Baroque, Lyrical, Medieval art, Pathos, Primal, Psychological, Quirky, Renaissance art, Sensual, Surreal, Surrealist art, Symbolist art, Theater of the absurd

It was as a leading soprano of the Kirov Opera, guided by Valery Gergiev, that Anna Netrebko was first introduced to audiences around the world, and many saw her for the first time in her signature role of Natasha Rostova in Prokofiev's War and Peace. This role brought her to the stages of the Royal

Ethereal, Lush, Sensual

Michael Tippett was never satisfied with one kind of musical form. Operas, symphonies, concertos, sonatas, choral works, string quartets -- he dabbled in them all. Even within a single work, he was fond of combining numerous influences, from Beethoven to English folk music to reggae to rap. Tippett's

20th-century music, Composed, Eclectic, Intense, Layered, Sensual