Swan Lake, at Royal Opera House, Seven magazine review And the dancing? Monday's ensembles were beautifully rehearsed with crisp, high-stepping work from the Act I peasant boys and a meaty czardas led by Bennet Gartside. Yuhui Choe was exquisite in the pas de trois: sharp feet, a floating jump and a soft, expressive upper body. Laura Morera and Ricardo Cervera bounced blithely through Ashton's fleet-footed Neapolitan duet. Yolanda Sonnabend's droopy, drippy skirts (shabby chic without the chic) blur the snowflake lines of the white acts, but the corps of swans were otherwise picture-perfect in Mark Henderson's ingeniously zoned lighting - a happy change from the usual moonlit murk. New director Kevin O'Hare is fielding seven Odettes this season, including three guest appearances by former Bolshoi superstar Natalia Osipova. The live cinema relay on October 23 goes (rightly) to the soulfully intelligent Zenaida Yanowsky, but the Covent Garden first night was awarded to house favourite Marianela Nuñez (alias Mrs Thiago Soares). The Argentinian star is at her radiant best in Coppélia and La fille mal gardée but she has been dancing Odette/Odile for seven years now and her strong physique makes short work of the dual role's many technical challenges. On Monday night her jetés flew, her footwork was flawless and she joined the dots very neatly, but it still seems as if she is impersonating the roles rather than fully inhabiting them. Her Odette has a serious face, her Odile wears a smile, but neither has the power to move us. Greater musicality might help - and more nuanced tempos than Boris Gruzin provides - but I'd still rather see her in comedy. To Nov 24, www.roh.org.uk