Kirov Opera News

 
Battle of the ballets
Ottawa Citizen
The rivalry between the Kirov and the Bolshoi goes back 200 years. As Ottawa welcomes the Bolshoi to the NAC, we compare the two great Russian dance troupes. The Mariinsky (Kirov): The troupe is known for its precision, style, and classic romantic ...

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The Arts Desk
Ballo della Regina, La Sylphide, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
The Arts Desk
Strangest of all, he used music by Verdi, a composer whose music he had only choreographed to in his very early days as a journeyman opera-house ballet-master, when he did not get to choose.So what does the piece tell us? Very little, really.

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Kimmel cuts costly programs
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ewers says the Kimmel will be granting similar rent adjustments to the Philly Pops, Opera Company of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Ballet. Some of the Kimmel's classical offerings will be made in partnership with its own resident companies.

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New Yorker
Goings On About Town
New Yorker
“La Bayadère,” created by Marius Petipa for St. Petersburg's Imperial Russian Ballet in 1877, was not widely known in the West until 1961, when Nureyev performed it with the Kirov in Paris. In 1963, Nureyev staged a fragment in London.

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Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
BCB's 'Giselle' opens May 11, 13
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
... went on to become a principal dancer in the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre. He won a Diploma and the Silver Medal in international ballet competition in Russia. Jouravlev toured internationally with the “Stars of the Kirov and Bolshoi Ballet.


 
New Yorker (blog)
Ten Perfect Orchestral Recordings
New Yorker (blog)
According to one of his fans, Kleiber conducted just ninety-six concerts and around four hundred operatic performances. He made only a handful of orchestral and operatic recordings—not much activity for a man who lived to the age of seventy-four.

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Vuelve Giselle de la mano de Iñaki Urlezaga
Lanacion.com (Argentina)
Pero en aquel entonces lo acompañaba Anastasia Kolegova, la primera bailarina del Teatro Mariinsky, de San Petersburgo (conocido, entre 1935 y 1992, como el Teatro de Opera y Ballet Kirov). Tan contundente y aplaudida fue la química que lograron en el ...

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