The Russian maestro, who heads the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, will also control the Bolshoi in Moscow, replacing Vladimir Urin, who spoke out against the Ukraine war. By Javier C. Hernández ...
In 2009 the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater reopened after renovation, the largest in its history. Aleksandr Lukashenko took part in the grand opening of the renovated building. He ...
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Pressure is growing on the manager of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre after a prime-time television show criticised him over a "decade of scandal", including an acid attack on its ...
Serebrennikov, a leading figure in Russia’s contemporary theatre and a vocal critic of censorship, had been implicitly slapped down by the Bolshoi Theatre when his ballet's premiere was cancelled in ...
On 28 November, the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus hosted the premiere of the ballet The Nutcracker. A new interpretation of this well-known classic was presented through the bold choreography of ballet ...
To try to understand a land which birthed a Putin, I went back to my old notes. I have been to Russia several times. A taxi, empty, cruised past, slowly, repeatedly, then grudgingly stopped. In ...
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MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet suffered severe burns when acid was thrown in his face, police and media said on Friday, in an attack the head of the prestigious ...