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 ...
It's a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Shakespeare. Boy meets girl. Girl falls in love with boy. Families start fighting. Soliloquies are delivered. Soft light breaks through yonder windows ...
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A brand-new medium. An age-old story. “Romeo & Juliet,” a contemporary dance-theater adaptation of the classic Shakespearean tragedy, will run at the Loeb Ex from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. Directed by ...
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 MUNICH — Sergei Prokofiev died the same ...