The Swiss Festival of Classical Music has excluded Tchaikovsky's opera from the program

The organizers believe that playing Russian music, which is based on hostilities, in the open air is currently unacceptable.

St. Gallen Classical Music Festival – the largest and The oldest open-air festival in Switzerland has excluded Peter Tchaikovsky's opera The Virgin of Orleans from its program, Medusa reports.

, which is based on military action, in the middle of the city in the open air. Holding the festival in a public space makes additional demands compared to performing in a protected and closed environment of the theater and requires special treatment of the public, “- said in a statement the organizers of the festival.

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The Maiden of Orleans is Tchaikovsky's opera, written in 1879. It is based on the story of Jeanne d'Arc, one of the commanders of French troops in the Hundred Years' War with the British.

It will be recalled that the State Cinema called on the Cannes Film Festival not to allow Russian films. The agency noted that the full-scale war continues and to allow representatives of the aggressor country to be present in the international cultural arena is unacceptable.

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Based on materials: ZN.ua

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