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Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut

Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”

The Independent UK

Onegin at the Royal Ballet review: a passionate tribute to longing and regret

4/5 Marianela Nuñez brings feeling and passion to the role of Tatiana

Evening Standard

From bells to choirs, different ‘timbres’ ring in the Christmas holiday season

Concerts and radio stations at this time of year are filled with both Christmas and winter holiday music.

The Conversation

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Christmas culture guide 2024: the very best of what to see on stage and screen this festive season in London

The very best of what to do in film, TV, theatre, panto, dance and more...

Evening Standard

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons album review – exquisite care and ego-free piano playing

Bruce Liu’s performance is superbly polished, but wonderfully free of mannerisms, giving these charming salon pieces the respect and sincerity they deserve

The Guardian - UK

‘You very rarely see men moving together like this’: Matthew Bourne on 30 years of his radical Swan Lake

Three decades after he first adapted Tchaikovsky’s classic, the choreographer’s reimagining of Swan Lake, with an all-male corps, is back for an anniversary tour. He and his original team tell the story of a show that stunned audiences

The Guardian - UK

Nutcracker in Havana review – Carlos Acosta’s Cuban take on the Christmas classic is a breath of fresh air

With its tropical backdrop and Latin-infused reworking of Tchaikovsky’s score, Acosta Danza’s touring show, if not always coherent, flies by

The Guardian - UK

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Nutcracker in Havana review – Carlos Acosta is in a sunny mood this Christmas

Tchaikovsky’s score gets a Latin makeover and Cuban dance styles combine with classical ballet in this joyful and colourful festive family show

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Eugene Onegin; Cavalleria rusticana; The Acts of Brízida Vaz/You Can’t Kill the Spirit– review

An experimental staging of Tchaikovsky’s opera brings fresh ideas and a few misses, ambitious community opera thrives in south London and a Cornish company goes nuclear

The Guardian - UK

Eugene Onegin review – stripped back staging is compelling and probing

Ted Huffman’s unfussy new production of Tchaikovsky’s opera is detailed and insightful. Kristina Mkhitaryan’s Tatyana is a particular highlight among a strong cast

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Eugene Onegin; Last Night of the Proms; Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ – review

Plucky Northern Ireland Opera triumphs with elegant, homegrown Tchaikovsky; Stephen Hough and Angel Blue rise above the pomp; and biblical car park Mahler

The Guardian - UK

Swan Lake at the London Coliseum review: a sweet but soporific affair

This production from the State Ballet of Georgia has its moments, but still – have we had too many Swan Lakes?

Evening Standard

“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

Louder

Proms star Elim Chan: ‘Being who you are is powerful. Not all orchestras can take it’

Her conducting is so ravishing that it was claimed one audience member climaxed. Now the Hong Kong-born pioneer is set to give the Proms a spectacular start

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Swan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall review: tutu-tacular scales up the spectacle but not the emotion

This 60-strong show is an impressive feat – even if it does lack a frisson

The Guardian - UK

Byron Janis obituary

US piano virtuoso renowned for dynamic and lyrical playing as well as championing the cause of his fellow sufferers from arthritis

The Guardian - UK

A brief encounter with the classics

Brief letters: Pre-op soundtracks | St George’s cross | Flights of fancy | Eggy bread | Starter homes

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Elisabeth Lutyens Piano Works; Tchaikovsky and Korngold string sextets and more

Martin Jones makes a persuasive case for an unfashionable British composer; Antonio Oyarzabal continues to champion forgotten female composers; and the Nash Ensemble hit 60 in style

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The Guardian - UK

Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works Vol 2 album review – first-rate playing even if some of the music is less so

Some of Tchaikovsky’s lesser known pieces are on this disc by Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSSO

The Guardian - UK

If you’re raging that ‘Netflix made Alexander the Great gay’, it’s time to learn some LGBTQ+ history

For centuries, LGBTQ+ lives have been wiped from the record – February represents a chance to celebrate our contribution, says novelist Matt Cain

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker’ an extraordinary, superbly jazzed take on a holiday classic

It’s “The Nutcracker” to a totally different beat, and thoroughly entertaining.

The Guardian - UK

Yuri Temirkanov obituary

Russian conductor admired for his electrifying interpretations of his nation’s repertoire, especially Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

The Conversation

How music heals us, even when it's sad – by a neuroscientist leading a new study of musical therapy

When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his own life]. He’d been listening to her album, and I played it as I…

Evening Standard

The chicest London Christmas events to book now

Have yourself a merry little evening with one of London's best festive events. But hurry, says Annabelle Spranklen, they're selling out fast

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Nutcracker’ heralds holiday season’s dance programming in Chicago

Here’s a guide to where mice and soldiers will be showing their moves, and other dance performances during the final weeks of 2023.

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