miliosr Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 The POB's Web site is carrying an announcement that the double bill of the opera Iolanta and the "ballet" The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette), which was set to premiere tonight, wouldn't be happening due to a national strike. Instead, the opera was scheduled to go on alone in a concert version with no sets or costumes. Link to comment
mussel Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Videos of the new Nutcracker: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDoA1MDtaQw/?tagged=iolantacassenoisette https://www.instagram.com/p/BDlxTu9mi_9/?tagged=iolantacassenoisette https://www.instagram.com/p/BDn86vZtaYf/?tagged=iolantacassenoisette https://www.instagram.com/p/BDqh-EwlKMT/?taken-by=operadeparis https://www.instagram.com/p/BC-xXpVQVfW/?tagged=iolantacassenoisette Link to comment
sandik Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Wow -- the visual effects in the snow scene made me think of the tornado in the Wizard of Oz. Link to comment
silvermash Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 that was actually brilliant! Link to comment
miliosr Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Leigh Witchel reviews the Iolanta/Casse-Noisette double bill: http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2016/04/unequal-treatment.html Unsurprisingly, he found the choreography for Casse-Noisette to be the weak link. Link to comment
miliosr Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Ismene Brown reviews the POB's performance of Alexei Ratmansky's Scarlatti sonatas piece, Seven Sonatas, in Paris and the Richard Alston company's performance of Alston's Scarlatti sonatas piece, An Italian in Madrid, in London: http://www.spectator.co.uk/millepieds-final-spring-programme-for-the-paris-opera-ballet-is-brazenly-american/ Brown's review is a treat because her comparison of the Alston and Ratmansky Scarlatti pieces reflects something that Arlene Croce wrote about all the way back in 1978: "Sometimes coincidences occur in the use of a plot or a score that are like unannounced contests." How interesting to compare two very different pieces linked by a single composer and then try to rank them! Link to comment
miliosr Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 The casting is up for Giselle: https://www.operadeparis.fr/saison-15-16/ballet/giselle/distribution#head On the 5th, is that Arthus Raveau's debut as Albrecht? (In fact, are the top three all debuts?) Link to comment
silvermash Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 The casting is up for Giselle: https://www.operadeparis.fr/saison-15-16/ballet/giselle/distribution#head On the 5th, is that Arthus Raveau's debut as Albrecht? (In fact, are the top all debuts?) Bourdon danced Myrtha in Sydney Australia in 2013. Raveau, Guérineau, Renaud and Paul Marque/Sophie Mayoux are all debuts Link to comment
miliosr Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Bourdon danced Myrtha in Sydney Australia in 2013. Raveau, Guerineau, Renaud and Paul Marque/Sophie Mayoux are all debuts Thanks for the information. I hope one of our French correspondents attends and reports back! Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Did any of our French correspondents go to see Guerineau and Raveau in Giselle? Link to comment
silvermash Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I was disappointed. They both have strong technique but lack acting skills which impaired the storytelling. Anyway it's good they had the opportunity to dance it, it will give them a wonderful stage experience. Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 I was disappointed. They both have strong technique but lack acting skills which impaired the storytelling. Anyway it's good they had the opportunity to dance it, it will give them a wonderful stage experience. Thanks, silvermash! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 The company has posted some of Karl Lagerfeld's designs for Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet. third movementhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BGmC0Q6tac-/ fourth movementhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BGlyzuvNadm/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmB8ZnNaa_/ Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Costumes in the flesh: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGhncTvrXL5/?tagged=karlpaquette Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Another costume picture for Brahms-Schoenberg: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGuLf8DAX6f/?taken-by=cyril_chok Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 American Choreographers at the Paris Opera exhibit: https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/visits/exhibitions Link to comment
sandik Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 American Choreographers at the Paris Opera exhibit: https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/visits/exhibitions Thanks for the link -- it looks fascinating. Link to comment
miliosr Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 I hope some of our French correspondents can report back about how things are going in Paris with the POB at the Bastille (w/ the Peck/Balanchine program), the POB at the Garnier (w/ the Forsythe program) and the New York City Ballet in residence in Paris. Is the Paris audience big enough to sustain all this at the same time??? Link to comment
silvermash Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Is the Paris audience big enough to sustain all this at the same time??? No! I'll try next week to report a bit about what's going on onstage after the opening of the Forsythe bill... Link to comment
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