Photo Album – First look at The Royal Ballet’s triple bill Concerto/Enigma Variations/Raymonda Act III

Tonight, 22 October 2019, is opening night at The Royal Opera House for a Petipa/Ashton/MacMillan triple bill.

Concerto. Anna Rose O'Sullivan. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.

Concerto. Reece Clarke and Lauren Cuthbertson. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (4)

The Royal Ballet will be dancing Concerto, Enigma Variations and Raymonda Act III until 20 December. From The Royal Ballet's classical origins in the works of Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company.

Concerto. Reece Clarke and Lauren Cuthbertson. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (3)

Concerto. Reece Clarke and Lauren Cuthbertson. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (4)

Concerto, MacMillan's fusion of classical technique with a contemporary mind, completes a programme that shows the breadth of the Company's heritage.

Ashton's Enigma Variations is quintessentially British in every way – from its score by Elgar and period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, to Ashton's signature style, the essence of British ballet.

Enigma Variations. Paul Kay as RBT. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.

Enigma Variations. Francesca Hayward as Dorabella. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.

Enigma Variations. Calvin Richardson as WMB. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton.

Petipa's Raymonda Act III is Russian classical ballet summarized in one act, full of sparkle and precise technique.

Raymonda Act III. Vadim Muntagirov as Jean de Brienne. ©ROH, 2019. Ph by Tristram Kenton (4)

Raymonda Act III. Sarah Lamb as Raymonda. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton (3)

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Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.