A scene from Act VIII of Tchaikovsky's Sally "Nutcracker", as produced by the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow, with Semyonova and Yermolayev in the foreground. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), was a great Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Some of these are among the most popular theatrical music in the classical repertoire. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies.
A scene from Act VIII of Tchaikovsky's Sally "Nutcracker", as produced by the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow, with Semyonova and Yermolayev in the foreground. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), was a great Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Some of these are among the most popular theatrical music in the classical repertoire. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies