The director, artist and choreographers speak about one of the most anticipated premieres of the season.

If you know only one work by Igor Stravinsky ... by his first international success The Firebird. This ground-breaking ballet score revealed Stravinsky’s innate theatrical sense, which ...

This ballet, The Firebird, was the work which marked Stravinsky's arrival on the world stage as a significant composer. It was premiered in 1910 in Paris (see stage works) and uses a lavish ...

Hardly ideal, but this is a more rootsy and soulful Firebird than his 1992 recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG, 11/93). Boulez prefers to perform Stravinsky’s original 1910 version. He ...

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The James Burton-prepared TFC sang with tonal warmth and good diction. They brought vigor to bear on their various “laudate” ...