richard53dog Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Online ticket sales are scheduled to begin Sunday at 12 noon here:http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/abt/ Updated casting is given for each date. If it is like last year, you select a section and the site offers specific seats. You might wish to register on the site before sales begin, especially given the apparently high subscription sales this season. Yes, you get exact seat locations. Very nice. The website is a bit slow today, probably a lot of activity. I bopped around various performances, the only one I saw that didn't have none or just one location sold out was the Ferri Farewell Romeo. The website shows ALL locations sold except Family Circle. This may be a bit misleading as there may be partial view box seats available but the Met likes to sell them only at the BO so that that they can be sure ticket buyers know what they are getting. Actually, in my experience, if you are very carefull, some of the box seats are not so bad. Link to comment
richard53dog Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Something else I noticed on the Met website regarding standing room Standing Room Tickets: Orchestra Standing Room tickets will be available beginning at 10am on the day of the performance. Family Circle Standing Room tickets will also be available on the "day of" for Saturday performances, and Monday through Friday performances when Family Circle Seating is sold out. Tickets are subject to availability and limited to two per person. Please note that a $5.50 per ticket service charge will apply. This is a new policy this season at the opera. It did make some sense because Mo-Fr Family Circle seats and the FC standing room were the same price. But will Standing Room for ABT be $24 for the Family Circle??????? One other thing, I didn't actually go all the way through with itbut I was testing buying a Standing Room online some months ago. Imagine that? I guess we'll see Link to comment
drb Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 ... the Ferri Farewell Romeo. The website shows ALL locations sold except Family Circle. FC second row center is still on offer. Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 I was at The Met today and picked up a copy of the latest casting sheet that is available where the various brochures are kept in the lobby. It is dated April 3rd. Desmond Richardson has been replaced as TBA with Ferri in Othello on May 24th. However, the website calendar still has him listed. Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Just back from a very enjoyable Andrea Chenier at The Met. While there, I picked up yet another ABT casting sheet, this one dated April 6th. GOMES is now listed to dance with Ferri in Othello on May 24th. This will be extraordinary! Link to comment
richard53dog Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Just back from a very enjoyable Andrea Chenier at The Met. While there, I picked up yet another ABT casting sheet, this one dated April 6th. GOMES is now listed to dance with Ferri in Othello on May 24th. This will be extraordinary! Great, I'm looking forward to that. I wonder what the deal was with Richardson though. I heard Chenier over the radio Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I wonder what the deal was with Richardson though. I dunno. Have always wanted to see Ferri and Gomes together in something dramatic. I've wished for a Romeo and Juliet and cannot begin to imagine what that would be like. There's still time for ABT to tweak the schedule. I think we, as devoted, hard working, ticket-buying loyalists, deserve (yes, deserve) a Gomes-Ferri Romeo and Juliet. I feel a petition evolving. Link to comment
drb Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 For worried web-buyers, ABT's web casting is now in 100% agreement with the cast sheet at The Met this morning. Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Keeping in mind that Gomes is coming back from an injury, I thought the following performance tally for the Met season (extracted from bios on the website) was interesting: 7 - Beloserkovsky 7 - Carreno 13 - Corella 7 - Cornejo 19 - Gomes 14 - Hallberg 6 - Malakhov 11 - Stiefel It just doesn't look final to me. Link to comment
