Royal Opera And Ballet



Tales of Beatrix Potter



 

SIR FREDERICK ASHTON
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

70mins

Easter Screenings: Thurs 9th Apr 09 11.30am (optional – check website & newspaper); Fri 10th Apr 09 11.30am (optional – check website & newspaper); Sat 11th Apr 09 11.30am; Sun 12 Apr 09 1pm; and Mon 13thApr 09 1pm.

Check newspapers for screening dates and times over school holidays from Thursday 9th April til 27th April 09

Cast: The Royal Ballet

Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: John Lanchbery
Production: Anthony Dowell
Conductor: Paul Murphy

When Tales of Beatrix Potter was created as a film in 1971 by Frederick Ashton, his choreography brought to life the famous characters of the stories of Beatrix Potter. In this version for the stage, the dancers are dressed and masked to look just as we know them from the illustrations: Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and the irrepressible Peter Rabbit come to life with astonishing accuracy.

 


Carmen



 

BIZET
The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

153mins (plus intermission times tbc)

Fri 8 May 09; Sat 9 May 09; Sun 10 May 09; and Wed 13 May 09

Cast: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Norah Amsellem, Jonas Kaufmann, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, The Royal Opera

Stage Director: Francesca Zambello
Conductor: Antonio Pappano

The Spanish heat and gypsy passion of Bizet’s Carmen are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello’s vibrant production for The Royal Opera, expertly conducted by Antonio Pappano. Italy’s Anna Caterina Antonacci and Germany’s Jonas Kaufmann star as Carmen and Don José while France’s Norah Amsellem and Italy’s Ildebrando d’Arcangelo sing Micaëla and Escamillo.

 


Sleeping Beauty



 

TCHAIKOVSKY
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

132 mins (plus intermission time tbc)

Fri 29 May 09; Sat 30 May 09; Sun 31 May 09; and Wed 3 Jun 09

Cast: Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Marianela Nunez, Genesia Rosato

Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Additional Choreography: Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon
Production: Monica Mason, Christopher Newton
Conductor: Valeriy Ovsyanikov

A timeless fairy story, the spectacle of a royal court, a wealth of dances for the corps de ballet and richly colourful stage designs by Oliver Messel - The Sleeping Beauty brings together all the appeal of classical ballet in one great work. Valeriy Ovsyanikov conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet Principals Alina Cojocaru and Federico Bonelli star.

 


Tamerlano



 

HANDEL
Co Production Royal Opera House and Teatro Real, Madrid

217 mins (plus intermission time tbc)

Fri 12 Jun 09; Sat 13 Jun 09; Sun 14 Jun 09; and Wed 17 Jun 09
Check for possible extra screening at selected venues on Queen’s Birthday: Monday 8th June 09 at 1pm.

Cast: Plácido Domingo, Monica Bacelli, Ingela Bohlin, Jennifer Holloway, Luigi De Donato

Director: Graham Vick
Conductor: Paul McCreesh

Plácido Domingo, the world’s leading tenor, takes on the 126th role of his extraordinary career to make a triumphant debut as the Turkish Sultan Bajazet in Handel’s great Baroque opera Tamerlano. Director Graham Vick’s modern staging is an award winning co-production between Teatro Real, Madrid and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Paul McCreesh conducts a cast which also includes Monica Bacelli, Ingela Bohlin, Jennifer Holloway and Luigi de Donato.

 


Le Nozze di Figaro



 

MOZART
The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

185 mins (plus intermission time tbc)

Fri 3 Jul 09; Sat 4 Jul 09; Sun 5 Jul 09; and Wed 8 Jul 09

Cast: Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson, Gerald Finley, Dorothea Röschmann

Director: David McVicar
Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Mozart’s music makes Le nozze di Figaro one of the finest jewels in the opera repertory, with a wealth of famous melodies that start from the familiar first notes of the energetic overture. David McVicar’s wonderfully illuminating production has an exceptionally fine cast of singers, including Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson, Gerald Finley and Dorothea Röschmann, who bring this Mozart masterpiece to full dramatic life.

