In 1907, Kyiv Opera staged Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Cherevychky (The Slippers) for Christmas. The plot followed Nikolai Gogol’s Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka: Vakula and Oksana, Solokha and the devil - ...
Queen of opera Ellen Kent sips on a glass of Tallisker as she ponders the success of her career. She insists her tot of the Isle of Skye whisky is not too large, not too small - just enough to drink ...