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In Klaipeda State Music Theatre’s large-scale open-air production, Richard Wagner’s opera is performed mere miles from where the first motifs of The Flying Dutchman were born in the stormy Baltic SeaWednesday, April 14, 2021 from Pointe Magazine
The conversation around gender, both in the ballet world and in the larger culture, is slowly evolving toward greater inclusion. Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudson are giving it a big push with Ballet22 , their new company that...Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from parterre box
Happy 81st birthday actress Julie Christie .Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from parterre box
Starring Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala in Iolanta , and Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko in Bluebeard’s Castle, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Production by Mariusz Trelinski. From February 14, 2015.Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from operaramblings
It seems like Ontario is changing its policy on what’s open and what’s not and who gets vaccinated and who doesn’t about three times/week right now and, among other things, it’s playing havoc with the creation of...Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from parterre box
Happy Diva Day 2!Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
It has been 29 years since she retired from the ballet world, but Mary Li will be making a special guest appearance on stage in June for Queensland Ballet’s (QB) production of The Sleeping... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit...Monday, April 12, 2021 from parterre box
Starring Kathleen Kim, Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote, Stephanie Blythe, and Laurent Naouri, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Laurent Pelly. From April 28, 2018.Monday, April 12, 2021 from We left at the interval...
I was recently bemused to see Shostakovich's The Nose described as 'rather tedious' in a blog post initially recommending a production of Cavalleria Rusticana , one of the most tedious operas I can think of, as 'interesting'. As I...Monday, April 12, 2021 from parterre box
Jonathan Dove ’s Flight , which premiered at Glyndebourne in 1998 and is now being streamed by the Seattle Opera, is structured like one of those baroque extravaganzas where some half dozen characters find themselves (in every sense) on...Monday, April 12, 2021 from Pointe Magazine
Last week, Ballet West announced that first soloists Katlyn Addison and Hadriel Diniz have been promoted to principal artist. The news marks a historic moment for the company. Addison, who is Canadian, will be the first Black principal...Monday, April 12, 2021 from Pointe Magazine
Creating dances specifically for film has become one of the most effective ways that ballet companies have connected with audiences and kept dancers employed during the pandemic. Around the world, dance organizations are finding...Monday, April 12, 2021 from Neil Kurtzman
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca (AZ) has been widely used in Europe, but not in the US. Its technical nomenclature is a recombinant adenoviral vector encoding the spike protein antigen of severe acute respiratory syndrome...Monday, April 12, 2021 from parterre box
Happy Diva Day!Sunday, April 11, 2021 from parterre box
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Elijah Moshinsky. From April 14, 2018.