SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

Angelo Greco as Romeo and Jasmine Jimison as Juliet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

San Francisco Ballet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

Jasmine Jimison as Juliet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

San Francisco Ballet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

Angelo Greco as Romeo and Jasmine Jimino as Juliet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

By Terez Rose, 23 April 2023

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“the masquerade ball scene is simply stunning, like an enormous Renaissance tapestry come to life”

Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 21 April 2023

Romeo and Juliet (Ricardo Bustamante, Helgi Tomasson)

San Francisco Ballet

Martin West, Conductor

Jens-Jacob Worsaae, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Thomas R Skelton, Lighting Designer

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Angelo Greco, Dancer

Jasmine Jimison, Dancer

Max Cauthorn, Dancer

Esteban Hernandez, Dancer

Jennifer Stahl, Dancer

Steven Morse, Dancer

Luke Ingham, Dancer

Anita Paciotti, Dancer

Ellen Rose Hummel, Dancer

Isabella DeVivo, Dancer

Cavan Conley, Dancer

Julia Rowe, Dancer

Wei Wang, Dancer

Royal Ballet School Summer Performance: talent in abundance

Deborah Weiss, 6th July

The Royal Ballet School students shine at their annual matinée at the Royal Opera House showing exceptional talent and versatility.

*****

Next Generation Festival: Royal Ballet School in fine form

Amanda Jennings, 19th June

The Royal Ballet School deliver a promising mixed programme with some truly exceptional individual performances.

****1

San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

Terez Rose, 24th February

The ballet’s second act, following Giselle’s death, is set in a spooky, mystical realm, precisely the kind of thing that so intrigued its 19th century audiences and made this ballet an instant classic.

****1

An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

Terez Rose, 8th December

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

****1

Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

Terez Rose, 29th April

Swan Lake is the last program of the San Francisco Ballet’s season and of the 37-year tenure of retiring artistic director Helgi Tomasson.

****1

Charm and wit abound in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

Terez Rose, 26th February

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco.

****1

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Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.