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Netrebko’s Tatyana the main draw in new Met Opera Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Metropolitan Opera/Valery Gergiev (DG) Anna Netrebko’s Tatyana has been a long time coming. Ever since I first saw her, with her elfin, Audrey Hepburn looks, perched on a balcony as Natasha in Prokofiev’s War and Peace, she … Continue reading

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Netrebko’s Tatyana is worth the wait!

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Metropolitan Opera, 5th October 2013 I’ve waited thirteen impatient years for this. Covent Garden, July 2000: the Mariinsky Opera (or the Kirov Opera as it was then titled) rolled into town for a Russian season of … Continue reading

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Ripping heartstrings to shreds: Gergiev’s new Romeo and Juliet on LSO Live

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Valery Gergiev/London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live) Following his LSO series exploring the symphonies of Mahler, Valery Gergiev returned to more familiar Russian soil last autumn with his Émigré season, presenting music of Russian exiles, the highlights … Continue reading

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