Patriotic Russian opera opens in Budapest as first anniversary of war in Ukraine approaches The chorus at Budapest's grand opera house sang fortissimo, over crashing, triumphant orchestral chords: "We have defended our fatherland with blood! Glory to the army! Russia's glory will never fade!" The words were not about the war in Ukraine, but from the opera War and Peace, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, and adapted by the composer Sergei Prokofiev in the 1940s...
Hungary's staging of War and Peace puts spotlight on its Russia stance
The Guardian - 13 Feb 2023 13:38
Patriotic Russian opera opens in Budapest as first anniversary of war in Ukraine approaches The chorus at Budapest's grand opera house sang fortissimo, over crashing, triumphant orchestral chords: "We have defended our fatherland with blood! Glory to the army! Russia's glory will never fade!" The words were not about the war in Ukraine, but from the opera War and Peace, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, and adapted by the composer Sergei Prokofiev in the 1940s...
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