Overview
- San Francisco Ballet will replace dancers for the remaining performances after principal Francesco Gabriele Frola injured himself on stage during the final act and left before the curtain call, with no official health update yet.
- The full-length production continues at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco through the final weekend of the run.
- Critics praised the high-energy dancing and vivid staging, noting a near full house on opening night and a post-show flamenco set that kept crowds lingering.
- Reviews highlighted multiple casts, including Frola with Sasha de Sola in one performance, Nikisha Fogo with Joshua Jack Price in another, and a later show that paired de Sola with Price.
- This staging is the company’s 2003 Tomasson/Possokhov version after the classic Petipa/Gorsky choreography, featuring Martin Pakledinaz’s colorful designs and even a live white horse.