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Article: MAESTRO'S MOMENT.(Valery Gergiev.)(Theater Review)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- July 26, 2005
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Byline: Robert Murphy
ST. PETERSBURG -- A scant 15 minutes remain before curtain time on "Parsifal" at the Mariinsky Theatre here and Valery Gergiev, the Herbert von Karajan of Russia, is still running the orchestra through rehearsals.
Outside, the foyer is packed. But Gergiev, notorious for keeping audiences waiting, hasn't gotten what he wants.
With the dramatic hand movements that are his signature, the maestro draws the orchestra to attention and waves the musicians on, the lush music of Wagner's opera filling the gilt hall, empty but for a handful of journalists and staff.
"I wanted to get the musicians deeper into the spirit of ...