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Tag Archives: Anna Tikhomirova
Tilting at windmills: Bolshoi’s Don Quixote cranks into top gear
Don Quixote Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, 15th August 2019 Don Who? It’s best to forget Cervantes when it comes to the ballet version of Don Quixote, especially in Alexei Fadeyechev’s three-year old Bolshoi production, last seen here at Covent … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Loparevich, Alexei Matrakhov, Anna Balukova, Anna Tikhomirova, Antonina Chapkina, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Don Quixote, Elena Zaitseva, Igor Tsvirko, Kristina Karasyova, Margarita Shrainer, Minkus, Pavel Sorokin, Ruslan Skvortsov, Valery Leventhal, Vera Borisenkova, Yuri Ostrovsky
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Kiss me, Katya: Bolshoi’s Shrew a slinky, sexy delight
Shostakovich: The Taming of the Shrew ***** Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, 3rd August 2016 “If I be waspish, best beware my sting.” Thus the feisty Katharine warns off Petruchio in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, but he’s irresistibly … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Tikhomirova, Artemy Belyakov, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Ekaterina Krysanova, Igor Dronov, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Olga Smirnova, Semyon Chudin, Shostakovich, The Taming of the Shrew, Vladislav Lantratov
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