Ex-Bolshoi dancer Anastasia Volochkova and current Bolshoi star and stirrer Nikolai Tsiskaridze have been on Russian television to add even more mud to an already murky pond. The Bolshoi's general … [Read more...] about Mud will be slung tonight: Tsiskaridze and Volochkova expose prostitution at the Bolshoi
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Russian virtuoso guitar player has all his fingers amputated
Alexey Zimakov, the winner of the 1991 American Guitar Association Competition in Miami, and a virtuoso player has had all the fingers on both hands amputated after contracting severe frostbite in his … [Read more...] about Russian virtuoso guitar player has all his fingers amputated
Great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya dies at 86
Russian opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya has died today, December 11, at the age of 86. Vishnevskaya was born in St Petersburg (Leningrad) 25 October 1926, and cast out by her parents at six weeks. … [Read more...] about Great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya dies at 86
79-year-old Montserrat Caballé in hospital after a stroke and breaking her arm
Montserrat Caballé, now 79, suffered a stroke while in Russia and, while briefly losing consciousness, fell and broke an arm. She was flown last Saturday to the Sant Pau hospital in Barcelona where … [Read more...] about 79-year-old Montserrat Caballé in hospital after a stroke and breaking her arm
Battle of the pointes: Grishko and the threat of plastic
Nikolay Grishko runs the company he founded by in the late 1980s after accompanying his professional dancer-wife Tamara during a French tour: Russian dancers were bringing ballet shoes from theatre … [Read more...] about Battle of the pointes: Grishko and the threat of plastic
La Scala’s Raymonda “is a true banquet: pomp, circumstance, and an entire world on stage”, says the Financial Times
The Financial Times visited Milan's historic theatre to witness Sergei Vikharev’s reconstruction of Raymonda - a production which is sending ripples of interest and excitement around the ballet … [Read more...] about La Scala’s Raymonda “is a true banquet: pomp, circumstance, and an entire world on stage”, says the Financial Times
Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick… and why she hates ‘toska’
The papers are full of interviews with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, especially during this, the month of her 40th birthday. They are not exactly carbon copies of each other, but very … [Read more...] about Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick… and why she hates ‘toska’
Ivan Vasiliev to guest with English National Ballet as a tribute to Roland Petit
Bolshoi Ballet’s Ivan Vasiliev will dance Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort with English National Ballet tomorrow evening, July 22. He is partnered with English National Ballet First Artist Jia … [Read more...] about Ivan Vasiliev to guest with English National Ballet as a tribute to Roland Petit
Doodles in the Bolshoi archives
The death of a tyrant, abduction by the secret police and insight into the minds of some of the greatest composers in history are all part of the details that Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre has discovered … [Read more...] about Doodles in the Bolshoi archives
Nacho Duato, tradition and revolution at the Mikhailovsky Ballet
Ever since Duato breezed into the “dusty and creaky” Mikhailovsky, he has been tearing the place up. “No need for the classical movements here,” Duato tells a dancer in rehearsal. “Forget the port des … [Read more...] about Nacho Duato, tradition and revolution at the Mikhailovsky Ballet
Gennady Yanin comments for the first time on the recent Bolshoi sex scandal, “I don’t need anybody’s sympathy”
Anatoly Iksanov, the general director of the Bolshoi Theatre, has confirmed that what's seemed like a never-ending reconstruction of the Bolshoi's historic building is finally coming to an end; he … [Read more...] about Gennady Yanin comments for the first time on the recent Bolshoi sex scandal, “I don’t need anybody’s sympathy”
Osipova and Vasiliev shine in the live relay of Don Quixote from Moscow
23 countries shared the experience of this broadcast in high-definition from the Bolshoi with 460 cinemas around the globe participating. Imagine the pressure that the dancers of this Don Quixote were … [Read more...] about Osipova and Vasiliev shine in the live relay of Don Quixote from Moscow
The Paris Opera Ballet dances at the Bolshoi for the first time since the fall of communism
This week the Bolshoi Theatre's 'New Stage' will host the Paris Opera Ballet for a mixed programme, and next week they will present Preljocaj's Le Parc. It is the first time the company has been in … [Read more...] about The Paris Opera Ballet dances at the Bolshoi for the first time since the fall of communism
