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We hear it booming from car stereos as much as we do from the back of the orchestra: but why is the bass drum the unsung hero of the 21st century? For Gabriel Prokofiev (yes, he is a relation) the ...

DENVER — You might say that Alun Jones is married to “Romeo and Juliet,” the work that he’s choreographing for Colorado Ballet’s spring season. “I first staged the Prokofiev score when I was artistic ...

Not long before Prokofiev started the lengthy negotiations that were the precursor to his writing Romeo and Juliet, he had taken on a job composing the music for a new film. It was directed by ...

Prokofiev's first and fifth symphonies couldn't be more different in style, juxtaposing neoclassical frivolity with war-driven passion. Thomas Søndergård is very much at home with the symphonies of ...

Though it contains some of the most romantic ballet music ever composed, getting Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet to the stage was no fairy tale. The first production by the Bolshoi Theatre was ...

When you catch sight of a cool duck rolling on skateshoes across the stage, it's pretty clear that this latest version of Peter And The Wolf is a far cry from the instant classic Prokofiev premiered ...

80 years after it was first performed, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf remains as popular as ever. While often viewed as a cute fairy tale for children, the story it tells has far darker roots.

Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf returns for a stand-alone, family–friendly winter engagement on Feb. 11. The spring series (April 27-29) is ambitious, as the company mounts two major Stravinsky pieces, ...