Tonight in Oman (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Tonight in Oman, I enjoyed a spectacular performance at the Royal Opera House of The Fountain of Bakhchisarai — a ballet based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). Since my students and I have been studying Russian Orientalism all week, I felt primed tonight to watch and analyze this Orientalist ballet which features a Tatar ruler who kidnaps a Polish noblewoman and brings her back to his harem (where she meets an unfortunate fate).
