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A grand return to near normal
Life, James Keller, Published on 08/04/2021
» All tickets were sold out for the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra's concert late last month in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre, the first they have performed there since January.
150 years of Rossini
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 19/06/2018
» 'Opera would be absolutely perfect," said Giachino Rossini one day while cooking a gourmet meal in his Paris mansion. "If only we could get rid of those damned singers."
Triumphant performance of Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps
Life, Published on 01/09/2015
» Igor Stravinsky was a young, virtually unknown composer when he was recruited by Sergei Diaghliev to create works for Diaghliev's Ballets Russe. Firebird and Petrushka were composed first and then the seminal Le Sacre Du Printemps. Subtitled "Pictures Of Pagan Russia", Le Sacre Du Printemps -- or The Rite Of Spring -- caused a scandal and a near-riot at the premiere on May 29, 1913. Almost as soon as the curtain rose, the audience began to react strongly to the performance, starting with whistles and proceeding to hisses and howls as the dancers appeared.