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A ballet for all seasons: Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale returns to Covent Garden

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“Hirano... handles Lauren Cuthbertson’s noble Hermione like porcelain in their tender Act 3 pas”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 13 February 2018
The Winter's Tale (Christopher Wheeldon)
The Royal Ballet
Alondra de la Parra, Conductor
Bob Crowley, Set Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Lauren Cuthbertson, Dancer
Ryoichi Hirano, Dancer
Sarah Lamb, Dancer
Vadim Muntagirov, Dancer
Laura Morera, Dancer
Matthew Ball, Dancer
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