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Italian opera chief takes Russian citizenship

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Italian opera chief takes Russian citizenship

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.

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The City Music Foundation has announced the new cohort of artists joining the CMF Artist Programme as 2025 CMF Artists.

‘A forceful and naturally musical work with very defined themes’ – composer Asadbek Turgunov from Uzbekistan wins the 2025 Brusa Foundation Award

St John’s Cambridge Choir returns: O Holy Night

There was no closure here: four Irish women composers give voice to women of the Magdalene Laundries in remarkable performances from Lotte Betts-Dean & Deirdre Brenner in Oxford

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Lyric beauty & great storytelling: Young Artists tenor Hugo Brady & pianist Mark Rogers in Moore’s Melodies at Oxford International Song Festival

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