The chief conductor of the Odessa Opera, