
St. Gallen Festival Cancels Tchaikovsky Work Due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The St. Gallen Festival has canceled its forthcoming performance of Tchaikovsky’s “The Maid of Orleans.” The company announced that “In view of the unabated ongoing war in Eastern Europe, we cannot justify performing a Russian work in public space whose music is based on acts of war.” The company will replace the Tchaikovsky opera (which focuses on Jeanne d’Arc) with {…}