drb Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Keeping in mind that Gomes is coming back from an injury, I thought the following performance tally for the Met season (extracted from bios on the website) was interesting:... 19 - Gomes ... It just doesn't look final to me. Very good point. And this doesn't count the Gala, nor two or three Rothbarts, his great role in Swan Lake, that is nearly comparable to dancing Siegfried. Moreover, he gets to lift some of the heaviest ballerinas. I recall Hallberg's comments last year on The Winger as to how killing dancing the male lead in Cinderella was for him and Gomes. And that comes at season's end. Link to comment
christine174 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Thanks, Haglund's, for some very interesting tallies. I for one hope it IS final! I would be very happy to see Gomes and Hallberg more than anyone this season. Looking forward to the spring season... and Veronika's promotion...? Link to comment
4mrdncr Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 NOT so accurate TALLIES: Sorry (Hagland?) but your tallies are wrong because you included the March performance tour dates for each dancer. Corrected tallies for MET season only (NOT including any possible Gala perfomance) per 4/10/07 ABT website: MB-7 JMC-5 AC-11 HC-4 MG-19 DH-9 VM-6 ES-9 Of course all is subject to change by ABT management, or more advanced mathematicians/statisticians. Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Yikes! You're right. But that makes Gomes's total look even more unlikely doesn't it? I mean, 19 performances with the closest next total Corella with 11. I'm now beginning to wonder about those Sleeping Beauty dates, and whether he and Part are just keeping the spaces warm for someone else - like Ananiashvili. This male casting is really very lopsided. Link to comment
aurora Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Yikes! You're right. But that makes Gomes's total look even more unlikely doesn't it? I mean, 19 performances with the closest next total Corella with 11. I'm now beginning to wonder about those Sleeping Beauty dates, and whether he and Part are just keeping the spaces warm for someone else - like Ananiashvili. This male casting is really very lopsided. Hmm, I agree about Gomes' total looking really out of keeping with the others. I can't imagine that they would announce the world premiere of Sleeping Beauty as Part and Gomes as a placeholder however. They would have left it TBA, as it was until a few weeks ago. I do suspect you are right that some of Gomes' castings will go away, however. 19 is a LOT more than anyone else... Link to comment
carbro Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 19 is an indication that Marcelo's versatility is boundless. One explanation why he has so many more is that he is the only man who will dance in both ballets on the mixed bill program -- Symphonie Concertante and The Dream. Link to comment
drb Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 The Met ticket site has posted casting for ABT's Opening Night: Monday, May 14, 2007, 6:30 pm Company, Dvorovenko, Part, Vishneva, Wiles, Beloserkovsky, Lang-Lang, Reyes, Cornejo, Kent, Carreño, Ananiashvili, Corella, Ferri, Gomes, Herrera, Murphy, Hallberg, Stiefel http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/abt/ In detail: La Bayadère Act II excerpts: Company 2.The Sleeping Beauty excerpts: Irina Dvorovenko, Veronika Part, Diana Vishneva, Michele Wiles, Maxim Beloserkovsky Piece d'Occasion: Lang- Lang Romeo & Juliet Balcony PdD: Xiomara Reyes, Erica Cornejo Manon Act I PdD: Julie Kent, Jose Manuel Carreño Swan Lake Act III PdD: Nina Ananiashvili, Angel Corella Othello Act III PdD: Alessandra Ferri, Marcelo Gomes La Bayadère Act I excerpts: Paloma Herrera, Gillian Murphy, David Hallberg, Ethan Stiefel I suspect they've got a first name wrong for R&J! Link to comment
Haglund's Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Romeo & Juliet Balcony PdD: Xiomara Reyes, Erica Cornejo I suspect they've got a first name wrong for R&J! That's priceless! Obviously, Erica still is in the forefront of the minds of others as well as our own. Link to comment
drb Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Still not up on ABT's site, so there's still time to beat the rush on the box office (and three sections are sold out already). I especially welcome the chance to see Ferri/Gomes in the Othello PdD without having to sit through the whole boring score. Link to comment
4mrdncr Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I especially welcome the chance to see Ferri/Gomes in the Othello PdD without having to sit through the whole boring score. Ditto. PS. As of 3pm today, Erica must have informed the Met/ABT she was otherwise occupied, because Juliet will now have a Romeo danced by Herman Cornejo. Link to comment
