Leopold Stokowski’s personality, musical practices and personal origins were mysteries to the public. He preferred it that ...

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will provide live orchestral accompaniment for this year’s Connecticut Ballet production of “The Nutcracker” for the first time in almost 20 years.

Tchaikovsky never wrote a cello concerto, but the “Variations on a Rococo theme” is a close second. The main theme is a Tchaikovsky original, but it's deeply steeped in his love for Mozart and ...

Based on Pushkin’s narrative poem Poltava, Tchaikovsky’s interpretation is more Netflix biopic than rigorous historical source. For Ukrainians, Ivan Mazeppa (1687-1708) is a national treasure – he ...

His recital program at Hahn Hall on Friday is noticeably Tchaikovsky-free but includes important Russian composer Scriabin and Kabalevsky, along with Schubert’s Drei Klavierstücke, Janáček’s In the ...

In the opening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's science fiction novel Alien Clay, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our hero wakes from years of space travel to a terrifying new reality ...

An international ensemble brings its 32nd North American tour of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" to Little Rock, 5 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St ...

An annual tradition takes on a new look to transform how audiences see "The Nutcracker." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown tells us how one ballet company is helping to make this long ...

Famed Bolshoi duo Yekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev star in this production of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet, "The Nutcracker." Maximova dances the role of Maria, the young girl whose ...

No new production of a beloved old ballet can please everyone, and there is none more beloved, or more frequently produced, than The Nutcracker. English National Ballet has staked its identity on ...

Dance companies presenting renditions of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet have become as synonymous with the Christmas season as decorated trees and Santa Claus. Audiences who come to ...

Audiences at BalletMet's "The Nutcracker"' will see new faces and familiar ones, including Leiland Charles and Jessica Brown, who discuss their roles.