The most famous ballet conceived in Soviet Russia had its Manhattan premiere last week. It was The Red Poppy, a stark, fist-shaking proletarian melodrama set to lush, romantic music by Russia’s aging ...
From Reinhold Gleire's (1875-1956) music for the ballet The Red Poppy, the New Jersey Symphony and conductor Zdenek Macal perform the "Chinese Dance," and the "Waltz." ...