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

By all accounts, Peter Tchaikovsky was an emotionally troubled man. He suffered from nervous depression, which was heightened by the constant social presssure to hide his homosexuality. The composer had affairs with women and even married Antonina Miliukova -- with disastrous emotional effects to bot

Dark, Dramatic, Elegant, Grand, Lush, Psychological, Romantic music, Voluminous