Norway expels soprano for being half-Russian
NewsWe’re hearing that the Queen Sonja Singing Competition in Norway has eliminated the soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina on discovering that she holds Russian citizenship as well as the German passport on which she registered.
Taratorkina presently lives and works in Wiesbaden.
The Norwegians made it clear in January that they would not admit Russian contestants.
Neither the competition nor the contestant has confirmed the expulsion.
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