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| Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1891 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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ViennaIolanta
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Timur Zangiev; Evgeny Titov; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Annemarie Woods; Martin Gebhardt; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
BordeauxIolantaNew production
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Pierre Dumoussaud; Stéphane Braunschweig; Opéra National de Bordeaux; Thibault Vancraenenbroeck; Marion Hewlett; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
HelsinkiLuonnotar / IolantaNew production
Sibelius, Tchaikovsky
Kristian Sallinen; Antony McDonald; Finnish National Opera; Lucy Carter; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Paging Dr Freud! Iolanta and the Nutcracker at the Volksoper Wien
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When is The Nutcracker not The Nutcracker? When's it's mashed together with Tchaikovsky's Iolanta to represent the blind princess’ inner world in a dark interpretation.
Seeing double: Iolanta and The Nutcracker reunited
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Tchaikovsky's final opera and ballet were always intended to be paired; at the Royal Albert Hall Petrenko and the RPO present them together in a rewarding double-bill, marred by microphones.
Wolf-Ferrari entertains, Tchaikovsky bewitches at Holland Park
Wolf-Ferrari's Il segreto di Susanna provides an airy bon-bouche to Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, brilliantly sung by Natalya Romaniw and David Butt Philip and conducted to fairy-tale perfection by Sian Edwards
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ParisIolanta/Casse-NoisetteNew production
Tchaikovsky
Alain Altinoglu; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisIolanta/Casse-Noisette
Tchaikovsky
Alain Altinoglu; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Taking another fearless leap: Sonya Yoncheva
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“I don't fear anything!” Sonya Yoncheva discusses her career, from leaping from the Castel Sant’Angelo as Tosca to preparing a new Iolanta in Vienna, and setting up her own production company.