Raymond Stults

Moscow 5 months ago

Moscow's Steamship Bolshoi Keeps Rolling

Moscow's Steamship Bolshoi Keeps Rolling

Moscow 5 months ago

In the summer of 2013, a British film production team was given unprecedented access to the Bolshoi Theater to make a documentary about the theater's inner workings.

Moscow 9 months ago

A Truly Sensational Salome at Novaya Opera

A Truly Sensational Salome at Novaya Opera

Moscow 9 months ago

Never in my 25 years of attending opera in Moscow has the term "sensational" come to mind in describing a new production by a local opera theater.

Moscow 9 months ago

Moscow Opera Season Preview: A Great Year

Moscow Opera Season Preview: A Great Year

Moscow 9 months ago

The 2015-16 season of opera in Moscow enjoyed a rousing start last month when Novaya Opera Theater brought to its stage a new version of Richard Strauss' "Salome" that came as close ...

Moscow 10 months ago

Bizet's 'Carmen' Sputters at the Bolshoi

Bizet's 'Carmen' Sputters at the Bolshoi

Moscow 10 months ago

Since its first staging at the Bolshoi Theater in 1898, Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" has been performed by the Bolshoi company nearly 1,200 times in 11 different productions, including a new one ...

Moscow 10 months ago

A Grand Festival That Lives Up to Its Name

A Grand Festival That Lives Up to Its Name

Moscow 10 months ago

For the seventh year in a row, the Russian National Orchestra (RNO) is due to inaugurate the Moscow classical music concert season with its Grand Festival.

Moscow 1 year ago

A Surprise-Filled 15th Tchaikovsky Competition

A Surprise-Filled 15th Tchaikovsky Competition

Moscow 1 year ago

This year's 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition came to an end on Thursday and Friday evenings with successive gala concerts in its two host cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Moscow 1 year ago

Benois de la Danse Gives a Fascinating Glimpse

Benois de la Danse Gives a Fascinating Glimpse

Moscow 1 year ago

Benois de la Danse is one of the most important annual events in the world of ballet. Since its founding in 1992 by then-Bolshoi Theater ballet artistic director Yury Grigorovich, it has ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Gerzmava Shines in 'Medea' Opera at Stanislavsky

Gerzmava Shines in 'Medea' Opera at Stanislavsky

Moscow 1 year ago

When the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater announced last September that it had picked Luigi Cherubini's "Medea" as one of its new opera productions for the current season, my reaction was that ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Trans-Siberian Arts Festival Shines in Novosibirsk

Trans-Siberian Arts Festival Shines in Novosibirsk

Moscow 1 year ago

Very few travelers, whether foreign or domestic, are likely to go out of their way to visit Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, located some 3,057 kilometers to the east of Moscow in the ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Musicality Redeems 'Queen of Spades' Opera at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater

Musicality Redeems 'Queen of Spades' Opera at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater

Moscow 1 year ago

Apart from its staging of "The Story of Kai and Gerda," an opera aimed primarily at young audiences, the Bolshoi Theater's array of new operatic productions this season is made up entirely ...

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