 


Romeo and Juliet



 

PROKOFIEV
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

138 mins

Fri 17 Jul 09; Sat 18 Jul 09; Sun 19 Jul 09; and Wed 22 Jul 09

Cast: Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: Boris Gruzin

Royal Ballet Principal dancers Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta play the title roles in Kenneth MacMillan’s great interpretation of Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy. Set against a sumptuously designed backdrop of Renaissance Italy, this is one of the most popular works in The Royal Ballet repertory, and one of the greatest examples of 20th-century choreography.

 


Giselle



 

ADOLPHE ADAM
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

114 mins

Fri 31 Jul 09; Sat 1 Aug 09; Sun 2 Aug 09; and Wed 5 Aug 09

Cast: Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nunez, Martin Harvey

Choreography: Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Music: Adolphe Adam
Production: Peter Wright
Conductor: Boris Gruzin

Alina Cojocaru was promoted to Principal with The Royal ballet after her first night in the title role of this touching tragedy in which heart–breaking love overcomes death. She is partnered by Principal dancer Johan Kobborg as Count Albrecht. Sir Peter Wright’s staging and the sensitive stage designs beautifully contrast the human and supernatural worlds in this classic of all ballets.

 


Don Giovanni



 

MOZART
The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
205 mins (plus intermission time tbc)

Fri 14 Aug 09; Sat 15 Aug 09; Sun 16 Aug 09; and Wed 19 Aug 09

Cast: Simon Keenlyside, Marina Poplavskaya, Ramón Vargas, Joyce DiDonato, Kyle Ketelsen, Robert Gleadow, Miah Persson, Eric Halfvarson.

Stage Director: Francesca Zambello
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

Don Giovanni is one of the most loved of all operas and is vividly staged in Francesca Zambello’s flamboyant and fiery production for The Royal Opera. Acclaimed conductor Charles Mackerras interprets Mozart’s score and British baritone Simon Keenlyside reprises the role of Don Giovanni, the charismatic narcissist who seduces, rapes and commits murder in Mozart’s compelling vision of a descent into hell.

 


La Fille Mal Gardèe



 

SIR FREDERICK ASHTON
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
112 mins

Fri 28 Aug 09; Sat 29 Aug 09; Sun 30 Aug 09; and Wed 2 Sep 09

Cast: Carlos Acosta, Marianela Nuñez, William Tuckett, Jonathan Howells

Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Music: Ferdinand Hérold freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery
Conductor: Anthony Twiner

Ever since its triumphant premiere in 1960, Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée has been treasured as one of his happiest creations. Here Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta perfectly portray the young lovers, Lise and Colas, while William Tuckett, as the irascible but lovable Widow Simone, wonderfully leads the famous Clog Dance. Osbert Lancaster’s colourful, picture-book designs and Ferdinand Hérold’s tuneful score, provide the perfect setting.

 


La Bohème



 

PUCCINI
Teatro Real Madrid
117 mins

Fri 18 Sep 09; Sat 19 Sept; Sun 20 Sep 09; and Wed 23 Sep 09

Cast: Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado, Laura Giordano

Director: Giancarlo Del Monaco
Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos

Since its premiere in 1896, audiences have enjoyed Puccini’s La bohème as one of the most romantic of all operas. Giancarlo del Monaco’s one million euro cinematic production of this masterpiece, from the legendary Teatro Real, takes its place among the great interpretations of modern times, a lavish visual and musical treat not to be missed.

 


Cinderella



 

PROKOFIEV
Paris Opéra Ballet - Opéra National de Paris

127mins (plus intermission time tbc)

Fri 2 Oct 09; Sat 3 Oct 09; Sun 4 Oct 09; and Wed 7 Oct 09

Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev

Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor: Kevin Rhodes

The Paris Opéra Ballet performs Sergei Prokofiev's stylish ballet Cinderella based on the 1987 version created by renowned choreographer Rudolf Nureyev. Adapting the fairy tale by Perrault, Nureyev places the timeless story in a Los Angeles mansion and a large movie studio during the heyday of Hollywood.

 

 

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