Tsarina in my eyes

Tchaikovsky's sole comic opera, based on a Gogol fairytale, is a little-known rarity. Francesca Zambello, directing it for the second time, can't understand whyWhen someone tells you there's a wonderful opera by Tchaikovsky that for no obvious reason never gets to see daylight, you'll probably think, "Oh yeah? I'll bet there's a reason, all right." Major shifts in operatic repertoire are almost unheard of, after all. At least that's what I thought when I first heard, some 25 years ago, of Cherev...

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