YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters Life!) - Sex, power and fabulous wealth are images of modern Russia and also the theme for an ambitious new musical evoking one of Russia's most famous rulers.

Can a musical be a sexy beast? Especially if it’s infused with the yearning and even melancholy of the pre-revolutionary Russian sort? If the goings on at the Arvada Center are any measure, the answer ...

Whether you read Tolstoy's novel “War and Peace” in school, abandoned the dense story, or binged it like a salacious mini-series, it might be hard to imagine that the sprawling 1869 work could inspire ...

In this first programme, Valery Gergiev takes us into the heart of the Russian countryside. Over the centuries, the traditions of folk culture have been an assertion of the Russian identity and the ...

The Choral Arts Society’s annual Christmas music concerts are always a highlight of the season. This year’s concerts, a special gift from Russia with love, will be remembered for seasons to come. For ...

The entire sweep of Russian musical history is explored in this four-part series, beginning with its origins in ancient chants and folk music, stretching through to radical contemporary composers like ...

How did Ludwig van Beethoven help overthrow a tsarist regime? With the establishment of the Russian Musical Society and its affiliated branches throughout the empire, Beethoven's music reached ...

KEENE, N.H. Russian Music -- It is not often that four of my favorite symphonic pieces are played in the same concert, as on a recent Medici Arts DVD: Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances" and Symphony No. 2, ...

MOSCOW -- The lights in the hall dimmed, and the musicians walked in, taking their seats. Eight music stands stood empty to honor their dead colleagues. The actors followed and, without a word of ...