Italian opera chief takes Russian citizenship

Italian opera chief takes Russian citizenship

Opera

norman lebrecht

December 23, 2024

Vladimir Putin has issued a decree granting Russian citizenship to the veteran Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco.

Son of the famed tenor Mario del Monaco. Giancarlo directed Rigoletto at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow last month.

Giancarlo del Monaco, 81 this week, has been General Director of Opéra de Nice and Artistic Director of the Tenerife Opera Festival. he has directed more than 100 operas in many leading houses.

He is now a willing accessory to Putin’s war crimes.

Comments

  • A.L. says:

    Why would GdM accept? Is it money or power or ego or what? The man is 81 already. Shouldn’t he be home enjoying the sunset?

  • Luc says:

    Is Muti going next?
    Let’s hope that if he does, he takes the Chicago brass section with him.

  • Rita says:

    Ah! Those of us who have worked under his direction will feel no surprise…..

  • Jp says:

    It doesn’t make him an accessory to anything. Say the US government bombs another country and takes hostages I guess that makes all US citizens an accessory to the war, according to your logic. He’s just a citizen, he has nothing to do with anything Putin is doing.

  • Steven b says:

    What is the connection between all these European musicians and fascist dictatorships? There has to be a reason.

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