| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2010 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Shostakovich's "The Gamblers" |
| Last night, a stage on London's South Bank was turned into a small corner of Russia as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and their Moscow-born conductor Vladimir Jurowski treated us to a semi-staged performance of Shostakovich's little-performed opera fragment "The Gamblers". The stage was set with card tables at which an all star cast of Russian singers played cards while singing through Shostakovich's remarkable setting of Nikolai Gogol's acidly oppressive play.
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