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Tag Archives: Alexander Vassiliev
Listen with Mother: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan La Monnaie, Brussels, 16th June 2019 Look at it from the point of view of the child. The father he’s never met sentences him and his mother to be nailed into a barrel and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Altinoglu, Alexander Vassiliev, Ante Jerkunica, Bernarda Bobro, Bogdan Volkov, Carole Wilson, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Zaitseva, Gleb Filshtinsky, La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chorus, Nicky Spence, Olga Kulchynska, Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stine Marie Fischer, Svetlana Aksenova, The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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Circle of Life: Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen returns to Glyndebourne
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen **** Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 12th June 2016 Seventy years before Elton John’s “The Circle of Life” graced The Lion King, Leoš Janáček celebrated nature’s cycle in The Cunning Little Vixen. His inspiration was drawn from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Vassiliev, Alexandre Duhamel, Alžběta Poláčková, Christopher Purves, Colin Judson, Dinah Collin, Elena Tsallagova, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Chorus, Jakub Hrůša, Janáček, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Melly Still, Sarah Pring, The Cunning Little Vixen, Tom Pye
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