Park Theatre and Wild Yak with co-producer Alexander ‘Sandy’ Marshall have announced the full cast for the world premiere of ...
Benjamin O'Mahony will star as Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich in Holy Fool, a new play about art and resistance under ...
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Why Shostakovich lived in constant fear under Stalin
Dmitri Shostakovich became one of the Soviet Union’s most famous composers while living under the constant threat of Stalin’s regime. His music was praised one moment and condemned the next, while ...
The 20th-century Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich might be best known for his conflicted but patriotic symphonies, his daring operas, including two takes on Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth ...
There’s a rare musical occurrence happening in San Diego this weekend. The La Jolla Music Society is presenting three concerts of chamber music by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It’s part ...
Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent. By David Allen Banned for decades in the Soviet Union ...
After composing an operatic adaptation of “Macbeth” that displeased Stalin, the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich told a friend: “Even if they cut off both my hands, I shall continue to write music ...
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