The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering Blu-ray (The Royal Ballet)The Cellist is Cathy Marston's first ballet for the Covent Garden Main Stage and was inspired by the momentous life and career of the extraordinary cellist Jacqueline du Pr. Lauren Cuthbertson stars as du Pr alongside Matthew Ball as the conductor (and her lover) Daniel Barenboim, but Marcelino Samb plays second fiddle to neither as the cello come to life. Jerome Robbins' elegant and elegiac Dances at a Gathering is one of his masterworks. An exercise

A reproduction of the poster for The Royal Opera's 1969 production of Pelléas et Mélisande designed by Richard Bird and Michael Mayhew

Pages: 704

Tybalt: Bennet Gartside

Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseConductor: Graham BondChoreography: Frederick Ashton  Production realisation & staging: Christopher NewtonOriginal Designs: Robin and Christopher IronsideAdditional Designs: Peter FarmerLighting: Mark Jonathan

which underpins this charming story

La traviata Print

Simon Keenlyside plays a strong and towering Macbeth with Liudmyla Monastyrska as his Lady

Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet

and Gary Avis is the mysterious

'exalted' tone of the music culminating in a real (and properly ecstatic) trill

Choreography: Lucy Burge

Finishing the collection is Force of Nature Natalia which provides unprecedented access into her rehearsal process and also features footage from the ballerina’s own archive