Christmas Eve in Ukraine
Christof Loy directs Christmas Eve in Frankfurt (****)
Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve may be considered exemplary of how close the bond between Ukraine and Russia has always been. Consequently, the demonic forces driving both of them apart today are committing a historical mistake. Nikolai Gogol, who inspired so many Russian tone poets, was Ukrainian, so it c…
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