The Verona Opera Company in Italy has cancelled upcoming performances by Russian baritone Ildar Abdrazakov, who had been scheduled to sing in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in January. Ildar Abdrazakov and ...

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere with a Russian opera, Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” MILAN -- Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala ...

While some doors are opening - for example, the famous singer Anna Netrebko, who has said she regrets her support for the separatists in Donetsk and her closeness to the Kremlin and has been offered ...

"We have once again won a victory over Putin and the Kremlin's propaganda", enthused the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy's Pina Picerno. The cancellation follows a similar measure, in ...

ROME, Nov 7 (Reuters) - An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by a Russian singer seen as close to President Vladimir Putin, in a move welcomed by the Italian government. Russian bass ...

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But this year, instead of ...