Rosa Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 It certainly would be different to see the Romeo & Juliet Balcony PdD with two Juliets. :grinning-smiley-001: Link to comment
Dale Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 The official word on the Opening Night Gala: PIANIST LANG LANG TO PERFORM AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S OPENING NIGHT SPRING GALA MONDAY, MAY 14, 6:30 P.M. AT METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE A special performance by acclaimed concert pianist Lang Lang will highlight American Ballet Theatre’s Spring Gala on Monday evening, May 14 at 6:30 P.M. at the Metropolitan Opera House. The evening, which opens ABT’s 2007 Spring engagement, will feature ABT’s Principal Dancers performing highlights from the season. In his first appearance with American Ballet Theatre, Lang Lang will perform Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2, accompanied on-stage by ABT’s dancers performing a pas de deux created especially for the evening by choreographer Brian Reeder. Lang Lang will also perform Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Additional highlights of ABT’s Opening Night performance include excerpts from the upcoming World Premiere of The Sleeping Beauty with performances by Michele Wiles, Veronika Part, Diana Vishneva, Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky. The evening will also feature Xiomara Reyes and Herman Cornejo in the balcony pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet, Julie Kent and Jose Manuel Carreño performing the Act I pas de deux from Manon, Nina Ananiashvili and Angel Corella in the pas de deux from Swan Lake Act III, Alessandra Ferri and Marcelo Gomes in the pas deux from Act III of Othello, and Paloma Herrera, David Hallberg, Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel performing excerpts from Act I of La Bayadère. ABT’s Spring Gala is sponsored by Carolina Herrera, Ltd., First American Title Insurance Company of New York, Graff, Griffon Corporation, Tivia & Richard Kramer, La Prairie and RexCorp Realty. Caroline Kennedy and Blaine Trump will serve as Honorary Chairmen for The Spring Gala and Co-Chairmen for the evening include Sloan Lindemann Barnett, Tory Burch, Susan Fales-Hill and Carolina Herrera. Underwriting Co-Chairmen include Maria and Henri Barguirdjjan, Arlene and Harvey Blau, Lynne Florio and Malcolm Sage, Tivia and Richard Kramer, Nora and James Orphanides and Debby and Scott Rechler. Vice Chairmen are Dassyi Olarte de Kanavos, Anne Grauso and Tara Rockefeller. A Gala dinner under the Tent at Lincoln Center will immediately follow the performance. Gala benefit tickets priced at $1,500, $2,000 and $2,500 include the performance and post-performance dinner. For Gala benefit ticket information only, call American Ballet Theatre’s Special Events office at 212-477-3030, ext. 3239. Performance-only tickets are priced $27-$140 and are available at the Metropolitan Opera House box office or by calling 212-362-6000. For more information, please visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org <http://www.abt.org/> . AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Metropolitan Opera House - Spring, 2007 Mon. Eve., May 14, 6:30 P.M. GALA – LA BAYADÈRE – Act II Shades opening adagio; THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Excerpts) – Lilac Fairy (Act III) – Wiles; Rose Adagio – Part; Act II Variation – Vishneva; Act III Grand Pas – Dvorovenko, Beloserkovsky; PIÈCE D’OCCASION – Lang Lang; ROMEO AND JULIET Balcony Pas de Deux – Reyes, Cornejo MANON Act I Pas de Deux – Kent, Carreño; SWAN LAKE Act III Pas de Deux – Ananiashvili, Corella; OTHELLO Act III Pas de Deux – Ferri, Gomes; LA BAYADÈRE (Act I excerpts) - Temple Pas de Deux – Herrera, Hallberg; Gamzatti Pas D’Action Variation – Murphy; Solor Pas D’Action Variation – Stiefel; Pas D’Action Coda - Murphy Link to comment
SanderO Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I just received a notice from ABT: ABT is having a "special feature of the Shakespeare Festival" for subscribers to attend a talk about Romeo and Juliet at: 6:30 pm on Tuesday, 19 June at List Hall, Met Opera House Admission $20 fearturing: Alessandra Ferri Moderator: Wendy Perron If you stick around the MetOpera, the ABT is performing R&J that evening with Herrera and Gomez. Link to comment
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