Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer, igniting a furor.
Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/world/europe/-nutcracker-lithuania-russia-ukraine.html
Author : Andrew Higgins and Jenny Gross
Publish date : 2024-12-22 05:01:08
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‘Nutcracker’ Is a Casualty of a ‘Quarantine’ of Russian Culture in Lithuania
