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The Coliseum, London, UK Thu, 8th November 2007 - Fri, 7th December 2007 From £16.00*NEW PRODUCTION ENO’s commitment to reinvigorating the Italian repertoire, in particular Verdi’s operatic canon, continues with this major new production of Aida, an intoxicating work that blends impressive scale with moving intimacy. The Company’s first new Aida in more than 20 years sees ENO Music Director Edward Gardner working with the ENO Orchestra and Chorus to meet the full potential of Verdi’s marvellous score. In her house debut renowned British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes presents a vibrant re-imagining of ancient Egypt with her colourful sets and costumes. ...
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK Tue, 4th December 2007 - Sat, 8th December 2007 From £70.00*After last season’s sell-out performances, Glyndebourne on Tour returns to Sadler’s Wells with three more exceptional operas. This opera company, one of the world’s finest, is renowned for its guaranteed first-class productions, which offer a stunning variety of musical and theatrical styles. The Tour opens with a Glyndebourne classic - Peter Hall’s marvellous staging of Britten’s Albert Herring, which enjoyed such critical acclaim when it toured five years ago. ’If such a thing as a definitive production of the work exists, this is it’ SUNDAY TE...
Wembley Arena, London, UK Thu, 7th February 2008 - Sun, 10th February 2008 From £23.00*Romanza will set hearts on fire in London this winter. Returning to the newly furbished Wembley Arena, this artistically choreographed production full of love, passion, energy and elegance explores the romance of past and present day couples such as Madame Butterfly, Romeo & Juliet and even Barbie and Ken! Audiences will be shocked, surprised and entertained with a visual feast on the ice and in the air. Breathtaking skating, flying, fire and death defying magic with feel good, familiar music throughout makes Romanza the perfect winter outing for all the family. Holiday on Ice is the un...
The Coliseum, London, UK Wed, 12th March 2008 - Sat, 22nd March 2008 From £30.00*The New York City Ballet, one of the foremost dance companies in the world, is unique in US artistic history. Solely responsible for training its own artists and creating its own works, the New York City Ballet was the first ballet institution in the world with two permanent homes, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Explore what New York City Ballet has to offer ’ its rich company history, repertoire of ballets, and world-class dancers. New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreograph...
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 25th March 2008 - Sun, 30th March 2008 From £20.00*This production of "Romeo and Juliet," based on the Shakespeare play, played a pivotal role in the history of the Stuttgart Ballet. Although the ballet tradition in Stuttgart can be traced back to the early 17th century, the city’s ballet company was catapulted to a new level of international prominence by British director John Cranko. Cranko had been in charge of the company for only a year when his new production of "Romeo and Juliet" was premiered in 1962, and the production’s critical success certified that the Stuttgart Ballet had "arrived." Now...
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 8th January 2008 - Sat, 19th January 2008 From £10.00*Swan Lake ’Altogether a company triumph’ The Sunday Times Swan Lake brings the romance and high drama of the grand Russian ballet tradition alive. Perhaps the most famous of all ballets, it tells the story of Prince Siegfried’s love for the Swan Queen, Odette, and their battle against the evil magician, Rothbart. Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, which undoubtedly features some of the most beautiful music in the classical ballet repertoire, is played by the full Orchestra of English National Ballet and the dramatic story line, spectacular sets and costumes and technic...
The Coliseum, London, UK Fri, 4th April 2008 - Mon, 7th April 2008 From £20.00*After three sensational sell-out seasons at Sadler’s Wells, five star reviews, and sold out performances in New York, PUSH will continue to tour Europe throughout 2007 and 2008. The production features four works: Solo, performed by Guillem to atmospheric flamenco music; Shift, Maliphant’s signature solo; Two, a dazzling solo which seems to traps Guillem in a box of light; and Push, a duet which combines the abilities of this extraordinary partnership. The works are complemented by Michael Hulls’ stunning and inventive lighting and accompanied by music from Andy Cowton, Ca...
The Coliseum, London, UK Wed, 19th December 2007 - Sun, 6th January 2008 From £10.00*Der Nussknacker (The Nutcracker) is a fairy tale ballet in two acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed between 1891 and 1892 and based on Der Nußknacker und der Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King), a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. An adaptation of the story was set to music by Tchaikovsky (after a libretto possibly written by Marius Petipa) and commissioned by the Imperial Theatre in 1891.
The Coliseum, London, UK Tue, 11th December 2007 - Sun, 16th December 2007 From £10.00*The Snow Queen Michael Corder’s new ballet The Snow Queen is sumptuous and grand; a theatrical presentation drawing its inspiration from the fairy tale world of Hans Christian Andersen’s famous wintry story. The Snow Queen tells the tale of two young friends, Kay and Gerda. Kay catches slivers of the Snow Queen’s shattered magic mirror in his eye and in his heart. Gradually, his character changes and his vision of the world becomes evil and twisted. As Kay is spirited away to the Snow Queen’s palace in the far frozen north, eternal winter descends on the village. With...
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