A run-through for your money
[Daily Telegraph, 17 Feb 05]
Rupert Christiansen reviews Madama Butterfly by the Ukranian National Opera of Odessa, Touring
The almost constant touring by east European opera and ballet companies continues to be a significant feature of the British cultural scene, and one that requires a little attention.
We ought to be aware that the artists involved are working an exhausting schedule in difficult circumstances that British unions rightly would not tolerate. And there is no doubt that their one-night-stand activities steal audiences away from our own subsidised organisations.
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