Valery Gergiev promises all Mariinsky artists will be paid

Valery Gergiev promises all Mariinsky artists will be paid

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norman lebrecht

April 23, 2020

In an instagram chat with Yusif Eyvazov, the St Petersburg conductor pledged full financial support for staff and freelance artists alike.

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  • MezzoLover says:
    April 23, 2020 at 4:27 pm

    More power to him if he delivers on his promise!

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    • HugoPreuss says:
      April 23, 2020 at 6:43 pm

      Gimme a break. In a dictatorial regime the Czar can do whatever he pleases. If Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin decides that he wants to show everyone how cultured he is, every opera singer will be paid in full. Or half. Or double. I don’t believe for a moment that Gergiev did this entirely on his own, without a political decision preceding this largesse.

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      • Paul says:
        April 24, 2020 at 9:16 am

        then you clearly don’t know Gergiev 😉

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      • Branimir says:
        April 24, 2020 at 10:05 am

        What a silly comment. Did Gergiev promise he’ll pay all of them out of his pocket? Of course not. Did he claim he built the Mariinsky II on his own? Of course not. How did you translate this good news to another argument about the evil Putin’s empire and Gergiev nothing else than a tsar’s servant? Pitiful.

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  • Anon says:
    April 23, 2020 at 4:54 pm

    Good old Val!

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  • TheDramaturg says:
    April 23, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Eyvazov looks amazingly like Domingo! (Is he singing baritone roles already, too??)

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  • John says:
    April 24, 2020 at 1:20 pm

    So much love for the Mariinsky Ballet. The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. Love, love, love… All ballerinas and employees should be paid full, but how about mariinsky release some free ballets for the sitting home guys? Too much to ask?

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