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ABT – Don Quixote – Osipova & Carreno 6/1
Natalia Osipova rocked the house tonight with her Kitri in Don Quixote. All during the first act Haglund kept saying to himself "Leaping lizards!" That was, of course, because Osipova was launching herself into…
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ABT – Don Quixote – AC lights up the Met
Tonight's opening performance of Don Quixote saw the biggest crowd at the Met in ABT's season thus far. It seems that Angel Corella draws crowds, sells tickets, packs the house, generates enthusiasm – and…
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ABT – Lady of the Camellias – Wednesday 5/26
Unfortunately, Haglund had to miss the Wednesday matinee of the new Lady of the Camellias with Vishneva, Gomes, Part, and Tamm. Couldn't be helped. But he did make the evening performance of Dvorovenko, Stearns,…
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ABT – Lady of the Camellias – Tuesday 5/25
At about 7:00 p.m. people began filing in to take their seats at the estate auction. Already there was a sense of reserve and quiet respect in the audience. Someone had died. All of…
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ABT – La Bayadere Saturday 5/22
At about 6:30 Saturday night, Haglund said to himself, "Aw heck. Let's go watch this train wreck unfold." The best thing that can be said about a train wreck is that somebody usually survives…
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ABT – La Bayadere 5/18-19
There have been so many cast substitutions during the first three performances of La Bayadere that the ABT scheduler may have already gone cuckoo before the completion of the first week of the season. …