Europe’s opera houses build bridges to Putin’s elite—with your tax money
From London to Zürich, Anna Netrebko’s return exposes how cultural institutions bankroll moral blindness.
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London Opera House ignores calls to cancel Putin-linked Netrebko as protesters rally outside
Ukraine's Ambassador Valeriy Zaluzhnyi condemned the Royal Opera House's decision to host Russian singer Anna Netrebko, writing that her voice on stage "drowns out the real cries - the cries from destroyed maternity hospitals in Mariupol."
The Art of Creative Protests: Netrebko and Gergiev case study
This article describes several creative protest events and projects we implemented against pro-Putin Russian musical artists. Our goal was to…
Music lovers to protest performances of Netrebko and Gergiev in New York
ARTS AGAINST AGGRESSION PRESS RELEASE 12 JANUARY 2015 January will see the return to venerable New York stages…
The Met sings in unison with a wanted separatist
How many opera divas can boast among their vocal supporters both an internationally-sanctioned separatist leader wanted for treason…
When “High Culture” merges with terrorism
Concert pianist Valentina Lisitsa should be a familiar name to readers of The Ukrainian Weekly from her performances…