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)

Par Mark Pullinger, 06 octobre 2022

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

Critique faite à Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londres, le 5 octobre 2022

Mayerling (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

The Royal Ballet

Koen Kessels, Direction

Nicholas Georgiadis, Décors, Costumes

John B. Read, Lumières

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Ryoichi Hirano, Danse

Natalia Osipova, Danse

Laura Morera, Danse

Itziar Mendizabal, Danse

Francesca Hayward, Danse

Luca Acri, Danse

Marianela Núñez, Danse

Christopher Saunders, Danse

Gary Avis, Danse

Catherine Carby, Mezzo-soprano

La danse macabre de Mayerling entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

Jade Larine, 25th October

Drame sulfureux en trois actes s’inscrivant dans la veine des grandes fresques narratives léguées par MacMillan, Mayerling laisse un goût d'inachevé malgré la belle prestation du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.

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Manon MacMillan à l'Opéra de Paris

Laurine Mortha, 20th April

Désormais véritable chef-d’œuvre du ballet classique, L’Histoire de Manon nous emmène au travers des transports amoureux, du remord et de la trahison qui secouent la destinée tragique de deux jeunes gens, dans une trame simple mais restée très puissante.

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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 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