Sometimes it takes a first-rate artist to breathe life into a second-rate piece of music. It all begins cozied up to a crackling fire in the month of January, where Lim finds much tenderness in ...

Your reviewer (Life & Arts, June 17) says that there has not been a production of Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed opera Mazeppa by a UK company “since the headline-grabbing ‘chainsaw’ staging by ...

Based on historical fact, Mazeppa was a regional leader who rose up against Tsar Peter the Great in the hope of freeing his country from Russian rule. Tchaikovsky adds in Mariya, Mazeppa's goddaughter ...

At bottom, the work is a gripping study in the eternal conflict between love and politics. Forget Liszt’s symphonic poem about the cuckolding philanderer tied naked to a galloping horse. Tchaikovsky’s ...

David Stout and cast in Grange Park’s staging of Mazeppa - Alastair Muir Surrey’s finest fizz – courtesy of nearby vineyard Greyfriars – is the usual tipple of choice at Grange Park Opera, but on a ...

MAZEPPA — A long-standing Memorial Day tradition will kick off in Union County on May 25. The Mazeppa Union Church at 3200 Johnson Mill Road will host the annual Memorial Day Parade at 6 p.m. May 25.

Barbara Strozzi (Italian; 1619-1677). Composer and Singer. Camilla de Rossi (Italian; fl 1670-1710). Composer of oratorios. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (French; 1665-1729). Harpsichordist and ...

Mar. 3—ROCHESTER — Caledonia remembers last season's heartbreaking one-point loss to Cannon Falls in the semifinals all too well. The Warriors now have a shot at redemption and a chance to head back ...

When Tchaikovsky began composing his Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1879 he worked "deliberately and carefully, rather than with a feverish urgency which is always detrimental to my works." He eventually ...

Master P's kids have been inspired to follow in his entertainment footsteps Ariana Quihuiz is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has also appeared in ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. The 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—still popular today for such works as ...