Petronius, a member of Nero's court, portrays the debauchery of the Roman empire of his era with a provocative and satirical realism. His Satyricon provided the inspiration for Fellini's film of the same name. The well-known composer, Dimitris Papadimitriou, has selected key sections from the work and reworked them musically to create an ambitious work which verges on opera.
Petronius, a member of Nero's court, portrays the debauchery of the Roman empire of his era with a provocative and satiric…
Scheherazade, the best-known of Rimsky-Korsakov's works, is also one of the most passionate and alluring creations of Russ…
A number of this season’s concerts are dedicated to works by German Romantics and post-Romantics. The first concert in the…
