MANCHESTER International Festival's production of Stravinsky's century-old ballet, The Rite of Spring, due to be performed over six shows between 14 July - 19 July has been cancelled.
We are a Festival of world premieres and one-off events and the work – by its very nature – involves risk.
Below is the official MIF press release:
After careful consideration we have reluctantly concluded that the new staging of The Rite of Spring - directed by Romeo Castellucci and conducted by Teodor Currentzis - is not yet possible in the format that the artist has envisioned and we must cancel this summer’s run in Manchester.
We are a Festival of world premieres and one-off events and the work – by its very nature – involves risk. The Festival, the director and creative team are disappointed but all are clear that it would be unacceptable to present a compromised version of this ambitious show to our audiences.
We are working with our partners, the Ruhrtriennale 2012 - 2014 in Germany and Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Russia, to continue to realise this radical new production; more details will be available in due course.
All audience members for The Rite of Spring can transfer their tickets to another Festival event (subject to availability), or can request a full refund via Quay Tickets on 0161 876 2406 or info@quaytickets.com
