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On Romeo and Juliet, part of the American Ballet Theatre’s season. Years ago, Mstislav Rostropovich conducted it in Washington. He had dancers on the stage. And the orchestra. He himself was at the ...

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera adaptation of Tolstoy seemed unperformable. But in Munich, it has become an urgent antiwar cry. By Joshua Barone A production of “War and Peace” in ...

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NEW YORK — In 1935, Sergei Prokofiev made a devil’s bargain: He moved to the Soviet Union, chasing a lucrative offer to write any opera or ballet he wanted and an opportunity to take command of the ...

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Sergei Prokofiev was a composer with an abundance of genius but little luck. In the Soviet Union (he went into exile after the Revolution but returned in 1934) he had to endure a series of criticisms ...

A 1998 production staring Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Aleksander Gergalov in this Kirov Opera & Ballet production of the Prokofiev opera, with Valery Gergiev conducting.

The 28-year-old composer had come all the way from Russia to Chicago to conduct the premiere of his new opera. But sad news awaited him. The Chicago Opera Co., which had commissioned the work, just ...