Naghdi’s Juliet pierces the heart as MacMillan’s masterpiece returns

Matthew Ball (Romeo) and Yasmine Naghdi (Juliet)

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 März 2025

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“feather light, she and Ball hit ecstatic heights”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, am 4 März 2025

Romeo und Julia (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Musikalische Leitung

Martin Georgiev, Musikalische Leitung

Nicholas Georgiadis, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

John B. Read, Licht

Covent Garden Orchester des Royal Opera House

Natalia Osipova, Tanz

Patricio Revé, Tanz

Luca Acri, Tanz

Téo Dubreuil, Tanz

Kristen McNally, Tanz

Gary Avis, Tanz

Valentino Zucchetti, Tanz

Daichi Ikarashi, Tanz

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.

*****

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.

Yasmine Naghdi’s Juliet pierces the heart as MacMillan’s masterpiece returns