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Prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. let me ask you about another relationship of yours during the period you were prime minister. its what the israeli journalist calls the strange love aware between bb and putin. you met with vladamir putin, phone conversations, you went to the opera, the ballet with him. a lot of people feel that international statesmen coddled putin rather than creating kind of a tough stand of deterrence that would have made him understand the cost of his kind of ac...

Its what the israeli journalist calls the strange love affair between bb and putin. you met with vladamir putin, phone conversations, you went to the opera, the ballet with him. a lot of people feel that international statesmen coddled putin rather than creating kind of a tough stand of deterrence that would have made him understand the cost of his kind of actions. in retrospect, what do you think of this friendship? >> first of all, i wouldnt call it a love affair, but i would call it a questio...

On Oct 8, the original Chinese opera, Summer Rainbow, also named A Village Teacher, made its debut on Chicago's WFMT Radio Network, as part of the platform's Opera Series.

On a large but unassuming piece of property, up a gravel drive and surrounded by woods Dan Dutton is working to create a cultural mecca of sorts for the residents

It tells the story of the gay rights and anti-apartheid activist through a fusion of disco, hip hop, rap, protest songs, opera, drag culture and film

''Last Days' has been created and written without permission.'

A Qinqiang Opera actor, Hou Yan felt ashamed to talk about her profession as a performer of the local folk opera that mainly thrived in northwestern China in the 1990s. This was at a time when pop songs and music introduced from the West were in vogue and sweeping the land.

''Last Days' has been created and written without permission.'

''Last Days' has been created and written without permission.'

Purcell's opera is here turned into a meditation on loss, grief and madness, with a strong cast but mixed results