Royal Opera House; the Place, LondonMacMillan's unsparing story of mayhem and murder at the Austro-Hungarian court is taken to another level by Natalia OsipovaThe role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling offers its interpreters one of the greatest dramatic challenges in ballet. The heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, who in 1889 shot his 17-year-old mistress, Mary Vetsera, before blowing his own brains out, was a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AM on May 7, 2017