The Tsarina's Slippers | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonComposers' attitudes to their own works are often curious. Tchaikovsky believed The Tsarina's Slippers (Cherevichki in Russian; more correctly "little boots" in English) was his finest opera. Posterity has questioned his judgment and will probably continue to do so in the wake of this expensive-looking production that combines the forces of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. It doesn't, by any means, make a case for the work as a lost masterpiece.Tchaikovsky's source ...

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