“I don’t have a gun, but I have my cello,” a musician says as he joins the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, which is made up of refugees who fled the war and artists who stayed behind.
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Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine
A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.
Anna Netrebko, Diva With Putin Ties, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera
The Met said she would not appear for two seasons, and possibly more, after declining to comply with its demand that she repudiate her public support for Putin.
Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko’s Putin Ties Threaten Their Careers
The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the diva Anna Netrebko have lost engagements because of their ties to Putin, as geopolitics and music collide once again.
Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko’s Putin Ties Threaten Their Careers
The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the diva Anna Netrebko have lost engagements because of their ties to Putin, as geopolitics and music collide once again.