Queen of the Bolshoi Svetlana Zakharova on her love affair with London

Svetlana Zakharova in Gabrielle Chanel

Svetlana Zakharova (Odette) and Denis Rodkin (Siegfried) in Swan Lake

Svetlana Zakharova as Odile in Swan Lake

Svetlana Zakharova as Aegina in Spartacus

By Mark Pullinger, 06 September 2019

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Dancing Queen: the Bolshoi’s Svetlana Zakharova on her love affair with London