Maryna Cherkashyna

The strangely limited repertoire of Ukrainian opera houses makes it impossible for our opera goers to realize what drives the operatic world today and why public interest in this art remains unabated. Meanwhile, in the past couple of decades important changes have taken place in the world of opera...

The works of Richard Wagner opened a new chapter in the history of world drama and musical art. It has long surpassed the limits of space and time. Today this composer is being written and argued about, and his works are staged by opera houses all over the world as frequently as a hundred years ago...