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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 29, 2019 17:36:30 GMT
Maybe waiting till they’d worked out sight lines? Same happened with Berenice I think Did you see a significant subsequent ticket release for Berenice? I've been checking the ROH website almost every day for the last 2 months & haven't seen any tickets available for it that entire time.
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Post by Xanderl on Mar 29, 2019 19:25:49 GMT
Maybe waiting till they’d worked out sight lines? Same happened with Berenice I think Did you see a significant subsequent ticket release for Berenice? I've been checking the ROH website almost every day for the last 2 months & haven't seen any tickets available for it that entire time. I didn’t see it (sadly or I would have booked!) but from comments I saw on twitter tickets for most dates did turn up at one point
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 29, 2019 22:34:16 GMT
Drat! Evidently on one of the days I didn't check.
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Post by ctas on Mar 29, 2019 23:34:27 GMT
It’s been a while but back tomorrow for Don Quixote and then again on Wednesday for, uh, Don Quixote. I’d been reading this excellent interview with Marcelino Sambé ( www.pointemagazine.com/marcelino-sambe-ballet-2633056877.html ) and “accidentally” grabbed a rush ticket to see him perform in the week. Very excited to give this production a try again.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 30, 2019 12:27:02 GMT
ctas Are you seeing the matinee or evening Don Q? I'm seeing the matinee, having already seen it with Nunez/Muntagirov last month.
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Post by ctas on Mar 30, 2019 14:36:13 GMT
Dawnstar I’m here right now for the matinee!
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 30, 2019 14:49:39 GMT
ctas Hope you're enjoying it. I am! Don't know if you'd be interested in saying hi in the next interval but if you are I'm in stalls circle A100.
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Post by vabbian on Mar 30, 2019 16:08:32 GMT
Unrelated
But came all the way to the Barbican and they cancelled the MET screening of Die Walküre. Cry
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Post by ctas on Mar 30, 2019 22:17:53 GMT
So sorry Dawnstar - I didn't see your message! I was around B81, so close! It was a really beautiful performance. Can't wait for Wednesday now!
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 31, 2019 12:49:34 GMT
ctas That's okay. I knew you might well not see it in time but thought I@d give it a go. Yes, it was very enjoyable & I thought Mayara Magri made a very successful Kitri debut. I'm not seeing it again this run but I'd definitely see it again the next time it get revived.
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Post by sayers500 on Apr 2, 2019 16:06:47 GMT
Booking the summer season today and found out that no tickets have been kept for general booking for The Diary of One who Dissapeared and is totally sold out. Surely for an organisation that gets a large amount of public subsidy, they Royal Opera has a responsibility to make sure that the public actually get to see their shows and not just those who pay large sums for early booking!! I thought they would have rectified the Linbury issue after Berenice and Phaedra had exactly the same issue.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 2, 2019 20:00:52 GMT
Public booking opens tomorrow though - think it was students today? - so isn't it too early to say if they've held any back for public booking.
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Post by sayers500 on Apr 2, 2019 20:48:46 GMT
Their reply to me asking if any would be released tomorrow was to say to check nearer the performances which I took to mean that they wouldn't release any tomorrow.
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 3, 2019 6:17:06 GMT
That is annoying! Once again the only thing I'm interested in is already sold out. This never used to be a problem previously with the Linbury as far as I remember?
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Apr 3, 2019 6:51:56 GMT
I personally couldn't care less about the Linbury, but I appreciate it is super annoying when all of the tickets go to members.
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 3, 2019 8:16:38 GMT
Confirmed - I was on the site at 9:00 and Diary of a Man Who Disappeared was already sold out.
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Post by argon on Apr 3, 2019 8:34:39 GMT
Confirmed - I was on the site at 9:00 and Diary of a Man Who Disappeared was already sold out. With only 3 performances it was always going to an uphill task, completely agree a disgrace considering the ACE funding they get. We are funding them to keep us out.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 5, 2019 13:00:50 GMT
Finally, after over 2 months of checking the ROH website pretty much every day, I've managed to get a ticket for Berenice this evening!
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 16, 2019 8:04:33 GMT
A few tickets for each performance of "Diary of One Who Disappeared" on the ROH website right now.
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Post by jadnoop on Apr 16, 2019 17:16:53 GMT
For those looking to go to Diary... it might be worth reading this thread in the ballet forum when choosing seats. The sightlines at the Linbury are pretty poor in places, and that thread has a decent number of responses about good & bad areas.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 16, 2019 18:16:40 GMT
I've just had a look at Diary out of curiosity & I see the top price tickets are £45 the same as Berenice despite that running nearly 3 hours whereas Diary apparently will be only 1h15. That seems pretty expensive for such a short performance! I was lucky when getting a last-minute return for Berenice that it was stalls H1 which not only had an excellent view but was also near the stairs. I was decidedly surprised when I got there to find the only entrances are at upper circle level so everyone has to file down two not very wide staircases to get to the dress circle & stalls. I found myself wondering during the performance what would happen if there was a fire or bomb in the foyer...
I'm curious to know how much crossover of members there is between here & the Ballet Forum. So far I've only come across one person who I know is on both, apart from myself, but given people might use different usernames I don't know if there are others? (My username is the same.)
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Post by moelhywel on Apr 16, 2019 18:27:10 GMT
I’m on both but have different usernames. I’m Pulcinella on the ballet forum.
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Post by tmesis on Apr 16, 2019 19:08:12 GMT
I read BalletcoForum regularly but don't contribute.
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 16, 2019 19:26:00 GMT
For those looking to go to Diary... it might be worth reading this thread in the ballet forum when choosing seats. The sightlines at the Linbury are pretty poor in places, and that thread has a decent number of responses about good & bad areas. Thanks for that - interesting read! Seems bizarre they can get things so wrong in what's as I understand it an entirely new theatre! Luckily I'm in the central stalls for both Phaedra (same seat as Dawnstar had for Berenice, coincidentally!) and Diary.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 16, 2019 19:39:13 GMT
I read BalletcoForum regularly but don't contribute. I spent about a year only reading it before I got up the nerve to post when I first saw the Royal Ballet live last October. I feel deeply inexperienced compared to most of the posters.
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Post by Fleance on Apr 19, 2019 23:22:13 GMT
Does the ROH put returns back on their website? I would like to see Billy Budd and have only one possible date in mind.
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Post by jadnoop on Apr 20, 2019 0:55:46 GMT
Does the ROH put returns back on their website? I would like to see Billy Budd and have only one possible date in mind. Yes, returns go onto the website. From what I’ve seen, returns don’t go online at a specific time (eg first thing in the morning each day), so tickets can appear online at pretty much any time during office hours. One thing I’ve noticed is that the page for the show doesn’t always seem to be in sync with the specific day ticket sales page. So, for instance the page listing all performances might say that 3 tickets are available between £X and £Y, but when you click onto the seat selection page there might be 5 tickets for sale. So if you’re limited to a single date anyway, it’s probably worth checking the specific page (eg go directly to this page www.roh.org.uk/events/37259/tickets instead of this one www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/within-the-golden-hour-medusa-flight-pattern ) Also, they do Friday Rush, so that’s probably worth trying too: www.roh.org.uk/events/friday-rush
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Post by n1david on Apr 25, 2019 16:45:54 GMT
2019/20 to be announced on 14 May.
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Post by argon on Apr 25, 2019 19:46:43 GMT
2019/20 to be announced on 14 May. It is quite strange they have opted to announce so later this year, considering all the other big hitters in the world have already released their 19/20 seasons.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 16:02:26 GMT
If anyone is interested in Tosca tomorrow (thursday) night, we've just had to return one stalls seat. Downside is, you'll have to sit next to me.
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