Tag: Winter Olympics
'Valery Gergiev Will Open the Winter Olympics at Sochi, ‘A Certain Madness’ Premieres in Zürich
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'"Tchaikovsky Was Gay...So What?" -- Russian President (and Alleged Homophobe) Vladimir Putin
"Tchaikovsky was gay--although it's true that we don't love him because of that--but he was a great musician and we all love his music. So what?," Putin said in an interview with Russian state Channel 1 television aired on Wednesday. -
'Decca Invites Pavarotti Fans to Record Their Versions of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma"
"Nessun Dorma" indeed--"none shall sleep"--in many opera-loving households this month, as Luciano Pavarotti's record company, Decca, marks 50 years since the late, great Italian tenor's international debut with a remarkable online contest.