War and Peace review – ferocity and passion in Prokofiev's rare opera
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffWelsh National Opera’s welcome revival of this seldom-seen Tolstoy adaptation is sung with distinction amid chilling present-day echoesSergei Prokofiev had long planned making Tolstoy’s epic novel into an opera. Two defining factors spurred him into feverish composition: love for the young Mira Mendelson, who would become his Read more