Ballet
The Column: Is the UK-Russia Year of Culture 2014 Under Threat Now?
From Cherkassky to Lisitsa, Milstein to the Oistrakhs, Blumenfield to Karabits, Let Us Remember Ukraine's Rich Musical Heritage
With the world gaping at Russia's apparent preparations to wage war on Ukraine (this being a fast-moving situation, war may be upon them by the time you read this)--those people not busier gaping at the Academy Awards winners, of course--it seems an apt time to remember quite how rich the musical traditions of Ukraine are. The Worst of Times: Now Metropolitan Opera to Cut Labor Salaries and Set Costs, Outraged Unions Await Negotiations
The Metropolitan Opera is proposing in contract talks with union-represented workers to cut compensation, the first this has happened in decades.
