Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

By Rainer Zerbst, 17 January 2022

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“Concerto verblüfft mit einer erstaunlichen Modernität, die geradezu unsterblich zu sein scheint”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 14 January 2022

Other Dances (Jerome Robbins)

Concerto (Lucinda Childs)

Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)

Vienna State Ballet

Rolf Langenfass, Set Designer

Santo Loquasto, Costume Designer

Ronald Bates, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Anne Masset, Costume Designer

Dominique Drillot, Lighting Designer

Barbara Karinska, Costume Designer

Igor Zapravdin, Piano

Johanna Wallroth, Soprano

Stephanie Maitland, Contralto

Hiroshi Amako, Tenor

Ilja Kazakov, Bass

Stephen Hopkins, Piano

Sarah Tysman, Piano

Davide Dato, Dancer

Hyo-Jung Kang, Dancer

Understatement and spectacle at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th February

Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and George Balanchine's Diamonds make a study in contrasts. With lots of debuts in the former and seasoned leads in the latter.

*****

Irresistible: Justin Peck’s The Wind-Up premieres at NYCB

Carla Escoda, 29th January

Never has Justin Peck seemed more compositionally assured, and paradoxically freer, than in his latest ballet, breaking the mold of past work that mostly celebrated the camaraderie of his generation.

****1

Dutch National Ballet's opener in New York: meandering and unfocused

Ivy Lin, 20th November

Dutch National Ballet returning to New York after more than 40 years should have been thrilling. The opening program, whilst beautifully danced, was somewhat muted.

***11

London City Ballet at the Linbury: joy and sorrow at its best

Deborah Weiss, 19th November

London City Ballet move into a new venue with absolute confidence and gravitas in a quadruple bill that says everything about their future and success.

*****

The Australian Ballet in Melbourne: three prismatic worlds

Ruth Ridgway, 4th October

In its triple bill Prism, The Australian Ballet gives the audience three different dance and sound worlds as well as showcasing fleet, athletic and precise dancing.

****1

Contrasting splendors at New York City Ballet: Robbins and Balanchine

Carla Escoda, 30th September

A sublime Robbins-Balanchine pairing at New York City Ballet, it was Robbins’ Goldberg Variations that came off best.

*****

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Rainer Zerbst

Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".

Viel Vergangenheit: neuer Ballettabend Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett