Ukrainian and Russian opera stars hug in solidarity on stage in Naples
What a moment 💛💙 Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova hugged at the end of their performance of Aida at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples, Sunday evening, to shouts from the audience of "peace, peace." Monastyrska, 46, was born in Irkliiv, in central Ukraine, while Gubanova is from Moscow. As they hugged, in a symbolic gesture of peace and friendship, the stars were applauded by the audience, musicians, singers and technicians. The Russian cultural world has expressed dissent toward the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A prominent contemporary art museum called Garage in Moscow, announced Saturday it was halting its work on exhibitions and postponing them "until the human and political tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine has ceased." The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, recently decided to suspend Russian director Valery Gergiev from leading the La Scala opera house orchestra, as he failed to condemn Russia's invasion. #ukrainerussia #euronewsculture #naples opera
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