As part of the Royal Opera House's #OurHouseToYourHouse series, the next full ballet streaming is the joyful, comic and enchanting La Fille Mal Gardée. Young farmhands, clog dances and ponies are the ...

Death, desire and desperation drive a ballet that delves into the darkness of human emotion Opening the Royal Ballet’s new season, Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling is an uncompromising tale of death and ...

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. An injury to Edward Watson has played havoc with the casting for the Royal Ballet’s latest star-studded revival of ...

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Natalia Osipova and Ryoichi Hirano are uneasy bedfellows in MacMillan’s dark drama, but there’s a show-stealing turn lower down the ranks in the Royal Ballet’s enjoyable season opener Last Monday the ...

There isn’t a more demanding role than Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling, a ballet that bucks all the rules. MacMillan’s last and greatest narrative ballet - now 35 years old - is epic and unexpected ...

It's never easy to debut in a role when half the audience bought tickets to see someone else, but this was the situation Ryoichi Hirano faced last week as announcement of Edward Watson's injury was ...

Opening the Royal Ballet’s 2018/19 season is a dark, brooding and sensual ballet which offers a glimpse into the world of fin de siecle Vienna: this is Mayerling. The Royal Ballet’s 40th anniversary ...

When all-consuming passion becomes a royal scandal. Crown Prince Rudolf is tormented by dark obsessions, shared only by the beautiful Baroness Mary Vetsera. Stifled by the oppressive conventions and ...