Symphonic storytelling: The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is perhaps the Ugly Duckling of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets. It was the second in the trilogy, completed in 1889, but has neither the dramatic thrust of Swan Lake nor the calorific sugar-coated charm of The Nutcracker in terms of popular appeal.
Stepping into Tchaikovsky Ballet: Swan Lake
Ask anyone who claims to know nothing about ballet to actually name one, the chances are it will be one of Tchaikovsky's.
The Nutcracker: casting a Christmas spell
Along with chestnuts, turkey and Carols from Kings, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without The Nutcracker. It has become a staple part of the festive season.
INTERVIEWS WITH SEMYON BYCHKOV
Beloved Friend: a long-term relationship with Tchaikovsky
Conductor Semyon Bychkov has had a long relationship with Tchaikovsky’s music and “Beloved Friend” is the title chosen for his series which travels to New York this January for a series of concerts and related events with the NY Philharmonic spanning three weeks.
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MadridSwan Lake
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Liam Scarlett; Sir Frederick Ashton; Royal Ballet; John Macfarlane; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
SavonlinnaQueen of SpadesNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique-Dame)
Alexander Vedernikov; Jere Erkkilä; Jani Uljas; Yulia Mazurova; Melis Jaatinen; Irina Churilova
VerbierMozart & Tchaikovsky
Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Renaud Capuçon; Leonidas Kavakos; Gérard Caussé; Gautier Capuçon
CardiffLast Night of the Welsh Proms
Suppe, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mealor, Elgar, Rossini, Offenbach
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Owain Arwel Hughes; David Childs
Sincerity itself: Semyon Bychkov on Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky has a special place in the heart of Russians. Semyon Bychkov caught the bug at an early age. In an interview, he reflects on what Tchaikovsky means to him, and the man behind the notes.
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Staging, spectacle, singing: three-card trick at Savonlinna
This was more stadium rock than stuffy opera house, lighting as ‘metaphor made real’ as the lovers were – literally – star-struck, blinded by love.
Lovely programme... but the Philharmonia can deliver more
The William Tell Overture promises much, Grieg and Tchaikovsky are well played but struggle to escape the routine.
Alina Cojocaru charms as Aurora in ENB's Sleeping Beauty
A dutiful revival of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty from English National Ballet.
Kapitonova enchants in Ratmansky's Swan Lake
Ratmansky's staging is more than a reconstruction. It's a staging that's moving and joyful in its own right.