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Tag Archives: Pavel Sorokin
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