Blog Posts on culture log

The Fiery Angel and the Bolshoi Theater. by kurokuroatbp on Mar 24, 2012We are just lucky that the world-renowned Bolshoi Theater was re-opened, after being closed  for an extensive six-year renovation worth US$680 million, during the time that we are posted in Moscow.  We are not so lucky though… because it is v...

Pictures at an Exhibition Live by kurokuroatbp on Feb 22, 2012OMG! OMG! OMG!  I just came back from a live concert of my idol when I was in college.  No, no, no… not Bruce Springsteen or Ric Springfield, hrhrhr…. and it wasn’t a pop or rock concert.  It was a classical concert…. and t...

Zolushka or Cinderella by kurokuroatbp on Jan 18, 2012Now, why haven’t I blogged about all the ballets I’ve watched in Russia?  And I’ve watched quite a few  too – Giselle, Don Quixote (both at the Stanislavsky Theater in Moscow), and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai at the Mariins...

I Served Coffee to Barry Douglas! by kurokuroatbp on Jun 16, 2011“I served coffee to Barry Douglas!” I emailed to Naj, one of my college bestfriends, right after I served coffee to Barry Douglas.  Naj would kill me when he wakes up in the morning and gets my email.  We got the same crushes when we we...

My First Culture Log: Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov by kurokuroatbp on Mar 26, 2011As I said in my last post, one reason I wanted to revive my blog  is because I wanted to log the concerts, operas, ballets, and other cultural performances I’ve been attending in Moscow.  This is Moscow after all… where people live and...