Mayerling

...by him. But, at this level, being easy on the eye is not enough. Last month, he was an empty suit as the lead in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling. And here, as Oedipus, his earthbound performance is made to look crushingly mortal. Watson,...

In this article: Edward Watson, Wayne McGregor, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, and George Balanchine

...to principal dancer this summer. Having cut his teeth on smaller but technically glittering roles such as Bratfisch the coachman in Mayerling and the Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, and having had roles choreographed for him by Wayne...

In this article: Royal Ballet School, The Sleeping Beauty, Miyako Yoshida, The Nutcracker, and Romeo

A tale of drugs, sex, debauchery and madness," say the ads for the Royal Ballet's current revival of Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling. Even Opera Rara's performance of Donizetti's Maria di Rohan next month is being pitched as "Death, Duels and...

In this article: Kenneth MacMillan, Suicide, London, Hamlet, Teseo, Maria di Rohan, and Alcina

...lack of political interference in the arts On Thursday, I will run on to the stage at Covent Garden to dance the part of Mary Vetsera in Mayerling, one of the great roles in the Royal Ballet's repertoire. It's a privilege I could never hope...

In this article: Spain, Japan, Ministry of Culture, JavaScript, Mary Vetsera, George Balanchine, Italy, and US

Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling isn't a conventional choice for a first-time ballet. It traces the decline of Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, from his marriage to his death in a suicide pact with his teenaged...

In this article: Kenneth MacMillan, Mara Galeazzi, Royal Opera House, London, Suicide, and Mary Vetsera

A scene from Mayerling by the Royal Ballet. Photograph: Tristram Kenton The choreographer Kenneth MacMillan would have been 80 this year had he not died backstage during a performance of Mayerling in 1992. Created in 1978, the ballet was...

In this article: Kenneth MacMillan, Edward Watson, Mary Vetsera, Mara Galeazzi, Suicide, and Simulacrum

...than dance, but it's a knock-out, whatever you call it. The week's other big-season opener showed dance at another extreme. Mayerling was Kenneth MacMillan's last big ballet, his darkest, and - structurally, at least - his finest. There...

In this article: Dance Theatre, Taiwan, Kenneth MacMillan, London, Edward Watson, Mary Vetsera, and Suicide

Mayerling at the Royal Opera House, review The scale of Kenneth MacMillan's ambition is matched by the way in which every aspect of Mayerling works towards its overall effect. Rating: * * * * * Published: 4:09PM BST 08 Oct 2009 The...

In this article: Rudolf, Kenneth MacMillan, Edward Watson, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Royal Opera House, Suicide, and Nicholas Georgiadis

...production effortlessly overtook the Bolshoi's earlier staging, becoming the definitive dance version. Two more three-act epics, Manon and Mayerling (arguably his masterpiece), followed. These are the works that define him onstage today,...

In this article: Kenneth MacMillan, Agoraphobia, Waste, Romeo and Juliet, First World War, Cancer, Anxiety, and Ninette de Valois

The best dance events for autumn 2009 Royal Ballet (Oct and Nov) Opening the season, Kenneth MacMillan's searing three-act ballet Mayerling (music by Franz Liszt) focuses on the dissolute life and tortured psyche of Crown Prince Rudolf...

In this article: Sadler's Wells, Sergei Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Wayne McGregor, Carlos Acosta, London, Afternoon of a Faun, and A Suite of Dances