Kaptsova/Krysanova/Shpilevsky 21
Nikulina/Dmitirichenko/tbc/Baranov 31M


Coppélia 22, 23, 24, July at 7.30pm. 24 July at 2pm

Alexandrova/Skvortsov 22
Osipova/Lopatin 23
Stashkevich/Lopatin 24M
Osipova/Skvortsov 24E

Serenade/Giselle 26, 27, 28 July at 7.30pm

Krysanova/Leonova/Yatsenko/Shpilevsky and Zakharova/Tsiskaridze/Allash 26

Leonova/Yatsenko/Stashkevich/Shpilevsky and Osipova/Volchkov/Allash
27

Krysanova/Leonova/Yatsenko/Shpilevsky and Nikulina/Skvortsov/Leonova 28

Russian Seasons/Petrushka/Paquita 29, 30 July at 7.30pm

Alexandrova/Volchov; Vasiliev/Osipova/Savin; Osipova/Zakharova/Merkuriev 29

Vorontsova/Tsiskaridze; Lopatin/Krysanova/Biktimirov; Osipova/tbc 30

Le Corsaire 2, 3, 4, 5 August at 7.30pm

Alexandrova/Tsiskaridze/Krysanova 2, 5
Osipova/Vasiliev/Kaptsova 3
Shipulina/Skvortsov/Yatsenko 4

Don Quixote 6, 7 August at 7.30pm, 7 August at 2pm, 8 August at 3pm

Zakharova/Lobukhin 6, 8
Krysanova/Merkuriev 7M
Osipova/Vasiliev 7E

[Drew]

Thank you for posting this--I was actually planning on checking the Royal Opera House website this weekend. Not sure exactly how things will play out this summer,  but I am hoping at least to catch Coppelia!

[CHazell2]

I can't wait to see Coppelia. But I do have a question. Which ballerina should I see. Maria Alexandrova or Natalie Osipova. I have heard good things of both ballerinas and as I am a student. I can only afford to see one ballet. So which one?

Please help? I will be more than grateful

[Azulynn]

It is really up to you, Chazell - both Alexandrova and Osipova were really quite stunning in the role when the reconstruction premiered last year. Lopatin may just be the better Franz, but I suggest you watch one or two clips of both ballerinas on YT and pick the one that appeals the most to you. I particularly enjoyed Alexandrova's musicality and humour in the ballet, not to mention her rock-solid, textbook classical technique (she may just be at her peak right now), but I don't think you can really go wrong here...

[Anna P]

It's so hard to choose which one to see!  I don't know what my schedule is like in the summer but if I can only see one- I think I will see Don Q with Natalia and Ivan (it would be a dream to see them live!).  Having said that I also want to see Spartacus with Ivan and Tsiskaridze in Giselle.  Which one would you guys see?

[chiapuris]

Anna P, on Mar 30 2010, 01:18 PM, said:

It's so hard to choose which one to see!  I don't know what my schedule is like in the summer but if I can only see one- I think I will see Don Q with Natalia and Ivan (it would be a dream to see them live!).  Having said that I also want to see Spartacus with Ivan and Tsiskaridze in Giselle.  Which one would you guys see?

Definitely Osipova and Vasiliev in Don Q if you've never seen them.

I'm going to other Bolshoi perfs. but won't be there for Corsaire and Don Q.
We chose dates so we can also see Mikhailovsky perfs., esp. Laurentia and the new Swan Lake production.

[abatt]

I saw Vasiliev do the lead in Spartacus last month in Washington, D.C. with the Bolshoi.  He was incredible.

[chiapuris]

abatt, on Mar 30 2010, 08:46 PM, said:

I saw Vasiliev do the lead in Spartacus last month in Washington, D.C. with the Bolshoi.  He was incredible.

I just bought tickets for Vasiliev's Spartacus in London and some other perfs. by internet (through Hochauser's email for
priority ticket purchase good today, Mar 31, and tomorrow, April 1 only).

[Anna P]

chiapuris, on Mar 31 2010, 09:50 PM, said:

abatt, on Mar 30 2010, 08:46 PM, said:

I saw Vasiliev do the lead in Spartacus last month in Washington, D.C. with the Bolshoi.  He was incredible.

I just bought tickets for Vasiliev's Spartacus in London and some other perfs. by internet (through Hochauser's email for
priority ticket purchase good today, Mar 31, and tomorrow, April 1 only).

It's so annoying that you need to be a member to book the tickets...did u get a good seat for Spartacus with Ivan?  Do u know whether there are any good seats left (stalls) for the performances, esp Don Q with Natalia and Ivan?

[chiapuris]

Anna P, on Mar 31 2010, 03:16 PM, said:

It's so annoying that you need to be a member to book the tickets...did u get a good seat for Spartacus with Ivan?  Do u know whether there are any good seats left (stalls) for the performances, esp Don Q with Natalia and Ivan?

Anna, I checked the seating chart for Osipova/Vasiliev Don Q and there are Stalls seats in all rows (save for row A), both center aisle and sides.

I'm not an ROH member; I got the email from Hochhauser because I had bought tickets on line some years ago when the Bolshoi performed in London, thus I was on his mailing list.