PeggyR Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Can't do alink from my iPad, but check the SFB blog for casting. Edited to add link to the blog.I've got tickets for 1/25 and both performances on 2/1, but I'm going to try to trade 2/1 at 8 for 1/29 (Froustey/helimets/Messmer), which means giving up Van Patten's performance...argghh, decisions, decisions.Casting from January 25 February 2, 2014*Denotes premiere in role+premiere in Tomassons productionIn the event of injury or illness, casting is subject to changeSATURDAY, JANUARY 258:00 PMOPENING NIGHTGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Yuan Yuan TanAlbrecht: Davit KarapetyanHilarion: Ruben Martin CintasMyrtha: Sofiane SylveSUNDAY, JANUARY 26 2:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Mathilde Froustey+Albrecht: Tiit HelimetsHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Simone Messmer+TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 8:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Sarah Van PattenAlbrecht: Luke Ingham+Hilarion: Alexander Reneff-Olson*Myrtha: Sofiane SylveWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 7:30PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Mathilde FrousteyAlbrecht: Tiit HelimetsHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Simone Messmer Changed to (20 Jan): Giselle: Lorena FeijooAlbrecht: Vitor LuizHilarion:Ruben Martin CintasMyrtha: Simone MessmerTHURSDAY, JANUARY 30 8:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Ming LukeGiselle: Lorena FeijooAlbrecht: Vitor LuizHilarion: Rubin Martin CintasMyrtha: Jennifer Stahl* Changed to (20 Jan): Giselle: Maria KochetkovaAlbrecht: Joan BoadaHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Frances ChungFRIDAY, JANUARY 31 8:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Ming LukeGiselle: Maria KochetkovaAlbrecht: Joan BoadaHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Frances Chung Changed to (20 Jan): Giselle: Mathilde FrousteyAlbrecht: Tiit HelimetsHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Simone MessmerSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Yuan Yuan TanAlbrecht: Davit KarapetyanHilarion: Ruben Martin CintasMyrtha: Simone Messmer changed to (Jan 20): Jennifer Stahl* SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 8:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Martin WestGiselle: Vanessa Zahorian changed to (20 Jan) Maria KochetkovaAlbrecht: Taras DomitroHilarion: James Sofranko*Myrtha: Sofiane SylveSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 2:00PMGISELLEChoreographer: Helgi TomassonConductor: Ming LukeGiselle: Maria KochetkovaAlbrecht: Joan BoadaHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Frances Chung Changed to (20 Jan): Giselle: Sarah Van PattenAlbrecht: Luke InghamHilarion: Pascal MolatMyrtha: Frances Chung Link to comment
Helene Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Why don't I have one of those things Professor McGonagill gave Hermione Granger so that she could be more than one place at the same time ... Link to comment
mimsyb Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 So happy for Simone! How I would love to see this. Did she ever do a Myrtha when she was at ABT? Link to comment
PeggyR Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 So happy for Simone! How I would love to see this. Did she ever do a Myrtha when she was at ABT? When I saw her in the Nutcracker gpdd, the first two roles that came to mind for her were Myrtha and Lilac Fairy. I can't wait to see her. Link to comment
sandik Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Why don't I have one of those things Professor McGonagill gave Hermione Granger so that she could be more than one place at the same time ... A Time Turner -- someone needs to get on that right away! Link to comment
vipa Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 It really seems Simone Messmer did a smart thing in going to SFB. She's in a gala pas de deux and doing Myrtha several times. This would have never happened for her at ABT. ABT's loss is SFB's gain. Link to comment
California Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 It appears Messmer did Myrtha with ABT at the 2009 Met season, at least. I don't know if she did it in earlier seasons or after 2009 at ABT: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/simone-messmer Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Oh wow...I see Lorena is still dancing the role. Nice... Link to comment
PeggyR Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Major casting changes for Giselle. Check the blog link above to see updates. Link to comment
Helene Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Those are a lot of changes. For people on their phones where scrolling is labor-intensive, here's the blog link: http://www.sfballetblog.org/2014/01/principal-casting-sf-ballets-giselle-program-1/ The first three performances remain the same (Sat 25 Jan, Sun 26 Jan, Tues 28 Jan). Summary of changes: Wednesday-Friday's casts rotate: Wednesday 29 Jan: Feijoo/Luiz/Messmer in place of Froustey/Helimets/Messmer Thursday 30 Jan: Kochetkova/Boada/Chung in place of Feijoo/Luiz/Messmer Friday 31 Jan: Froustey/Helimets/Messmer in place of Kochetkova/Boada/Chung One-off cast changes: Saturday 1 Feb matinee: Stahl replaces Messmer as Myrtha Saturday 2 Feb evening: Kochetkova replaces Zahorian as Giselle. (It was scheduled as her only performance.) Closing Principal changes: Sunday 3 Feb: Van Patten/Ingham replace Kochetkova/Boada as Giselle/Albrech The way the schedule is written now, Kochetkova will dance with both Boada and Domitro. Link to comment
