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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →

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Bolshoi reflections: creaky drama and a rising star in London

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

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 →

Posted in Ballet | 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 | 5 Comments

Kiss me, Katya: Bolshoi’s Shrew a slinky, sexy delight

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

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 →

Posted in Ballet | 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 | Comments Off

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