San Francisco Ballet choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov wastes little time with niceties in his newest ballet, "Francesca da Rimini," which the company premiered on Thursday night at the War Memorial Opera House. Red-clad furies swirl around the lovers' triangle of Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada and Taras Domitro, the maw of Dante's inferno opens to disgorge three menacing shadows, and in the first 15 seconds you know there will be no happy ending here.
Bombast seeps from the very pores of this ballet, but when you're talking about lavish Tchaikovsky music - his symphonic fantasy on the same subject - mixed with the drama of Dante's "Inferno," clearly this is not the moment for half-measures.
S.F. Ballet review: Love is hell in 'Francesca'
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