This issue includes features on Léo Delibes' Sylvia, Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, Golden Age string instruments, and composers Schumann and John Kander.
Stanton Welch’s new version of Sylvia throws a welcome spotlight on the work’s composer, the gifted French melodist Léo Delibes. As The Australian Ballet prepares to perform it for the first time, Deborah Jones explores the history of the work and its score, which Tchaikovsky adored.
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