| Reviews. May 2001 |
| 1. Royal Fireworks Hall - The Evening Standard. 4 May 2001. Original - English. |
| 2. Go on, show us your party piece. - The Independent . 7 May 2001 |
| 3. Whimsy fron the right size Yen Gergiev raises a 50th birthday storm Yen Paradise Shostakovich - The Guardian . 5 May 2001 |
| 4. When Dmitri rock and rolled: Slapstick, the jitterbug and toe-tapping tunes - from Shostakovich? Improbable but true. - The Observer, May 13, 2001 |
| 5. Never mind the history, feel the future music. - The Financial Times, May 9, 2001 |
| 6. Reviews: Classical: Philharmonia/Gergiev: Royal Festival Hall, London. - The Guardian, May,5, 2001 |
| ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA |
| LA TRAVIATA AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE |
| 10. A Bland Beauty. - The Times, May 16, 2001 |
| THE QUEEN OF SPADES AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE |
| 11. The Production That Doesn't Miss a Trick. - The Independent, May 16, 2001 |
| 12. Haitink's Queen is a West End Girl at Heart Opera - The Financial Times, May 15, 2001 |
| 13. Singers Dealt a Losing Hand. - The Independent on Sunday, May 20, 2001 |
| 14. A Lush Reading of Tchaikovsky. - The Telegraph, May 16, 2001 (????) |
| 15. Ahead of the Pack. - The Times, May 14, 2001 |
| 16. Reviews: Opera: The Queen of Spades: Royal Opera House. - The Guardian, May 14, 2001 |
| 17. Murder, Madness and Gambling. - The Independent, May 11, 2001 |
| 7. Festival Hall Hits 50 - BBC News, May 2, 2001 |
| 8. Concert Hall's Capital Celebrations - BBC News, March 26, 2001 |
| 9. Festival Hall Celebrates Birthday. - BBC News, 3 May 2001 |
| Prague Recital (26 May 2001) |
| 19. Prague Audience Gave a Standing Ovation to the best Russian Baritone - Russian Czechia, 30 June 2001 English Russian |
| 18. ROH's All -Star Cast Comes Up Trumps. By Charles Osborne. - Artsworld, 2001 |