Odesa Opera News Today

UK slams Beijing for providing weapons to Moscow; Lego releases Ukrainian-landmark-designed sets for charity; Three reported killed in AFU strikes on border towns; France holds nuke tests

The Opera House is the heart of the Odesa. Whenever Russian missiles and drones target the city, the theater’s basement protects neighborhood residents by now accustomed to the deadly ritual.

Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv was preparing for a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Metropolitan Opera this month w

The Odesa Opera has always had deep ties with the Italian musical tradition. Now one Japanese maestro is bringing Italian musicality to Ukraine’s most international city.

How relevant is opera? In the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, what has been dismissed as elitist elsewhere has emerged as a pillar of community strength and support.

Oleksandr Budko, a soldier who lost both legs during fighting in Kharkiv Oblast, has joined the United Ukrainian Ballet troupe for charity performances in California, he wrote on Instagram on July 5.

(Un)celebrated Ukrainians Who Changed the Course of History: Boris Lissanevitch

In cities such as Odesa and Lviv, composers and players engage in proud and articulate defiance in formal venues and on street corners, their work touching hearts and minds, and bolstering the spirits of citizenry and soldiers

Rostyslav Yanchyshen, 31, died during a combat mission. The soloist joined Ukraines territorial defence in the first days of the war after having danced with the Odesa Opera ballet for ten years.

In Minsk, he was fired for politics in 2020.