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Sep 23, 2022 · The seductively elegiac strains of the bedroom pas de deux in Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, the sensuous but haunting dance of the lovers at its core, evoke the tenor not only of personal tragedy but of an entire era. Here is the paradox at the heart of the ballet, soon to return to the Royal Opera House.
Jan 1, 1997 · His first part was as the King of the South in MacMillan's The Prince of the Pagodas, and he has danced Balanchine's Agon, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Symphony in C. During the 1991-92 season he was seen as both Romeo and Tybalt in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet and as Lescaut in Manon.
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Other Principal MacMillan roles Adam danced at the Royal Ballet were Romeo (with Fiona Chadwick, Darcey Bussell and Sylvie Guillem), Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling (with Viviana Durante, Leanne Benjamin, Gilllian Revie and Mara Galeazzi), Lescaut and Gaoler in Manon, Husband in Anastasia (with Durante), Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Solo Boy in ...
Dec 21, 2010 · On the morning of January 30, 1889 their bodies were discovered by the staff of the prince’s hunting lodge at Mayerling (in Austria, outside Vienna). By all appearances the prince had shot Mary...
The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent murder–suicide pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 January 1889 in an imperial hunting lodge in Mayerling .
When Rudolf betook himself to Mayerling in January 1889, he was thought to be hosting just such a hunting party, but on the day after his arrival he shot his lover and himself with a pistol. On the official level, efforts were made to hush up the murder and suicide committed by the Emperor’s son.
Dec 9, 2020 · One of the other memories that I cherish was Rudolf in Mayerling, the Everest of male ballet roles.”. He also mentioned as a highlight dancing all his first principal roles with Darcey Bussell, including Prince of the Pagodas, and being in Macmillan’s last three ballets: “Macmillan was always very encouraging.”.
