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New light on Prokofiev’s Spanish wife?

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New light on Prokofiev’s Spanish wife?

Carolina Codina married Sergei Prokofiev in 1923, returned with him to Moscow in 1936, was dumped by her husband four years later and would up in one of Stalin’s gulags.

Now, a Polish play in London promises fresh revelations:

Scena Polskiej.UK will stage a sensational play by the outstanding Polish playwright Maciej Wojtyszka, called Wife, whose world premiere took place 3 years ago in Ognisk. Based on previously unknown historical facts, Macieja Wojtyszko creates a shocking drama about betrayal, love and fear…

Tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/scena-polskauk-10609117590

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Fascinating, distracting & frustrating: Janáček's Makropulos Case gets its first production at Covent Garden in director Katie Mitchell's farewell to opera

Fascinating, distracting & frustrating: Janáček’s Makropulos Case gets its first production at Covent Garden in director Katie Mitchell’s farewell to opera

James Blades: Pandemonium of the One-Man Band - James Anthony-Rose on his new music theatre piece on the great percussionist

James Blades: Pandemonium of the One-Man Band – James Anthony-Rose on his new music theatre piece on the great percussionist

Exile: Koptachinskaja and Kaufmann

From bel canto to Harlem Renaissance: Lawrence Brownlee & Iain Burnside's recital at Wigmore Hall

From bel canto to Harlem Renaissance: Lawrence Brownlee & Iain Burnside’s recital at Wigmore Hall

A somewhat quirky mood: Stephen McNeff's new violin concerto for Fenella Humphreys & London Mozart Players mixes Baroque inspiration with something more contemporary

A somewhat quirky mood: Stephen McNeff’s new violin concerto for Fenella Humphreys & London Mozart Players mixes Baroque inspiration with something more contemporary

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