Sex, scandal and Sisi: Mayerling opens Royal Ballet season

Natalia Osipova (Mary Vetsera) and Ryoichi Hirano (Rudolf)

Ryoichi Hirano (Rudolf)

Ryoichi Hirano (Rudolf) and Natalia Osipova (Mary Vetsera)

Francesca Hayward (Stéphanie) and Ryoichi Hirano (Rudolf)

Marianela Núñez (Mitzi Caspar)

Von Mark Pullinger, 06 Oktober 2022

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“Osipova... flung herself with wild abandon... wrapping herself around him passionately”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 5 Oktober 2022

Mayerling (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Musikalische Leitung

Nicholas Georgiadis, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

John B. Read, Licht

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

Ryoichi Hirano, Tanz

Natalia Osipova, Tanz

Laura Morera, Tanz

Itziar Mendizabal, Tanz

Francesca Hayward, Tanz

Luca Acri, Tanz

Marianela Núñez, Tanz

Christopher Saunders, Tanz

Gary Avis, Tanz

Catherine Carby, Mezzosopran

Remember Me in memoriam John Cranko: ein Abend am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 30th October

Eine würdige Premiere zur Erinnerung an den großen Cranko. Die bewundernswerte Elisa Badenes prägt den Abend.

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Zwischen Liebespsychose und Historienspiel: MacMillans Mayerling

Rainer Zerbst, 18th May

Kenneth Macmillan zeigt in Mayerling eine grandiose Charakterstudie mit einem Wechselbad der Gefühle.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance

Graham Watts, 30th March

In this latest revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, The Royal Ballet presents a roster of powerful and vivid interpretations across the board.

****1

National Ballet of Japan's revival of Manon was devastatingly good

Naomi Mori, 19th March

National Ballet of Japan in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon has been revived six years after its performances were cancelled because of the pandemic. Exceptionally good interpretations led the opening night performance.

****1

Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour

Vikki Jane Vile, 30th November

For one night only, audiences in Frankfurt were treated to some world class ballet on the expansive stage of the Jahrhunderthalle.

****1

ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty: disappointing cuts skew the story

Jonathan Gray, 27th November

English National Ballet's revival of the Tchaikovsky classic The Sleeping Beauty, disappoints at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.

***11

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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.

Sex, scandal and Sisi: MacMillan's Mayerling opens Royal Ballet season