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Tag Archives: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
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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The Bolshoi’s Spartacus conquers Covent Garden
Spartacus Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, 29th July 2019 Big, bold, brassy. There’s only one company you’d want to see dance Spartacus: the Bolshoi Ballet. Although Aram Khachaturian’s raucous romp through the Third Servile War, in which Spartacus leads a … Continue reading
Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London
Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Taming of the Shrew, Le Corsaire We’re over a month into the BBC Proms season, yet I’ve only attended one concert thus far. What gives? Apart from a week away at Verbier Festival and Dorset … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Fadeyechev, Alexei Ratmansky, Artemy Belyakov, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Denis Rodkin, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Minkus, Olga Smirnova, Shostakovich, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Taming of the Shrew, Yulia Stepanova, Yuri Grigorovich
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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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