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Valery Gergiev and the Kirov. (Books).

American Record Guide

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John Ardoin

Amadeus, 296 pp, many photos, $34.95

This last book by the late John Ardoin is a picture of the Kirov Opera in St Petersburg (and its associated ballet company) with particular emphasis on the leader who revitalized it, Valery Gergiev. Mr Ardoin spent a whole season in St Petersburg, and there are many eyewitness accounts of performances and ...

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