Best Russian music: London concerts and operas that dazzle
The UK-Russia Year of Music comes to a brilliant end with concerts featuring Russian artists and masterworks, but much more Russian music lies ahead
Hibla Gerzmava recital, Cadogan Hall
The lush melodies of Tchaikovsky and his countrymen, and the show-stopping arias by Italian masters of opera, are sure to be on the programme when the great Russian soprano Hibla Gerzmava gives a rare London solo recital as part of a world tour.
Read more ...Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park
An innocent young woman, who has learnt all she knows of love from romantic literature, falls for a man who is more worldly wise. She is rejected, and there are terrible consequences, but as the woman grows in maturity it is not she who feels the final pain.
Read more ...TRY CULTURE WHISPER
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