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Scottish National Opera - Hansel and Gretel
Opens: 04/02/2012 Closes: 18/02/2012
Scottish tour
This folky 19th-century opera is based on the Brothers Grimm tale and composed by Humperdinck, with a libretto by his sister, Adelheid Wette. A new translation reaches the UK, with 22 choral children and a 65-strong orchestra contributing to a dark, if family friendly, evening at the opera.
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Royal Ballet - The Dream / Song of the Earth
Opens: 01/02/2012 Closes: 05/03/2012
ROH, London
A history lesson for dance fans as The Royal Ballet pays tribute to two seminal former artistic directors in this double staging. Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth takes inspiration from Gustav Mahler's music while Frederick Ashton's The Dream condenses A Midsummer Night's Dream into a one-act dance.
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Opera North - Norma
Opens: 28/01/2012 Closes: 10/03/2012
UK tour
Christopher Alden's new adaptation of Bellini's classic opera is brimming with passion and imaginative poetic license in its treatment of the original. Annemarie Kremer tackles the challenging role of Norma, a Druid priestess who leads her people to revolution after being betrayed by her lover. Bring your tissues.
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Ivan Putrov - Men in Motion
Opens: 27/01/2012 Closes: 29/01/2012
Sadler's Wells, London
This does precisely what its title suggests by paying balletic homage to the male form. Led by former Royal Ballet principal Putrov, it features some of his prestigious chums including Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin and Mariinsky Ballet principal Igor Kolb. Very talented men in motion, then. |
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ROH - Don Giovanni
Opens: 21/01/2012 Closes: 03/02/2012
Royal Opera House, London
As part of the Royal Opera House's celebration of the collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, they revive their 1992 production of Don Giovanni directed by Francesca Zambello. The classic opera focuses a dastardly and unrepentant womanizer, rapist and murderer. So, bit of a nasty chap, really.
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Survivor
Opens: 12/01/2012 Closes: 14/01/2012
Barbican, London
2012 kicks of with a loud bang as superstar sculptor Antony Gormley provides the visual imagery to a pulsating score by celebrated choreographer Hofesh Shechter. Neither artist is afraid of making a big impact - they have recruited 100 drummers - and this is sure to be a hard-hitting, unique, production.
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Royal Ballet - Romeo and Juliet
Opens: 10/01/2012 Closes: 31/03/2012
ROH, London.
After a mixed response to its staging at the O2 last year, the Royal Ballet production returns to its spiritual home. Eight pairings – including favourites Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo – alternate as the star-crossed lovers, working the renaissance costumes and celebrated pas de deux that distinguish Kenneth MacMillan’s ever popular version.
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ENO - Strictly Gershwin
Opens: 04/01/2012 Closes: 18/02/2012
UK Tour.
Harking back to the golden age when George Gershwin wrote the tunes and Fred and Ginger did the dancing is this tribute to the early 20th-century composer. A live jazz orchestra, choreography and design straight from bewitching Gershwin musicals and films, and yes, tap dancing, are all included.
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Opens: 19/12/2011 Closes: 08/01/2012
Royal Opera House, London
Goldsmith Veit Pogner sets up a singing contest, in which the prize is his daughter Eve's hand in marriage. Eve's lover, Walther, is forced to compete with the Nuremberg Mastersingers - cultured craftsmen - in Wagner's opera of love, jealousy and German craftsmanship; sure to get you in the mood for some hot glühwein.
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Beauty and the Beast
Opens: 17/12/2011 Closes: 10/11/2012
UK tour
Northern Ballet’s artistic director, David Nixon, continues with his balletic reinventions of well-known tales. Formerly easy on the eye, The Beast had his good looks taken away as punishment for arrogance. The arrival of Beauty warms his heart, but can he attract her with personality alone? |
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