Best Russian music: London concerts and operas that dazzle

By Claudia Pritchard on 20/10/2019

Top Russian artists and masterworks by Russian composers that thrill and inspire

Soprano Hibla Gerzmava sings Russian and Italian classics

Hibla Gerzmava recital, Cadogan Hall

The lush melodies of Tchaikovsky and his countrymen, and the show-stopping arias by Italian masters of opera, are sure to be on the programme when the great Russian soprano Hibla Gerzmava gives a rare London solo recital as part of a world tour.

Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park

An innocent young woman, who has learnt all she knows of love from romantic literature, falls for a man who is more worldly wise. She is rejected, and there are terrible consequences, but as the woman grows in maturity it is not she who feels the final pain.

Best Russian music: London concerts and operas that dazzle

Top Russian artists and masterworks by Russian composers that thrill and inspire

Hibla Gerzmava recital, Cadogan Hall

Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park

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Shostakovich

Stravinsky

Britten

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