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There is room for variations of interpretation here, from a highly chiselled classicism to a more expansive lyricism and, when needed, ferocity. Valery Gergiev naturally opted for the latter, and at some points the dangerous closeness of the idiom to that of film music of the great days of the epic was accentuated. But then though the work is austere, it is also florid, and David Nice's admirable programme notes were right to remind us of [Stravinsky]'s love of Verdi.
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Russian Revelation
Opera
Russian revelationThe Mariinsky TheatreThe BarbicanThe Mariinsky Theatre of St Petersburg paid a concentrated visit to the Barbican last week, performing four theatre pieces on three evenings. I failed to see the first, a concert performance of Ri...See the full content of this document
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