While the Whitsun Festivals usually enjoy glamour, glamour and great effects, a quiet ballet evening of all things became the most emotional hit of the weekend. Between show opera on Friday and the Bartoli Gala on Monday, the Festspiel Saturday seemed almost silent. This was exactly the strength of the Hamburg Ballet's guest performance at the Großes Festspielhaus.John Neumeier's "The Little Mermaid" told Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy t…
While the Whitsun Festivals usually enjoy glamour, glamour and great effects, a quiet ballet evening of all things became the most emotional hit of the weekend. Between show opera on Friday and the Bartoli Gala on Monday, the Festspiel Saturday seemed almost silent. This was exactly the strength of the Hamburg Ballet's guest performance at the Großes Festspielhaus.John Neumeier's "The Little Mermaid" told Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy t…