Chief Conductor of the Odesa Opera, Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich has created outrage in Ukraine after conducting at the Baku National Opera and taking pictures with the newly appointed director Yusif Eyvazov. Chernukho-Volich, who hails from Belarus, conducted a production of “La Bohème” on April 8 and following the performance took pictures with Eyvazov, who was in Azerbaijan to accept his new {…}

(Credit: Vladimir Shirokov) Yusif Eyvazov has been appointed director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. The tenor was appointed to the position by the first deputy minister of culture, acting minister Adil Karimli. Eyvazov is a dramatic tenor who performs around the world at the Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, Berlin State Opera, Arena di Verona, Teatro {…}