Liudmyla Monastyrska from #Ukraine emerged in the Ukrainian flag at the end of Saturday #NY Met. Opera "Turandot" performance. She replaced Anna Netrebko, from #Russia "whom the company dropped over her past support" of President Putin @nytimes reports.
nytimes.com/2022/05/01/art…
nytimes.com/2022/05/01/art…
2. In fairness, @guardian previously reported that soprano from #Russia Netrebko condemns war in #Ukraine but Met says it’s not enough - Netrebko previously voiced pro-Kremlin views & in 2014 posed with a rebel flag in the contested Donetsk region...
theguardian.com/music/2022/mar…
theguardian.com/music/2022/mar…
3. #Austria : During Wiener Staatsoper’s press conference, General Director Bogdan Roscic (my note: born in Belgrade, where the pro-Russian sentiment is extremely high) said he wasn't interested in banning artists from #Russia over the war in #Ukraine
operawire.com/wiener-staatso…
operawire.com/wiener-staatso…
Above tweets do not cover in any way the nuances of each of those news. However, they show how deep the issues of this Russian war against Ukraine goes, revealing Russians' views, but also their commodity in a globalized world & reminds us the levels of society to which wars go.
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