Paris Opera Ballet: a superlative Mayerling

Hugo Marchand as Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling

Dorothée Gilbert as Mary Vetsera and Hugo Marchand as Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling

Pablo Legasa as Bratfisch in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling

Dorothée Gilbert as Mary Vetsera and Hugo Marchand as Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling

Hugo Marchand as Crown Prince Rudolf and Dorothée Gilbert as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling

Par Naomi Mori, 13 novembre 2024

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“The two poured everything they had into the final pas de deux and left the audience breathless”

Critique faite à Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris, le 6 novembre 2024

Mayerling (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Martin Yates, Direction

Nicholas Georgiadis, Décors, Costumes

Jacopo Pantani, Lumières

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Dorothée Gilbert, Danse

Hugo Marchand, Danse

Hannah O'Neill, Danse

Pablo Legasa, Danse

Roxane Stojanov, Danse

Héloïse Bourdon, Danse

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly