RUSSIAN BALLET.
Can a ballet programme, relying entirely upon unspoken Interpretation, cover the whole range of tragedy, fantasy, plain narrative, and comedy character sketch? It can. The Russian Ballet's second programme, now showing at the Opera House, Is proof. "The Swan Lake" (Tschaikowsky music) 13 a tragic fantasia, "En Saga" (Sibelius) is narrative with a happy ending, "Sea Legend" (Rofe) carries the audience back to fantasy and tragedy, and the comic characters parade in "Capricclo Italien" (Tschalkowsky). I'here is not a dull moment. The programme will be repeated tonight; matinee tomorrow.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450206.2.105
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1945, Page 7
Word Count
91RUSSIAN BALLET. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1945, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.