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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tatyana - The Untold Story

Ileana Cotrubas obituary

Soprano whose strength lay in her ability to invest her characterisations with dramatic force

The Guardian - UK

Ralph Fiennes, star of stage and screen, makes opera debut in Paris directing `Eugene Onegin'

Ralph Fiennes made his opera directing debut with Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin” at the Paris Opera

The Independent UK

20 Portraits That Show Just How Beautiful Human Diversity Really Is

The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) shines a spotlight on the art of portraiture—one of the most intimate and expressive genres in photography.

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The week in classical: Eugene Onegin; Cavalleria rusticana; The Acts of Brízida Vaz/You Can’t Kill the Spirit– review

An experimental staging of Tchaikovsky’s opera brings fresh ideas and a few misses, ambitious community opera thrives in south London and a Cornish company goes nuclear

The Guardian - UK

Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera review: this tale of heartbreaking regret gets the spine tingling

This tale of missed opportunity is given fresh life by Ted Huffman

Evening Standard

Eugene Onegin review – stripped back staging is compelling and probing

Ted Huffman’s unfussy new production of Tchaikovsky’s opera is detailed and insightful. Kristina Mkhitaryan’s Tatyana is a particular highlight among a strong cast

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Eugene Onegin; Last Night of the Proms; Mahler: Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ – review

Plucky Northern Ireland Opera triumphs with elegant, homegrown Tchaikovsky; Stephen Hough and Angel Blue rise above the pomp; and biblical car park Mahler

The Guardian - UK

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‘Do I vote? Hell no’: Russia heads to predictable presidential election

Putin is all but certain to win, but some refuse to engage in the political process as others plan protest votes.

Al Jazeera

Russian Court Jails Veteran Activist Orlov For 2.5 Years

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia's assault on Ukraine.

International Business Times

As Ukraine war drags on, civilians' mental health needs rise

Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people nearly a year ago, Nastya takes slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself

The Independent UK

In occupied Kherson, ‘the Russians were destroying all books in Ukrainian’

During the Russian occupation of Kherson, only one third of schools remained open in the southern Ukrainian city. Many teachers refused to work as all teaching had to be done in Russian. FRANCE 24’s reporters spoke to Tatyana, one of many teachers yearning to return to school, despite daily Russian…

France 24

Ukrainians in Russia align with Moscow but lament refugee camps

More than a million Ukrainians have sought shelter in Russia since the war began.

Al Jazeera

The week in classical: Parsifal; Eugene Onegin; Scriabin: Poems of Ecstasy and Fire

Opera North’s new Wagner production is one to remember; OHP take on Tchaikovsky’s perfect opera; and Bold Tendencies go to town with Scriabin’s synaesthesia

The Guardian - UK

Boris Yeltsin’s son-in-law Valentin Yumashev ‘quits role as Kremlin adviser’

Reuters said it had been told of Mr Yumashev’s departure by two people familiar with his thinking

Evening Standard

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Couple give home to two Ukrainian mums and daughters as refugees say 'Leeds is like Kyiv'

Two women left their husbands behind to fight and brought their teenage daughters to Leeds for safety

Daily Mirror

Russian soldier brags about torturing Ukrainians to his mum in leaked phone call

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A Russian man, named by Konstantin by the Ukrainian military, was recorded discussing torture techniques and the number of people he has murdered while in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Refugee toddler excited to receive same doll she left in Ukraine from charity

Veronika and her mother Tatyana, who are staying with a sponsor family in Surrey, were delighted to receive the doll from Stripey Stork.

Evening Standard

Sleepless and silent — Ukraine’s children traumatised by war

Fearful of bombs and forced from their homes, the psychological legacy of war on Ukraine’s children will be deep and far-reaching. Ros Russell reports from Przemysl near the Poland-Ukraine border

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Lotto millionaire horrified by Ukraine war gives spare rooms to family who fled bombing

Sue Herdman has opened her home to mum, dad and their four year old child from Ukraine. They fled their country after their home was bombed and are now living in a German refugee camp

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