A truly “Saison Russe” was on stage: the innovation of the Russian theatre, Helikon, and of its founder Dmitry Bertman invaded the Alighieri, with four works – from Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Queen of Spades to the sensual Lady Macbeth in the Mtsensk District of Šostakovič, from the funny eclecticism of Stravinskiy’s Mavra to the timbric virtuosity of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kashchey the Deathless. And Russian is also the Festival’s dancing heart with the Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

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