Ratmansky’s spectacular Callirhoe launches the Ferri era in Vienna

Cassandra Trenary (Callirhoe) and António Casalinho (Chaereas)

Alessandro Cavallo (Mithridates)

Cassandra Trenary (Callirhoe) and Davide Dato (Dionysius)

Cassandra Trenary (Callirhoe)

Von Mark Pullinger, 23 Oktober 2025

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“thrust, energy and leaping diagonals”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, am 22 Oktober 2025

Kallirhoe (Formerly titled Of Love and Rage) (Alexei Ratmansky)

Wiener Staatsballett

Paul Connelly, Musikalische Leitung

Jean-Marc Puissant, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Duane Schuler, Licht

Wiener Staatsopernorchester

Cassandra Trenary, Tanz

António Casalinho, Tanz

Davide Dato, Tanz

Alessandro Cavallo, Tanz

Eno Peci, Tanz

Ketevan Papava, Tanz

Das Bayerische Staatsballett in Ratmanskys Paquita

Joy Wang Xin Yuan, 4th July

Mit Alexei Ratmanskys Wiederaufnahme von Petipas Paquita bietet das Bayerische Staatsballett eine faszinierende Zeitreise.

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Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 1st May

A longtime NYCB fan favorite, Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, meets the New York premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Continuum. But the evening belonged to corps dancer Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries.

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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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A spectacular triple bill lifts ABT’s spring season in New York

Leigh Donlan, 13th March

A finely curated triple bill from American Ballet Theatre included works from Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and Alexei Ratmansky.

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NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

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NYCB: Balanchine + Ratmansky program warms the audience

Ivy Lin, 20th January

NYCB has a winning triple bill with its Balanchine + Ratmansky program. Excellent dancing and contrasting works sends the audience home in buoyant mood.

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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.

Ratmansky’s Callirhoe launches the Ferri era in Vienna in spectacular style