Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko is a case in point, an opera central to the repertoire in Russia but rarely performed elsewhere. It’s a large-scale, nationalistic affair, with rousing choruses and folksong ...

Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov/Aida Garifullina/Bolshoi Theatre of Russia/Timur Zangiev Champion of the Russian composer’s operas Dmitri Tcherniakov notches up another with this Bolshoi theme-park staging In ...

Opera Ballet Flanders has added two new titles to its free online streaming offers. From now, the audience can enjoy the opera Sadko by Rimski-Korsakov directed by Daniel Kramer and the dance ...

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A few years ago half the U. S. was humming a teasing melody called “The Song of India.” Many a wailing tenor and shrilling soprano delivered it in cinema-houses and on radio programs. Jazzmen ...

WHEN Kurt Schindler introduced excerpts from “Sadko” in concert form a few years ago, it seemed that this opera had suffered from neglect by the Metropolitan authorities. The music was charming, and ...

Opera-how to dress for the summer season The hugely taxing title role may be another obstacle to the opera’s progress – here, Zurab Zurabishvili is dauntless if not ideally mellifluous. The mezzo ...

A performer was killed during an opera at Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theatre on Saturday in an accident that occurred during a scene change, the theater said. The 37-year-old man was performing in “Sadko ...

The incident occurred during a set change in a Saturday performance of the opera Sadko A piece of scenery being moved fell on the male victim, the show was immediately stopped and the audience was ...