beck_hen Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I was inspired to start the topic by the new Dancers thread on Sascha Radetsky. I saw his amazing Petrouchka last year, which blew Corella, Cornejo and Bocca out of the water, IMO. What performances over the past few years deserve to be recorded for posterity? With no deference to balanced casting or the star system, here are my picks: Hallberg and Abrera in Afternoon of a Faun Radetsky's Petrouchka the Part/Gomes White Swan Hallberg, Alexander, et al in The Green Table Murphy-led cast of In the Upper Room Edit: I forgot E. Cornejo's Rodeo! A double disc? Link to comment
Haglund's Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 That's MY list!! I would also add everything-Bocca (except Cartes) from the time of, and including his last two R&Js. I would add the Part, Gomes, Abrera Ballet Imperial from 2005; the Herrera-Corella Swan Lake from the Saturday Matinee in 2005; all performances of Mr. Franklin in R&J. It's going to be kind of a long, and expensive CD, I guess. Link to comment
fandeballet Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Here's my list: 1- June17 and/or June 20, 2002 Corsaire with Herrera, Acosta, and Corella. The Met's roof was almost blown off by the audience's reaction to what they saw on stage!!!! Two truly memorable evenings!! 2- Radetsky's Petrouchka. It was a truly heartbreaking experience. 3- Bocca's farewell perf. with Ferri in Manon. Link to comment
Dansuer85 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Anything with Julie Kent really. She needs to be preserved on film before she retires!(which let us hope is still a few years away!) Link to comment
Petite_Arabesque Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Ohhh fandeballet I so agree with you! I saw one of those performances and it was just.....indescribable. I've never felt quite the way I did after the famous pas de trois. I constantly wish I could see that performance again! Link to comment
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