Royal Opera House, LondonThe Mariinsky company " formerly the Kirov ballet " unveils the fifth production of its Covent Garden season (celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first visit to London) with what is perhaps its most high-risk piece: Anna Karenina. Who would convert Tolstoy's novel into a ballet? The idea seems audaciously doomed: how could the story possibly survive without words? But from the moment the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on August 13, 2011