Marking a pivotal moment in his early career, Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird brought the composer international attention with a score that contrasted lyricism with sounds that challenged ...
It’s that classic story of boy meets mythical bird, bird gives boy magical feather, boy rescues girl from evil sorcerer king with bird’s help. “And then of course, they get married and live happily ...
Magic springs from every moment of Stravinsky’s rapturous, red-hot Firebird, a masterpiece of orchestral innovation that soars through landscapes of wonder and enchantment, then roars its way to a ...