One of the peskier questions in the classical music world: Does lesser-known mean lesser? In short: Is repertory obscurity deserved, or in any case earned? New recordings of seldom-heard music by one ...

Even if you aren’t a classical music fan or actively listen to Tchaikovsky’s music, you’ve absolutely heard his compositions.

Everyone's on the run in "The Queen of Spades," the feverish and absorbing Tchaikovsky opera that opens the San Francisco Opera Summer Festival. Nannies and neurotic partygoers, card sharks and ...

It may not be as widely known as his “The Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake” or “The Sleeping Beauty” but “Eugene Onegin” is Tchaikovsky’s most popular opera, opening this weekend at the Detroit Opera House – ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's Royal Opera House will stage a rarely performed Tchaikovsky opera over the Christmas period which director Francesca Zambello called the Russian composer's "best ...

Fans of Tchaikovsky classics like The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty will not want to miss the next production in the 2018-2019 season of Michigan Opera Theatre. Eugene Onegin, based on ...

On The Queen of Spades at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. “Enough of this nonsense,” the elderly Countess commands in Act II of Tchaikovsky’s 1890 opera The Queen of Spades. She is referring to ...

Joan of Arc occupies a special place in the hearts of New Orleanians. As one of the patron saints of France, the former mother country of Louisiana, her heroism in battle and the morale she inspired ...

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Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is a first-rate example of great literature that's further enlightened when set to great music. The opera is based on a groundbreaking story by ...