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Tag Archives: Tchaikovsky
Kapitonova enchants in Ratmansky’s Zurich Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake **** Zurich Ballet, 3rd June 2018 Zurich’s charming opera house lies within a stone’s throw of the lake. During intervals on balmy summer evenings such as this, audience members wander lakeside, where swans glide serenely. It’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Jones, Jérôme Kaplan, Manuel Renard, Pavel Baleff, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, Viktorina Kapitonova, Zurich Ballet
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A keeper: Scarlett delivers a triumphant new Swan Lake for The Royal Ballet
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake ***** Royal Ballet, 17th May 2018 Faced with one of the most daunting tasks in ballet – choreographing a new production of Swan Lake – Liam Scarlett has nailed it. Huge pressure rests on the shoulders of anyone restaging a core … Continue reading
Flamboyant Liszt, bold Brahms from Khatia Buniatishvili at the QEH
Khatia Buniatishvili **** Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9th May 2018 Khatia Buniatishvili was born to play Liszt. This is not news. Her Liszt is like a wild stallion, galloping furiously, nostrils flared, tossing its black mane impatiently. The easy virtuosity she brings … Continue reading
Russian flames: Nemanja Radulović and Kirill Karabits set The Anvil alight
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Karabits ***** The Anvil, Basingstoke, 19th April 2018 This Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concert under Kirill Karabits was billed under the title “Bohemian Fire” and it certainly didn’t contravene the Trades Descriptions Act. Rachmaninov dedicated his Caprice bohémien to Anna Lodyzhenskaya, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits, Nemanja Radulović, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky
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All that glitters: an opulent Sleeping Beauty returns to Birmingham Royal Ballet
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty *** Birmingham Royal Ballet, Mayflower Theatre, 31st January 2018 Fairy tale ballets don’t come with a higher classical pedigree than The Sleeping Beauty. Premiered in St Petersburg in 1890, it is the epitome of Imperial style and … Continue reading