Pressure from Ukraine has convinced a Florence venue to suspend a high-profile performance, Moscow’s Embassy in Rome has said
A major Italian theater has called off a performance by two acclaimed Russian classical artists, citing “ongoing international tensions.”
The Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino announced on Thursday that the ballet “Pas de deux for toes and fingers,” scheduled for January 20 and 21, has been “temporarily suspended.” The program is the signature project of married artists ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and violinist Vadim Repin, both world-renowned soloists.
“Ongoing international tensions” have created “a climate that…
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