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Review: In Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake, a great ballet is trapped inside a good one
Momoko Hirata and Mathias Dingman anchor superbly danced leads, but Peter Wright and Galina Samsova’s choreographic choices – not least the wasted Act I finale and Act II overture – hold the production back from greatness.
World Ballet Day 2026: The Royal Ballet reveals how stories are made
The Royal Ballet’s World Ballet Day livestream on 29 October goes inside the rehearsal room, with coaches passing roles to a new generation.
Interview: Dance Umbrella 2026’s artistic director Freddie Opoku-Addaie
Dance Umbrella 2026 (7–27 October): Freddie Opoku-Addaie on a festival with no single theme, shaped by artists and communities across London and online.
Royal Ballet pairs Robbins and MacMillan in its autumn Visionaries programme
Royal Ballet’s Visionaries bill: Hamilton, Ball and Bracewell debut in MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, paired with Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering.
Fabrizio Maria Carminati takes over Donizetti Opera’s opening night after Fogliani’s sudden death
Riccardo Frizza has handed Donizetti Opera’s opening night to Fabrizio Maria Carminati, dedicated to the late Antonino Fogliani.
Thank you, Luchino Visconti: La Scala marks 50 years since the director’s death
Fifty years after his death, a new Museo Teatrale exhibition revisits Visconti’s eight La Scala productions – from Callas’s Traviata to the Ring he never staged.
