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The week in classical: Khovanshchina; Carmen review – the parallels with modern Russia are unmissable

Mussorgsky’s apocalyptic unfinished opera is given a fierce new lease of life by the McBurney brothers, Esa-Pekka Salonen and an exceptional young mezzo

The Guardian - UK

‘So resonant’: the 19th-century Russian opera being revived across Europe

Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina – set in the troubled 1680s – can almost describe current events, say directors

The Guardian - UK

State Ballet of Georgia: Swan Lake review – flashes of terror amid endless stops for applause

London ColiseumWhile the dancing is sound and the swans are strong, the performance suffers from a staid Russian feel, lacking fire and vitality

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Russian Opera Singer Anna Netrebko's Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Over Firing by N.Y. Metropolitan Opera Can Go Forward

But her national origin discrimination claim (apart from the sex discrimination component) is rejected, as is her defamation claim.

Reason

The director of Russia's Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, is also put in charge of the Bolshoi

The Russian government has named the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to also lead Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

The Independent UK

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre performs in China amid Western sanctions

Artistic director says his ballet company will ‘no doubt’ return to touring in the West, where it is sanctioned.

Al Jazeera

Like Russia itself, Bolshoi Theatre looks to China for new ties

Much like the Russian government, the Bolshoi Theatre, home to two of the world's greatest opera and ballet companies, is being shunned by the West over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine and looking east to China instead.

Reuters

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Bolshoi pulls Rudolf Nureyev ballet citing Russia’s ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’

The ban on any “demonstration of non-traditional relations” contained in a new Russian law apparently prompted the Bolshoi to pull the ballet because it touches on Nureyev’s homosexuality.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT 'propaganda'

Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights

The Independent UK

Dame Beryl Grey, British ballerina with ‘all the gifts’, dies aged 95

Shooting to fame as a teenager with the Royal Ballet, Grey won international acclaim as a dancer and was artistic director of the company that became English National Ballet

The Guardian - UK

From bombs to ballet: Ukraine dancers perform 'Giselle' in London

At the London Coliseum theatre, a cast of Ukrainian dancers rehearse a new production of "Giselle", as Russian-born choreographer and former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Ratmansky watches from the sidelines.

Reuters

Ballet and bombs: how Ukraine’s dance stars are defying Putin from the Hague

Using borrowed sets and costumes, the United Ukrainian Ballet – led by ex-Bolshoi director Alexei Ratmansky – are rehearsing a Giselle they hope will do more than just thrill UK audiences

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Kafkaesque boycott of Russian culture plays straight into Putin’s hands

Banning sports stars and musicians perfectly fits the Kremlin’s narrative that the war in Ukraine is one of national survival, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Russia's Bolshoi drops shows by two directors who spoke out against war

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has upset opera and ballet fans by abruptly cancelling a series of shows this week by directors who have spoken out against the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

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‘I couldn’t keep it inside’: ballet star Olga Smirnova on quitting the Bolshoi and fleeing Russia

After Putin invaded Ukraine, the Russian dancer denounced the war, left the Kremlin-allied company – and flew out of Moscow that night. As she prepares for her debut at the Dutch National Ballet, Smirnova speaks for the first time

The Independent UK

Russian, Ukrainian ballet stars to dance together in Naples

A Ukrainian ballerina who fled the war in her homeland and a Russian ballerina who quit the Bolshoi Ballet over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples for a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross

The Guardian - UK

Alexei Ratmansky: Russian cultural figures must oppose war in Ukraine

Distinguished ballet choreographer takes issue with views of his friend, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Independent UK

Russian ballet star Natalia Osipova: ‘I try not to listen to the news. I don’t want to be political’

The superstar Russian ballerina, who is dancing in ‘Swan Lake’, talks to Charlotte Cripps about the longer lifespans of female ballerinas, her dreams of motherhood, and keeping negativity at bay for her art

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The Independent UK

Olga Smirnova: Russian ballerina leaves for Netherlands after denouncing war

The 30-year-old is swapping the Bolshoi for the Dutch National Ballet

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ballerina, War Critic Smirnova Quits Bolshoi to Join Dutch National Ballet

Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, a critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has quit the Bolshoi and will join the Dutch National Ballet, the Dutch organization said on Wednesday. "It is a privilege to have her dance with our company in the Netherlands - even if the circumstances that drove…

The Guardian - UK

‘A line has been drawn’: Olga Smirnova quits Bolshoi Ballet over Ukraine war

The first Russian to leave the company over her country’s invasion of its neighbour will join the Dutch National Ballet

Financial Times

Is it right to cancel Russian artists?

From the Bolshoi to the Venice Biennale, Putin’s war has created a dilemma for the art world

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