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Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2023-07-05 15:15:31
He danced with ballet’s legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an action-packed lifeIn the 80s and 90s, Wayne Sleep was prime-time famous, on Wogan and Parkinson, Give Us a Clue, getting Gotcha’d by Noel Edmonds and Mr Blobby. But of course, he was also a seriously talented classical ballet dancer, “the greatest virtuoso dancer the Royal Ballet has ever produced”, the company’s founder Ninette de Valois once said. He made up for his short stature with explosive technique, giant leaps and natural charisma, energy always fizzing. Nobody since has so successfully crossed the line between classical dance and mainstream entertainment.Sleep is about to mark his 75th birthday with a celebratory event at his old workplace, the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden. He’ll be in conversation with Alan Titchmarsh, and […]
2022-06-14 09:51:00
Carmen – Kezia BienekDon José – Oliver Johnston Escamillo – Thomas Mole Micaëla – Alison Langer Frasquita – Natasha Agarwal Mercédès – Ellie Edmonds Zuniga – Jacob Phillips Moralès – Jevan McAuley Le Dancaïre – Themba Mvula Le Remendado – Mike Bradley Cecilia Stinton (director) takis (set designs) Johanne Jensen (lighting) Isabel Baquero (choreography) Children’s Chorus from Cardinal Vaughan School Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus director: Richard Harker) City of London Sinfonia Lee Reynolds (conductor)Image: Ali Wright Carmen was the last opera I saw before the end of the world. Not necessarily what I would have chosen; for many of my friends it was Fidelio, whose absence from my truncated Beethoven Year I regretted deeply. But then none of us chose pandemic, lockdown, death, misery, and the rest. It was good, though, to have opportunity to exorcise another pandemic ghost, albeit in different guise. Cecilia Stinton’s new Holland Park production has […]
2022-06-10 06:06:46
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