Rupert Christiansen

There are passages of considerable eloquence in Royal Ballet’s The Winter’s Tale

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The charismatic Cesar Corrales as Leontes and the peerless Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione in Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale for the Royal Ballet. Image: ©2024 ROH / Andrej Uspenski
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