Song of the Earth / La Sylphide Tickets

Absolutely great evening! The theatre was traditional and full of character. The show was superb - nice seats, good view, and superb performance. Highly recommended, even if you're not a huge fan of ballet. The experience was pure pleasure.

I am not a great aficionado of the ballet so do not have much other experience to compare it to but I found Song of the Earth rather dull, slow and inaccessible. The plain leotards of the dancers and complete lack of any scenery or props on stage also made it rather boring. By contrast I found La Sylphide much more entertaining and interesting as there was a clear story to it and the colourful costumes and stage scenery made it much more eye catching and dramatic, especially the group dances. I would definitely go to see La Sylphide again but not Song of the Earth. It made for a long programme combining the two into one show and I think it would have been a more enjoyable evening if they had just done La Sylphide on its own and not bothered with Song of the Earth. I might add if they had put Song of the Earth at the end of the programme after La Sylphide, I for one, and I suspect others, would have walked out before the performance ended.

Three hours is far too long. La Sylphide should have been on first. Should have used the translator above the stage for the German singing and to introduce the parts of Song of the Earth.Individual dancing was sound but the Corp at times were all at sea. The orchestra were excellent and kept the show on the road.

It was a piece of art...very beautiful and artistic

My first real visit to a ballet. Incredibly impressed with the venue of the Coliseum. The Upper Circle was the perfect place for me to see the ballets. Song of the Earth was fascinating and I thoroughly enjoyed it. La Sylphide was also excellent and the talent of these dancers is undeniable. I found the two intervals rather strange and would have preferred just the one. All in all a great first experience and I would recommend it.

An excellent and varied evening of ballet. The combination of singing (contralto in particular was superb) and dance in the first half was a new experience. La Sylphide was magical - wonderful sets, some fine orchestral playing and brilliant dancing especially from James!

Loved it and enjoyed the contrast between the two ballets.

A lovely evening. Great seats

It was interesting two see two very different performances in the same evening. However we were suprised that the dancers were often not perfectly synch'ed in their movements: alignments, timing... Very good show anyway and good value for the price.

Both ballets were just superb. A minor criticism is that with the black tights of the Messenger in 'Song of the Earth', and the very dark socks worn by the men in 'La Sylphide', meant that times their dazzling footwork was not clearly visible on a poorly lit stage. Occasionally when the stage was better lit and it made such a big difference.

The programme provided a wonderful comparison of styles; the one which had both serious dance and song to add to typical Mahler music, and the other giving a colourful and lighthearted portrayal of solo and corps ballet at its best. An evening of pure enjoyment and admiration of the talent and ahletism.

Absolutely beautiful ballet plus music plus singing... Gorgeous setting. Utterly lovely. I would go again.....