Popcorn, fish dives and a rock guitar lute: Balanchine and Robbins

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Juni 2021

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“in an evening high on understatement, the fireworks came from Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 4 Juni 2021

Apollo (Apollon musagète) (George Balanchine)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Musikalische Leitung

Vadim Muntagirov, Tanz

Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Tanz

Mayara Magri, Tanz

Yasmine Naghdi, Tanz

Gina Storm-Jensen, Tanz

Natalia Osipova, Tanz

Reece Clarke, Tanz

Marianela Núñez, Tanz

Francesca Hayward, Tanz

Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Tanz

Fumi Kaneko, Tanz

Laura Morera, Tanz

Alexander Campbell, Tanz

Federico Bonelli, Tanz

William Bracewell, Tanz

Valentino Zucchetti, Tanz

Luca Acri, Tanz

Robert Clark, Klavier

Vasko Vassilev, Violine

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

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Weitere Kritiken...

Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Popcorn, fish dives and a rock guitar lute: Balanchine and Robbins at The Royal Ballet