Hear excerpts of "The Rite of Spring" in conductor Valery Gergiev's thrilling performance with the Kirov Orchestra. Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) is often held up ...
Some of us associate springtime with daffodils or azaleas. Igor Stravinsky did not. Thinking back to his boyhood in Russia, he remembered the winter's ice giving way to the "violent Russian spring." ...
It’s hard today to imagine a ballet causing an audience to riot, but that’s what happened 100 years ago when the well-heeled Parisian spectators at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées revolted against Igor ...
It was 100 years ago this month that the Rite of Spring had its infamous premiere in Paris. As the lore and legend goes, the ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky ...
The Houston Symphony presents Riots & Scandals Festival: Stravinsky Rite of Spring + Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto live at Jones Hall from Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22, 2023. A century ...