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...introduction to the opera's music, be forewarned that the singers, all from the Bolshoi Opera Company, while generally competent, lack greatness. The tenors, Golitzin and Andrei, are sung by men with light voices that are just barely under control. Khovansky and Dossifey are handled by baritones of first rank and musical sensitivity who make the most of the eloquent passages that occasionally come their...
...orchestra, also that of the Bolshoi, plays its delicate preludes quite capably under the direction of E. Svetlanov, but lapses into a fuzzy lassitude throughout the rest of the work...
...press notices were less ecstatic but favorable. On the last night of the troupe's three-day Moscow stint-they will return later, after touring other Russian cities-the audience included Russian Composer Aram Khatchaturian and Bolshoi Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, who was heard to murmur about one of the company's modern works: "I wish they would create something like that...
...Yankees." The negotiations leading to his invitation, said London, almost broke down during the U-2 incident, but, he added wryly, "what was I supposed to do-chicken?" London, who has performed the role often in the U.S. and Europe, had only three days to rehearse with the Bolshoi Opera. He proved to be in top form, sang his part in near-perfect Russian (although he does not speak the language). The audience gave him a standing ovation and eight curtain calls. Said London: "This is the climax of a life-long dream...
...Brussels (May 2-June 23). An International Festival that relies almost entirely on visiting troupes, including Britain's Royal Opera in a production of John Gardner's The Moon and Sixpence, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Little Ballet Troupe of Bombay and the 360-member Sofia Opera, which will present the first Western stage performance of Prokofiev's War and Peace...