Zurich engages arrested Russian director

Zurich engages arrested Russian director

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norman lebrecht

April 12, 2018

Zurich Opera has announced a new Cosi next season with Kirill Serebrennikov, the Russian director who has been held under house arrest in Moscow for the past eight months over alleged financial offences.

There have been statements of solidarity with Serebrennikov from leading artists. This announcement underlines the conviction in the opera world that Serebrennikov’s maltreatement is politically inspired.

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