Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa came at the Felsereitschule in an electrifying concert performance with the company of the Kirov Theatre in St Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Dicky is a departure of sorts for the Welsh-born Mr. Bale, 36, who has put together an intriguing series of haunted, inward performances, even — or especially — when in the company of showboaters.
Though their paths may diverge, the ensemble has a way of inspiring loyalty, according to Karen Callaway Williams, a founding member, who will miss the May 22 show because she is traveling to a performance in Dubai with the company of the choreographer Mercedes Ellington.
Over the last five years she has appeared in a series of staged concert performances of the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, often in the company of Michael Cerveris, her co-star in "Sweeney Todd," and Audra McDonald.
But precisely why is something of a mystery, given the level of performance seen in the company's accounts of its winter repertory, Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" and Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor".
Since his first professional performance, in the Belgrade Theatre Company's 1961 production of "A Man for All Seasons," in Coventry, he reckons that he has "never been out of work".
They would receive stock units and cash, subject to the attainment of performance goals in the company's share price and earnings.
But he warned that the UK economic recovery was "still fledgling" and that performance in the remainder of the company's financial year would be "more modest than the year to date".
Mr. Barrowman arrives on the heels of his acclaimed performance in the Kennedy Center revival of "Company".
Chief executive Mike Coupe said the company's performance in the third quarter of its financial year meant it now expected sales at established stores to be better in the second half of the year than in the first half.
