Tag Diaghilev

It’s Stravinsky Day for Wolfie

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) There was a riot in Paris one hundred years ago yesterday, 29th May, 1913. The audience at the  Théâtre des Champs Elysées were shocked, outraged and excited when Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe company  gave Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring…