-
Recent posts
- Netrebko and Pappano pack a punch at Salzburg: La Gioconda
- Oliver Mears turns La Gioconda into a tale of abuse at the Salzburg Easter Festival
- Play your cards right: La fanciulla del West and Pique Dame at Opéra de Lyon
- Sinking into Parsifal: Jonas Kaufmann
- Pushing the limits: Asmik Grigorian
- In Vienna, Lydia Steier stages Candide as a bawdy Broadway romp
- In Vienna, a Turandot without the clichés
- Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci: murder, lust and fiery singing
- A bloodless Salome at Staatsoper Hamburg
- Rouen takes Carmen back to her opéra comique roots
Categories
- About (1)
- Ballet (53)
- CD (51)
- Comment (5)
- Concert (291)
- DVD/Blu-ray (9)
- Interviews (14)
- Opera (257)
- Recipes (5)
- Uncategorized (2)
Tags
- Anna Netrebko
- Antonio Pappano
- BBC Proms
- BBCSO
- Beethoven
- Berlioz
- Bizet
- Brahms
- Britten
- David McVicar
- Debussy
- Donizetti
- English National Ballet
- English National Opera
- Glyndebourne
- Glyndebourne Chorus
- IRR
- La traviata
- Liszt
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Madama Butterfly
- Mahler
- Mozart
- Mussorgsky
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Philharmonia
- Prokofiev
- Puccini
- Rachmaninov
- Ravel
- Richard Strauss
- Rimsky-Korsakov
- Rossini
- Royal Ballet
- Royal Opera
- Saint-Saëns
- Shostakovich
- Sibelius
- Stravinsky
- Tchaikovsky
- Valery Gergiev
- Verdi
- Vivaldi
- Wagner
Meta
-
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
Tag Archives: Rimsky-Korsakov
Rebel with a Rimsky cause: Dmitri Tcherniakov returns to the Bolshoi with Sadko
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko Bolshoi Opera, 11th May 2020 When it comes to ruffling feathers at the Bolshoi, Dmitri Tcherniakov has form. It was in 2006 that his radical approach to Eugene Onegin caused Galina Vishnevskaya to declare she would never set … Continue reading
Noseda digs into his “Russian Roots” with the LSO
Noseda/ London Symphony Orchestra Barbican, 28th November 2019 “Russian Roots” is the title of Gianandrea Noseda’s ongoing series with the London Symphony Orchestra, an exploration of Russian repertoire rather than anything to do with the conductor’s – Milanese – origins. … Continue reading
Posted in Concert
Tagged Bruch, Gianandrea Noseda, Janine Jansen, London Symphony Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
Leave a comment
Sylphs and tales from the harem: Kazakh State Ballet makes its UK debut
Scheherazade/ Chopiniana Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Coliseum, 17th November 2019 Citing Attila the Hun with pride, Erlan Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK, declared to the Coliseum audience that his country was launching a “cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet
Tagged Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Arisa Hashimoto, Azamat Askarov, Chopin, Chopiniana, Dinara Yessentaeva, Malika Elchibayeva, Nelson Joaquin Peña Núñez, Nurzhan Baibusinov, Rahim Dairov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Ulan Badenov, Vyacheslav Okunev, Zhanel Tukeeva
Leave a comment
In Rimsky’s Kitezh, Gergiev eventually weaves some Russian magic
Gergiev/ Mariinsky Orchestra Cadogan Hall, 8th October 2019 Punctuality isn’t exactly Valery Gergiev’s strength. Years of experience teach you never to expect a Mariinsky Orchestra concert to begin on time, but when the audience isn’t even admitted until ten minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Concert
Tagged Berlioz, Mao Fujita, Mariinsky Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Valery Gergiev
Leave a comment
Triumphant Glazunov 5 crowns Jurowski’s evening of Russian “Henry Wood Novelties”
Prom 41: Jurowski/ London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, 17th August 2019 “Henry Wood Novelties” sound like a brand of retro sweets on sale in nostalgia confectionary shops. But rather than strawberry laces, Parma violets or sherbet fountains, they form … Continue reading