At the other extreme, homosexuality is placed at the very centre of Tchaikovsky's life and work, as if it influenced his every step and profoundly marked all his music, distinguishing it radically ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Family was important to Tchaikovsky ... peace and the boisterous atmosphere of family life (between 1861 and 1871 the Davidovs had seven children ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule The spectre of cholera hung over Tchaikovsky's life from his earliest childhood. In the early 19th century most people believed the disease was ...

Such terms aren't always meaningful but in this case there are sound reasons for offering such a pedestal to the composer of the operas A Life for ... work of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky ...