Commentator Rob Kapilow uncovers the genius beneath the layers of Stravinsky's great ballet, Petrushka, and recalls how it inspired him to follow... 'Petrushka': Stravinsky's Opaque Reality One ...

Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) Stravinsky’s 1947 revision of Petrushka adapts his 1911 ballet for concert performance with ...

Igor Stravinsky was all of 28 years old in 1910 when he landed his first big hit, the ballet score to The Firebird, composed for the Ballets Russes, the influential dance company based in Paris.

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Stravinsky first achieved international fame with these works, which were commissioned for – and first performed by – Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. Premiered during an extraordinary period ...

With a St. Petersburg setting, dancing bear, puppet show and Stravinsky score, “Petrushka” is about as Russian as Russian ballet gets. But a brand-new adaptation, which The Portland Ballet will debut ...

Backstage with Andrés is a series of conversations with Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, recorded behind-the-scenes at Jones Hall. Maestro Orozco-Estrada chats with Catherine Lu ...

“Always leave them wanting more.” P.T. Barnum may not have actually said this, but it’s a useful showbiz maxim nonetheless, one the Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director Andris Nelsons seem to ...

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ASPEN Though Saturday night’s benefit performance of “Madama Butterfly” was the centerpiece of a busy weekend at the Aspen Music Festival, it was also a weekend for pianists.Ingrid Fliter wrestled ...