Maid of Orleans to relaunch rocky Bolshoi
mainThe Russian press are reporting that the new music director, Tugan Sokhiev, has chosen one of Tchaikovsky’s less-known operas to open his first season in September.
The tradition, lapsed in recent years, is that the Bolshoi must open with a Russian work. In Soviet times, it was always Ivan Susanin, by Glinka.
It’s a good piece; I did it in Germany (in concert) a few years back. In French.
Boycotting all things Russian until they repeal and disavow their anti-gay legislation, and reverse the attempted genocide of LGBT.
Now if somebody would only do it without cuts. Even the Melodiya recordings are blue pencilled.