Money Netrebko restore performance “Donbass-Opera” – Proceedings

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December 15 Donetsk National Opera and Ballet Theatre (” Donbass Opera “) received 1 million rubles, donated by People’s Artist of Russia Anna Netrebko. According to “Izvestia” CEO Eugene theater Denisenko, a certificate for 1 million already “translated into real money».

– Today, we distribute some of these money as financial aid to all the staff who were in the theater. Another part will go to the scenery, the third – for medicines, especially for artists – Denisenko said.

Each employee of the theater got my hands on “amount in the range of 1 thousand. Hryvnia” (3.6 thousand. rubles).

On the restoration of scenery for the “Flying Dutchman”, according to Denisenko, the majority of the donations go.

Recall premiere large-scale productions held December 8, 2012. The project is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner, funded authorities of the Donetsk region and the German Embassy in Ukraine. Directed by German Mara Hen, artists – her compatriots Momme Hinrichs and traded Moeller, conductor – Ukrainian Vassily Vasilenko. In the history of Ukrainian theater “Dutchman” was the first of Wagner’s operas, performed in the original language.

In September 2013 already sensational performance went on tour in Kiev, Odessa and Lviv, in December, it was shown in Schweinfurt, Germany.

And in mid-September 2014 during the regular shelling destroyed a warehouse Donetsk Opera House. Together with him and the ship burned immortal Dutchman.

– For safety scenery should not be stored in the pockets of the scene, so we were stacked in a separate building. In September, the stock hit by explosions, and it burnt out completely – told “Izvestia” Eugene Denisenko.

After a month and a half Collaborators performance were invited to Kiev. November 7th President of Ukraine Poroshenko gave the actress the Donetsk Opera Tatyana Plekhanov and her colleagues highest national award in the field of culture – Shevchenko Prize. Presentation took place in the year of the 200th anniversary of the great poet, who was a year younger than Wagner.

And after one month, December 7, Anna Netrebko donated “Donbass-opera” of 1 million rubles. The money is passed through parliament speaker breakaway DNR and LC Oleg Tsarev, who thanked the singer award her flag DNR.

Then Netrebko been heavily criticized by the Austrian, Ukrainian and other media, accusing her in the “financing of terrorism».