The Royal Opera House has the casting for the Bolshoi's tour in July-August 2006 on its website:

http://info.royaloperahouse.org/Performing...ccs=977&cs=2587

Many thanks, coda for the info

(But, waaaaaah -- I was hoping for Bright Stream to be presented on the first weekend, so that I could stitch together SFB in NYC and then off to London, and now the whole plan is in flames....)

Thanks for the posting Coda.

I just bought tickets by first registering for the E-mail list of Victor Hochhauser, and then using the provided password for ordering from Royal Opera House on the internet.

I also ordered by phone if I didn't like the seats offered on the internet. The ROH has a nice feature of letting you see the stage view you'll have with a click from a selected seat.

So I look forward to Pharaoh's Daughter with Lunkina, Bright Stream with Lunkina/Alexandrova,
Swan Lake with Alexandrova, and Cinderella with Krysanova!

Are you missing the premiere of "The Queen of Spades" in the West, Chiapuris?

Unfortunately, Coda, I am missing Pique Dame and Tsiskaridze.
And Go for Broke with its stellar cast, and Symphony in C.
It's just a matter of time constraints, since I'm also seeing the Mariinsky Shostakovich ballets on the 27 and 28 of July,

"The Queen of Spades" with Nikolai Tsiskaridze is now avalable on DVD:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9320734-4733555

It is also available at American Amazon, release date June 13:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBHSK...&v=glance&n=130

Thanks coda and drb!
I ordered a copy of Pique Dame from (American) Amazon.