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Once bitten, twice intrigued: Shchedrin's The Left-Hander (Levsha)

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 4 November 2014
Shchedrin, Levsha "The Left-Hander"
Mariinsky Opera
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Andrei Popov, The Left-Hander
Kristina Alieva, The Flea
Maria Maksakova, Princess Charlotte
Andrei Spekhov, English Under-Skipper
Vladimir Moroz, Tsar Alexander I / Tsar Nikolai I
Eduard Tsanga, Ataman Platov
The epitome of Russianness: Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky
***11
Intoxicating, mystic, sacred, profane
*****
Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky
****1
Mariinsky Rheingold a promising start to EIF Ring
****1
Conflict Unresolved: The Enchanted Wanderer
***11
The Mariinsky Ring concludes in Birmingham
****1
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