In a departure from Felder’s typical (solo) pieces, Rachmaninoff also features Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II. As Rachmaninoff transitions into death, he seeks to settle his most festering ...

As valet to Michael Romanov, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, Johnson had known he faced execution as the 300-year-old dynasty was swept aside in 1917. Michael pleaded with his faithful ...

Six months thereafter, a terminal illness brought forth the memory of an encounter with Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Tsar’s daughter, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. This memory would haunt ...

At the time, dissatisfaction simmered in Russia. Tsar Nicholas II and a small elite ruled the country, while most of the population lived in extreme poverty. Exploited peasants and factory workers in ...

Known worldwide for his solo composer plays, for the first time, Felder appears opposite another actor, British-Italian Jonathan Silvestri, in the role of Tsar Nicholas II. “Rachmaninoff and the ...