Mikhailovsky theatre, St PetersburgBackstage politics aside, the Mikhailovksy's Le Corsaire is a winnerLast week the Mikhailovsky Ballet unveiled their new production of Le Corsaire, an orientalist tale of pirates and slave girls, set to music by Ludwig Minkus, Riccardo Drigo and others. Compared to other current versions of the ballet, like those of the Bolshoi and English National Ballet, both of which feature spec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01AM on September 13, 2015