Estonian National Ballet: Alice in Wonderland
Estonia Opera House, Tallinn 3rd September 2023 Stuart Sweeney Gianluca Schiavoni’s Alice in Wonderland is billed as a “Ballet for young audie…
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Estonian National Ballet: Black and White, Double Bill
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 26th March Stuart Sweeney Ukrainian Serge Lifar is recognised as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th C and…
Estonian National Ballet: Korsaar (Le Corsaire / The Corsair)
Estonian Opera House Tallinn 4th December 2022 Stuart Sweeney In the theatre and on film, I have seen several versions of Korsaar and, to confess, …
Estonian National Ballet: Twilight Houses
Tallinn Estonia 24th April 2022 Stuart Sweeney Tiit Härm’s love for the music of Gustav Mahler formed the inspiration for his new ballet Twilight H…
Estonian National Ballet: La Bayadère
Estonia Opera House Tallinn April 21st 2022 Stuart Sweeney Tragic ballets, such as Swan Lake and Giselle have an emotional resonance which make a d…
Estonian National Ballet: Teet Kask’s Louis XIV – the Sun King
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 21st and 24th November Stuart Sweeney Louis XIV was extraordinary: King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715, …
Estonian National Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Nancy Meckler
26th November 2017 Estonia Opera House Tallinn by Stuart Sweeney To make a ballet from Tennessee Williams famous play and film, Ashley Page, then t…
Estonian National Ballet – End of 2017 Round-up
Estonia Opera House Tallinn Stuart Sweeney Ballet evening – dance miniatures and Othello (29th Nov 2017) provided an intriguing mix. The first half…
Estonian National Ballet: Giselle
Estonia Opera House Tallinn April, 2017 Stuart Sweeney I’ve been visiting Estonia for 15 years and this is the first time during that period that G…