Stravinsky’s Petrushka is beloved in the orchestral world, a landmark in the dance community, and for all audiences, one of the most peculiarly passionate ballet stories ever told. Seedy carnival ...

Pride and avarice are the first and second of the Seven Deadly Sins. For the piano aficionado, therefore, the Philips label’s “Great Pianists of the 20th Century” — now 120 CDs strong and heading fast ...

Beware of two notorious tricksters lurking in Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown when the Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs there on Saturday and Sunday. One is the playful Petrushka, the star of ...

Distant Music lost his unbeaten record here yesterday, Misraah lost his lustre, and the 2,000 Guineas is wide open. Giant's Causeway was promoted to favouritism for the Guineas in most books by the ...

Designed to demystify classical music in a relaxed and informal setting, the premiere of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's "Inside the Music" on Nov. 4 will explore Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka," a ...

“Always leave them wanting more.” P.T. Barnum may not have actually said this, but it’s a useful showbiz maxim nonetheless, one the Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director Andris Nelsons seem to ...

Dancers from Dallas Black Dance Theatre performed with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Robert Spano, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on Jan. 5, 2024. Stravinsky’s score ...

Commentator Rob Kapilow uncovers the genius beneath the layers of Stravinsky's great ballet, Petrushka, and recalls how it inspired him to follow... 'Petrushka': Stravinsky's Opaque Reality One ...

Igor Stravinsky was all of 28 years old in 1910 when he landed his first big hit, the ballet score to The Firebird, composed for the Ballets Russes, the influential dance company based in Paris.

As a legend he almost instinctively attracts the adjective “blinding”, so impossible an act to follow was he as a stage creature, particularly for the men - but in fact “illuminating” is much the more ...

Petrushka, curious, inimitable ballet-child of Igor Stravinsky, was given last week for the first time this season at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. Poor Petrushka, superbly done by Adolf ...