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MoscowA concert with Anna Netrebko, Andrea Bocelli, Yusif Eyvazov and Olga Peretyatko
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The Big Symphony Orchestra; Eugene Kohn; Anna Netrebko; Andrea Bocelli; Yusif Eyvazov; Olga Peretyatko
MoscowAkram Khan's Giselle
Lamagna: Giselle
Akram Khan; English National Ballet; Gavin Sutherland; Tim Yip; Mark Henderson
St PetersburgMozart, Mahler
Mozart, Mahler
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Eliahu Inbal; Miroslav Kultyshev
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Verdi: Aida
Felix Korobov; Peter Stein; Stanislavsky Opera; Ferdinand Wögerbauer; Nanà Cecchi; Larisa Andreeva; Ksenia Dudnikova
St PetersburgMendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra; Benjamin Glassberg; Nikolai Mazhara
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Felix Korobov; Ludmila Naletova; Stanislavsky Opera; Viktor Arkhipov; Lilia Gaisina; Daria Terekhova
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The Bolshoi: Danish dancing with a Russian touch
The Bolshoi dancers Anna Tikhomiova and Artemy Belyakov shine in the stylish and poetic version of La Sylphide by Johan Kobborg.
Mieczysław Weinberg's The Idiot at the Bolshoi Theatre
Completed in 1985 and premièred in Mannheim in 2013, Mieczysław Weinberg's The Idiot is a true rarity. Seeing it revived for the first time, it's thrilling to see the opera given the vocal and musical treatment it desrves, lending a helping hand to its return from oblivion.
The epitome of Russianness: Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky
In Tarkovsky's venerable production, the Mariinsky orchestra and chorus are brilliant – but too brilliant for their soloists, including two replacement Borises for an indisposed Mikhail Petrenko.
Intoxicating, mystic, sacred, profane
Rodion Shchedrin's opera mixes singing, choreography and storytelling to lend a potent sacred and mystic overlay to Nikolai Leskov's folk tale.
Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky
Isabelle Patriot-Pieri's new production is a quirky mix of traditional and the opposite; Netrebko shows her star quality; Eyvasov impresses.
The Mariinsky celebrate Stravinsky's 135th
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra celebrate Stravinsky with a gala that closes with an outstanding Firebird; young talent blooms in A Soldier's Tale
