Ballet theatre attracted Igor Stravinsky throughout his life and he strove unceasingly to find new forms. The melodrama for narrator, solo tenor, chorus and dancers, dating from the composer’s ...

It's been over 15 years since world-renowned puppet designer Michael Curry put on a show in Portland. But when conductor Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony approached him with Igor Stravinsky's ...

This release contains performances of Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta and Stravinsky's Persephone, both staged at one of Spain's most admired opera houses.

Igor Stravinsky’s attempt to describe his Persephone was not too illuminating: “A nose,” he said, “is not manufactured; a nose just is. Thus, too, my art.” In the case of Persephone, the nose is ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule The theme representing the puppet Petrushka consists of arpeggios (broken ...

The Greek myth of Persephone is gross. Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, is “abducted” (i.e., raped) by Zeus’ brother, Hades, who takes her to the Underworld. As Demeter wanders the world ...

World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners the world of tragedy and triumph, passion and seduction, intrigue and disaster, jealousies and dreams — the world of opera — every week.

It’s the joy of all-Stravinsky programmes – and this is the fourth major event in an ambitious 2016 festival – that so many alternative groupings are possible. The final work of last night’s “Myths” ...