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Roddy Doble and Patric Palkens gracefully perform their highlighted duet in "Obsidian Tear." PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Obsidian Tear’ mesmerizes audience with abstract, unconventional ballet

Lauren Frias November 6, 2017

[mediagrid cat="45041"] A fanfare of brass instruments erupted from the orchestra pit, punctuating the nearly dead silent auditorium. The curtain raised to reveal not a cast of exquisitely dressed ballerinas,...

FRILOT: “Hamilton” is coming to Boston

FRILOT: “Hamilton” is coming to Boston

Madison Frilot March 30, 2017

Monday marked an exciting day for theatre enthusiasts of the Boston area. The Boston Opera House was packed with members of various press outlets. Reporters and journalists all sat anxiously on the edge...

Lia Cirio in rehearsal for the Boston Ballet performance of “Le Corsaire.” PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Ballet “Le Corsaire” brings 19th-century ballet into modern times

Lauren Frias November 2, 2016

[mediagrid cat="34220"]A deafening silence draped over the crowd in the Boston Opera House as the lights dimmed and the curtains rose. A boat full of pirates in a stormy sea appear behind the scrim, only...

EDITORIAL: Lights dim and a curtain falls on Boston history

EDITORIAL: Lights dim and a curtain falls on Boston history

Editors September 11, 2015

Students at colleges around Boston come here for a combination of the old, historic community and the new, modern flair of a bustling city. Tourists come here just to take pictures of some of the most...

REVIEW: Comfortable “Nutcracker” feels like recurring dream

Brooke Jackson-Glidden December 4, 2014

In Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s renowned ballet, “The Nutcracker,” the shifty-yet-kind Herr Drosselmeyer gives the blue-eyed, pure Clara Silberhaus a nutcracker toy for Christmas. That evening, from...

Boston Ballet revamps ‘The Nutcracker’

Daily Free Press Admin November 26, 2012

Boston Ballet’s holiday classic, The Nutcracker, a 42-year holiday tradition, received its first makeover in 17 years. Artistic director Mikko Nissinen called in designer Robert Perdziola to create...

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