Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Gergiev conducts Kirov in Prokofiev opera; soon, Boston with the London

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Conductor Valery Gergiev

Maestro Valery Gergiev conducted the Kirov Orchestra and Chorus of the Maryinsky Theater on Sunday in a concert performance of Prokofiev's opera, Love for Three Oranges; The New York Times review appeared today: A Brisk Prokofiev Comedy, Without Opera Heroics.

Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with piano soloist Alexei Volodin at Boston's Symphony Hall March 25 in a program of Beethoven's "Emporer" Concerto and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 for the Celebrity Series of Boston (who else?).



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