Event listing: Rachmaninov: Troika | New England Conservatory: Jordan Hall | Event is in the past

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Prelude to a kiss: Rachmaninov’s Francesca da Rimini

Mark Pullinger, 15th September

The tale of Francesca and Paolo in Dante’s Inferno has inspired as many musical settings as paintings. Here, Mark Pullinger explores Rachmaninov’s neglected opera, Francesca da Rimini.

A Rachmaninov troika from Odyssey Opera, with one lame horse

Kevin Wells, 25th September

Gil Rose conducts all three of Rachmaninov's operas in Boston, with impressive performances making a convincing case for at least two of them.

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