To its enormous credit, the Bolshoi Opera chose boldness over mere middlebrow prudence.

After graduating, he rose to become a leading tenor at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow.

In 1955 he married Galina Vishnevskaya who was a famous soprano in the Bolshoi Opera.

Performed by the Bolshoi Opera at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Through the 1930s he conducted at the Kirov Ballet and Bolshoi Opera.

His independence even led him to turn down an offer to direct the Bolshoi Opera.

Mark Ermler, music director of the Bolshoi Opera, knows this work intimately and proved it.

The summer before, the Bolshoi Opera performed only in New York and Washington.

This was not the first performance of the work at the Met; the Bolshoi Opera presented "The Gambler" there on tour in 1975.

Amongst his most notable performances were those at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow.

To its enormous credit, the Bolshoi Opera chose boldness over mere middlebrow prudence.

After graduating, he rose to become a leading tenor at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow.

In 1955 he married Galina Vishnevskaya who was a famous soprano in the Bolshoi Opera.

Performed by the Bolshoi Opera at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Through the 1930s he conducted at the Kirov Ballet and Bolshoi Opera.

His independence even led him to turn down an offer to direct the Bolshoi Opera.

Mark Ermler, music director of the Bolshoi Opera, knows this work intimately and proved it.

The summer before, the Bolshoi Opera performed only in New York and Washington.

This was not the first performance of the work at the Met; the Bolshoi Opera presented "The Gambler" there on tour in 1975.

Amongst his most notable performances were those at the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow.