This audience reacts warmly to most performances, so that in itself would not mean so much. The orchestra started, let's say, less than fortunately but actually got better as it went along. The Covent Garden audience does not (mostly) clap during solos and certainly does not clap to music as they do elsewhere. So, the only chance is to make a pause after solos, which did not happen too often as the orchestra carried on playing regardless.. There was great enthusiasm for Kim and Alina as well as Vladislav Shumakov who was an excellent Jester and the most pleasant I have ever seen. Smekalov was Rothbart, but in this version Rothbart has less to do than in others. The corps was so very good that at times I could not quite believe what I was seeing. Alina was an O/O in the best possible taste, there was no affection or exaggerated wickedness. Kim looked like a real star on stage from his first entrance, gave great thought to every detail (his Siegfried, to me, was a melancholy, lost, sad young boy who tried hard to fit his royal role but was more interested in the book his teacher was showing him and in the legend of the lake). The subsequent acts were beautifully executed and in his solos he threw his virtuosity at the audience as if just to let them have the taste of it. Hard to say if I liked his pdd with Odette or Odile better, because they were equally emotionally charged and had heartbreaking vulnerability from both. He has very beautiful arms, more than I have noticed before, and really good secure lifts.
oldoperafan did the critic wrote something about them? l am so disappointed due the recognizement skunk and ask recived from my FORMER favourite crisp (arteriosclerosis victim imo)
I have not looked for particular reviews. I did accidentally notice a Guardian review of a previous performance, and it was only critical of the lack of inadequate acting ability of the two principals, going on to praise Kim who was in Friends pdt that evening. I wish I had seen that, but I would have had to sit through the rest of the performance and so chose not to.
oldoperafan Actually, there is now a more recent review of a previous performance (not Kim's) in the same newspaper, which is fairly typical of ballet reviewing in that paper. I tend to avoid.
A very warm reaction of the audience ,please tell us something about this perf.
This audience reacts warmly to most performances, so that in itself would not mean so much. The orchestra started, let's say, less than fortunately but actually got better as it went along. The Covent Garden audience does not (mostly) clap during solos and certainly does not clap to music as they do elsewhere. So, the only chance is to make a pause after solos, which did not happen too often as the orchestra carried on playing regardless.. There was great enthusiasm for Kim and Alina as well as Vladislav Shumakov who was an excellent Jester and the most pleasant I have ever seen. Smekalov was Rothbart, but in this version Rothbart has less to do than in others. The corps was so very good that at times I could not quite believe what I was seeing. Alina was an O/O in the best possible taste, there was no affection or exaggerated wickedness. Kim looked like a real star on stage from his first entrance, gave great thought to every detail (his Siegfried, to me, was a melancholy, lost, sad young boy who tried hard to fit his royal role but was more interested in the book his teacher was showing him and in the legend of the lake). The subsequent acts were beautifully executed and in his solos he threw his virtuosity at the audience as if just to let them have the taste of it. Hard to say if I liked his pdd with Odette or Odile better, because they were equally emotionally charged and had heartbreaking vulnerability from both. He has very beautiful arms, more than I have noticed before, and really good secure lifts.
oldoperafan did the critic wrote something about them? l am so disappointed due the recognizement skunk and ask recived from my FORMER favourite crisp (arteriosclerosis victim imo)
I have not looked for particular reviews. I did accidentally notice a Guardian review of a previous performance, and it was only critical of the lack of inadequate acting ability of the two principals, going on to praise Kim who was in Friends pdt that evening. I wish I had seen that, but I would have had to sit through the rest of the performance and so chose not to.
oldoperafan Actually, there is now a more recent review of a previous performance (not Kim's) in the same newspaper, which is fairly typical of ballet reviewing in that paper. I tend to avoid.