Death of Russian ballet star, 88

Death of Russian ballet star, 88

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norman lebrecht

June 23, 2020

The formidable Nikolai Fadeyechev has died in a Moscow hospital.

A member of the first Bolshoi company to visit London in 1956, he was a mainstay of the company for quarter of a century, a maget for balletomanes.

 

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  • E says:

    During the Bolshoi’s long visit to Paris in the early seventies, he was Plisetskaya’s regular
    partner. Indeed a mainstay of the company.

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