Bolshoi Theater

Putin Ally Valery Gergiev to Lead Bolshoi Theater

The Russian maestro, who heads the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, will also control the Bolshoi in Moscow, replacing Vladimir Urin, who spoke out against the Ukraine war.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Beczala, Piotr (1966- ) Bolshoi Theater Classical Music Girard, Francois Goerke, Christine Groissbock, Gunther Lohengrin (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Wagner, Richard Wilson, Tamara

Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight

The tenor Piotr Beczala sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role of Wagner’s opera, directed by François Girard with little subtlety.

By Zachary Woolfe

Bolshoi Theater Gelb, Peter Girard, Francois Lohengrin (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Opera Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Wagner, Richard

A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met

François Girard’s staging, originally a co-production with the Bolshoi Theater, arrives a year after its Moscow premiere, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Joshua Barone