Fantastiskt reportage inifrån Operan i Donetsk som trotsat alla inkommande missiler mot staden och mot alla odds fortsätter ge föreställningar. Löner har inte betalts ut på månader, strömmen bryts titt som tätt och den politiska splittringen går ända in i operan:
"In a city where armed men in camouflage ride down the main street in tanks, more than half of the residents have fled and most shops and restaurants are closed, opera should perhaps be the last thing on anyone’s mind. But remarkably, and against all the odds, the city’s opera house has remained open, despite the fact that none of the troupe have been paid in months, all four conductors have left town and the singers take a risk every time they travel to work. It is a risk, however, that they say is worth it.
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Inside the troupe, people try not to talk about politics, but it is clear that here too there are divisions. One of the leading sopranos travelled to Kiev to receive an award from President Petro Poroshenko in November, while another group of singers performed a hospital concert for wounded separatist fighters last Thursday, wishing them a speedy recovery and exhorting them to victory."
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/02/donetsk-opera-ukraine-show-must-go-on
