‘Against fate there is no defense,” advises the Old Gypsy at the beginning of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Aleko.” These words of wisdom are, unfortunately, lost on the opera’s title character, who murders ...

Colour everywhere: Robert Hayward as Aleko with Matthew Stiff as Zemfira’s father, Elin Pritchard as Zemfira and the Chorus of Opera North in Rachmaninov’s Aleko In Karolina Sofulak’s take on the ...

New York City Opera is at the forefront of New York's cultural season with Opening Night on Thursday, September 8, 2016 featuring two compelling ensemble casts in a new production double bill directed ...

Reporter Darcie Rawlings headed to Opera North’s operatic double bill of Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko at Newcastle Theatre Royal earlier this week. Opening Opera North’s spring season at Newcastle ...

If you’re looking for Mediterranean heat and Sicilian atmosphere you won’t find it in Opera North’s revival of Karolina Sofulak’s 2017 production of Mascagni’s slice of torrid verismo. However, the ...

In an era when musicians mine the dark corners of many composers’ output, searching for the odd masterpiece to bring to light, the operatic efforts of Sergei Rachmaninoff have remained oddly untouched ...

Rachmaninoff’s Aleko and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi are apt partners not only because they are vehicles for a ‘star’ baritone but also because they share a common theme in that both are about outsiders ...

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