Many travelers haven’t heard about the beauty of Orango Island in Guinea-Bissau. However, the island is an incredible destination in West Africa. A place for nature and outdoor lovers, Orango Island ...

The Russian premiere of an unfinished opera by the great musician Dmitry Shostakovich was recently presented in Moscow. Orango the ape shuffles before the Palace of Soviets, to the sounds of a jeering ...

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Esa-Pekka Salonen and Peter Sellars returned to the LA Philharmonic to present the world premiere of Shostakovich's prologue for the otherwise unfinished opera "Orango." By Todd McCarthy Esa-Pekka ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The fragment of Shostakovich’s 1932 satiric opera, “Orango,” given its ...

Reporting from Moscow and Los Angeles — — As Olga Digonskaya held the faded, long-lost documents, her body shaking with emotion, she was transported backward 70 years into Soviet-Russian history. “I ...

With conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Voices wearing red hammer and sickle T-shirts, and miniature red flags handed out to the Prommers, there was a celebratory air about the event.

Imagine a world where women pick their husbands, and men have no choice but to accept their offer. Sounds like a crazy dream huh? Well this week it was exposed that on the remote African island of ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Galvanised by their red T-shirted conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Voices frantically waved their red ...