The Gambler | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Opera has, of late, ­developed a passion for unearthing substandard works by Russian composers. First there was Tsarevich, Tchaikovsky's ­anodyne fairytale. Now we have The ­Gambler, Prokofiev's 1929 adaptation of ­Dostoevsky disturbing 1866 novel. It's one of Prokofiev's weakest scores, and you end up wondering why the ­company decided to put it on.Dostoevsky's novel deals with one Alexey Ivanovich, tutor to the ­family of a Russian general. ...

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