BALLET: THE SILVER ROSE
Jealousy, infidelity, love gone wrong. No, this is not the description of an episode of Melrose Place. These are the main themes of The Silver Rose, The Australian Ballet’s newest show, choreographed by the legendary Graeme Murphy (best known as the long-standing head of the Sydney Dance Company). With dazzling Klimt-inspired gold and silver-toned Art Nouveau sets by Roger Kirk and a vibrant score by renowned composer (and long-time Murphy collaborator) Carl Vine, the scene is set for this timeless tale of romantic interludes and dangerous liaisons. Based on the classic opera The Rose Cavalier, Murphy has spun the opera on its head, infusing it with pathos and humour – and lashings of sex. Ballet is not just for the bourgeois set. If you’ve never imagined yourself a ballet aficionado – in fact, you’d prefer to watch Melrose Place – The Silver Rose is the perfect introduction into this madly dizzying, often comic and intensely passionate world.
Apr 9-29, Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House, $29-160, 1300 369 741, australianballet.com.au
