Peter Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” may have been the audience favorite when it debuted at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater in 1892 on a double bill with “The Nutcracker,” but at 90 minutes, it’s an ...

The mostly Russian cast of Iolanta features Ekaterina Scherbachenko in the title role. (M. Logvinov - M. Logvinov) The mostly Russian cast of Iolanta features Ekaterina Scherbachenko in the title role ...

Sergey Skorokhodov sings as Count Vaudemont during a dress rehearsal of the Dallas Opera’s Iolanta. ( Rose Baca - Staff Photographer ) Sergey Skorokhodov sings as Count Vaudemont during a dress ...

Chicago Opera Theater opened its 46th season in bold fashion Saturday night, presenting what was billed as the Chicago premiere of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” which bowed in 1892. What’s more, the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Pacific Opera Project presents Tchaikovsky's Iolanta at the Aratani Theatre ...

4 Cast Announced for BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL at Aurora's Paramount Theatre "After 18 months of planning and preparation behind the scenes, I'm thrilled to finally be jumping into the COT orchestra ...

Being able to see the light of the sun and the beauty of this world is a delightful gift. Unfortunately, some do not receive this gift, including the main heroine of Tchaikovsky's last opera "Iolanta.

Nobody wants to be kept in the dark, isolated by a lack of knowledge or pitied by those around them who are in the know. Ignorance, in most cases, offers little bliss. In Tchaikovsky’s final opera, ...

Reporting from New York — In Tchaikovsky’s last opera, “Iolanta,” a blind princess who knows nothing of sight learns to embrace threatening light. In Bartók’s early opera, “Bluebeard’s Castle,” a ...