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As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons

Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna, Austria in 2017. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons

While Russian artists and institutions grapple with how they are viewed internationally, American cultural organizations make what amounts to foreign policy decisions.

As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons

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Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption

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Performing Arts

Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.

Met Suspends Famed Conductor Accused Of Molesting Teenager For Years In The '80s

Former Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass., in 2006. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Met Suspends Famed Conductor Accused Of Molesting Teenager For Years In The '80s

A man alleges that when he was 15, legendary conductor James Levine, then 41, began sexually abusing him. The Metropolitan Opera was reportedly aware of the allegations last year.

Metropolitan Opera To Drop Use Of Blackface-Style Makeup In 'Otello'

Tenor Placido Domingo performs the title role in a 1994 performance of Verdi's Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Johan Elbers/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images hide caption

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Metropolitan Opera To Drop Use Of Blackface-Style Makeup In 'Otello'

The Met says it is committed to "colorblind casting" and that its production of Otello this fall will be the first without dark makeup since the opera was first seen at the company in 1891.

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