Josette Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 According to Janos Gereban's article in San Francisco Classical Voice, see https://www.sfcv.org/article/sf-ballet-gala-fun-profitable-and-showing-up-the-nfl, dancing in the gala, Vanessa Zahorian slipped and fell during the Diana And Acteon pas de deux, and continued dancing with a broken 5th metatarsal. There is an obligatory two weeks off, so she is not dancing Giselle. Link to comment
Helene Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 That is horrible news I hope she heals quickly and completely. It looks like SFB blog does not show when the site was updated. The casts must have changed and the schedule shifted after the gala. Link to comment
pherank Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I just happened to post this news in the Froustey thread. From what I hear it takes 6 to 8 weeks to recover from this type of injury. Of course it depends on just how bad the fracture was. If there's anything 'good' about this I suppose Froustey and Messmer are likely to get more dancing in than maybe was planned. But Vanessa Zahorian has been a real go-to soloist in the past. It's a big bummer. And I have a feeling it may affect her husband Davit's dancing in the short term (psychologically speaking). Link to comment
PeggyR Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 .... And I have a feeling it may affect her husband Davit's dancing in the short term (psychologically speaking). There was certainly no negative effect to his dancing on opening night; he was wonderful. I'd expect professionals to be able to deal with these things while they're on stage. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 If anybody happens to see Feijoo's Giselle, please report back... Link to comment
Quiggin Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I didn't see Lorena Feijoo's Giselle this year – though I did hear she was good – but I did see that of Mathilde Froustey and of Maria Kochetkova on succeeding nights (even though I wasn't going to go at all; I'm not really one of he faithful I keep telling myself). Maybe you could say one Giselle was French and the other was Russian – or the difference is like that between Braque's and Picasso's cubism – one painterly (Foustey) and the other sculptural. Kochetkova seemed always to be directly advancing her part, whereas Froustey was very light and open (I want to say like a lieder singer who happens to be in an opera) . For instance in the first act variation, the part on the diagonal on pointe, Kochetkova did it in one piece very nicely, while with Froustey it was taken in leisurely increments, a series of pauses and advances with all the time in the world to finish up. Tiit Helimets’s Albrecht was big and calm and subtle, Taras Domitro’s was delicate and nervous, continuous reinflected, as if he were meticulously adjusting the angle of a kite. Simone Messmer’s Myrtha was dramatic, her profile like Athena’s on an archaic vase. But I thought Sofiane Sylve’s was more effective where she for a moment seems to be considering leniency for Albrecht, then quickly turns her head the other direction in a final “No!”... Lola de Avila is supposed to have had a hand in the excellence of this year’s production. Link to comment
cranedragon Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I was fortunate to see Giselle on two consecutive days. The cast for Saturday evening was Yuan Yuan Tan as Giselle, Davit Karapetyan as Albrecht, and Ruben Martin Cintas as Hilarion. The next afternoon had Mathilde Froustey, Tiit Helimets as Albrecht, and Pascal Molat as Hilarion. It was an amazing experience. Both Tan and Froustey were marvelous, but the different approach of the gentlemen made it two entirely different ballets, for me. Karapetyan seemed more like a "player" -- he knew from the outset that he was just dallying with Giselle and his future was with Bathilde, daughter to the Duke of Courland [oh, lovely borzois for the hunting party!] Martin Cintas seemed genuinely attached to Giselle and heartbroken over her fate. The next day, by comparison, Helimets seemed genuinely attached to Giselle and "hoping against hope" that somehow, somehow he could have a future with Giselle, while Molat left me feeling that he was just a spoiler with his nose out of joint because Giselle, whom he'd taken for granted, had shown a preference for a younger, more ardent swain. It was a good thing for me that I had such a great experience in the first act of both performances, because the second act, calling for the supremely matched dancing of the corps, just fell short both times. For a company that prides itself on its high standing in the US, if not the world, to be unable to put 24 ballerinas on stage who could move in unison was embarrassing. Link to comment
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