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Cypress Quartet Unveils Album of Beethoven's Early String Quartets
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov Combines Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' and 'Iolanta' at Paris Opera
Stage director Dmitrii Tchneriakov has a dream. He wants to produce the entire Russian stage repertoire. Since this is Paris and not the New York Met, where every other production has to be one of Wagner's Ring Cycle, he just might be able to get it done. Tchneriakov got off to a good start recently when he combined two of Pyotor Tchaikovsky's pieces, Nutcracker and Iolanta and saw them performed at the Paris Opéra at the Palais Garnier March 14th. Jonas Kaufmann’s 'An Evening with Puccini' Concert Film Now Available
Jonas Kaufmann delighted audiences at La Scala Milan last summer with his opera concert of Puccini arias. The resulting performance film, 'Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini,' premiered theatrically last February and is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
