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Tag Archives: Rimsky-Korsakov
A beguiling evening of exotic spice from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Debussy, Lalo, Rimsky-Korsakov: Soumm; Bournemouth SO/Gaffigan ***** The Anvil, Basingstoke, 5th May 2017 At this season’s Grange Festival, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is in the pit for Annabel Arden’s new production of Carmen. The first half of this concert could … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandra Soumm, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Debussy, James Gaffigan, Lalo, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, The Anvil
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Rites of Spring: Tcherniakov embraces Rimsky-Korsakov’s hymn to nature at the Bastille
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden **** Opéra Bastille, 15th April 2017 There’s a wonderful painting by Ilya Repin of an aged Leo Tolstoy in peasant clothing. Having renounced his aristocratic lifestyle, the great writer didn’t just adopt peasant dress, but lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida Garifullina, Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Manistina, Franz Hawlata, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Maiden, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Vladimir Ognovenko, Yuriy Mynenko
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Love in a cold climate: rare Rimsky-Korsakov opera revived by Opera North
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden *** Opera North, Grand Theatre, Leeds, 21st January 2017 Always winter, never spring. No, not Narnia, but The Snow Maiden, Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1873 fairy tale, rooted in Russian folklore, in which Snegurochka, daughter of Father Frost … Continue reading
Something to crow about: The Golden Cockerel as sharp political satire in Düsseldorf
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel **** Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 15th April 2016 Think of Boris Yeltsin and one image probably springs to mind. In 1996, campaigning for re-election as Russian president, defying accusations of ill-health, he danced at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonina Vesenina, Axel Kober, Boris Statsenko, Corby Welch, Cornel Frey, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dmitri Bertman, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Eva Bodorová, Renée Morloc, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roman Hoza, Sami Luttinen, The Golden Cockerel
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Russian Roulette: Pappano’s spin through the Mighty Handful
Orchestra of the ROH/Pappano *** Royal Opera House, 8th February 2016 Exploring the music of Russia’s “Mighty Handful” would seem a useful limber up for the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Sir Antonio Pappano ahead of the upcoming … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio Pappano, Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
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