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Jean Coralli; Jules Perrot; Marius Petipa; Mariinsky Ballet; Viktoria Tereshkina; Vladimir Shklyarov; Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
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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.
