A Russian and a Ukrainian share a hug, on an opera stage

A Russian and a Ukrainian share a hug, on an opera stage

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norman lebrecht

March 02, 2022

Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova fell into each other’s arms at the end of Verdi’s Aida at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples on Sunday evening.

The audience chanted ‘peace, peace, peace.’

Watch video here.

Comments

  • Kenny says:

    As we used to say in New York, “That and a nickel….”

  • M McGrath says:

    Wonderful!

  • Micaela Bonetti says:

    Brave. Grazie.
    Un abbraccio a voi.

  • V.Lind says:

    Two artists celebrating a collaboration and silently — eloquently — lamenting the position history has placed them into.

    Brava.

  • Krystyna says:

    This what this damn pervert Putler hates.Chvala Ukraine!

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