Study in Scarlet: Rubies crown Balanchine’s Jewels in Vienna

Margarita Fernandes and António Casalinho in Rubies

Milda Luckuté in Rubies

Ioanna Avraam and Kentaro Mitsumori in Emeralds

Wiener Staatsballett in Diamonds

Laura Fernandez Gromova and Alessandro Frola in Diamonds

Von Mark Pullinger, 09 Februar 2026

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Milda Luckuté... kicking up to her ears, flicking her hips, stretched like plasticine”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, am 8 Februar 2026

Emeralds (George Balanchine)

Rubies (George Balanchine)

Diamonds (George Balanchine)

Wiener Staatsballett

Paul Connelly, Musikalische Leitung

Peter Harvey, Bühnenbild

Barbara Karinska, Kostüme

Mark Stanley, Licht

Wiener Staatsopernorchester

Anna Malikova, Klavier

Ioanna Avraam, Tanz

Kentaro Mitsumori, Tanz

Olga Esina, Tanz

Victor Caixeta, Tanz

Margarita Fernandes, Tanz

António Casalinho, Tanz

Milda Luckuté, Tanz

Laura Fernandez Gromova, Tanz

Alessandro Frola, Tanz

Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Michael Klier, 14th November

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.

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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Katja Vaghi, 4th May

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Mira Nadon’s sparkling debut in Firebird with New York City Ballet

Ivy Lin, 25th April

A triple bill comprising Balanchine's Symphony in C, Agon and Firebird could not have been more inspiringly danced by New York City Ballet.

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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

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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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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.

Study in Scarlet: Rubies crown Balanchine’s Jewels at the Wiener Staatsballett