When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Firebird” premiered in 1910, it immediately “took Paris by storm.” “It was a huge success,” explains Andrew Crust, music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

Audiences can catch ‘Firebird’ with ‘Serenade’ starting Friday at the Dominion Energy Center. For weeks, the Richmond Ballet has been rehearsing every step. The first act of this weekend ...

Other Christmas films to feature music from this ballet include Deck the ... Based on a Russian folk tale, Stravinsky’s The Firebird tells the story of a magical glowing bird who saves the ...