The first performance of Anton Rubinstein’s opera “The Demon” at London’s Covent Garden was memorable — to say the least. A spurt of flame, a New York Times reporter reminisced in 1893, “burst out ...

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ON the last day of August, 1872, Anton Rubinstein boarded the steamship Cuba at Liverpool. Ten days of misery lay ahead, days of racking illness for a man who was not used to illness. Rubinstein was ...

The title character of Anton Rubinstein’s opera “Demon,” appearing at Bard SummerScape through August 5, is an anomaly. He’s not really interested in sowing evil. He doesn’t yearn for heaven; he ...

The Piano Concerto No. 4 by Anton Rubinstein was once a popular part of the piano concerto repertoire. It has fallen out of favor over the years, but it got a hearing in Prague recently. In concert in ...

Anton Rubinstein’s opera “Demon” opens tonight at Bard SummerScape, in a new production by frequent SummerScape director Thaddeus Strassberger. Anchored by the American Symphony Orchestra under music ...

Anton Rubinstein’s 1871 opera, “Demon,” is a tried-and-true 19th-century plot with a religious twist: A fallen angel seeks redemption through a woman’s love. In Russia, it was the most popular opera ...