Last week English Touring Opera opened their Autumn touring season with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snowmaiden. The Snowmaiden premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, in 1882 and the Hackney Empire’s plush red stage curtain certainly brought a flavour of Imperial Russia to this evening’s performance.. The stage was lit with a circle of light – glass panels encased wintry…
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Soprano Romaniw Celebrates Slavic Repertoire with ‘Arion’
Natalya Romaniw’s star has been shining bright on the operatic stage for the past five years as her creamy soprano voice continues to draw an ever increasing legion of fans. A Daily Telegraph critic suggested in February this year that Romaniw was the next Netrebko of her generation. At Opera Holland Park last season,…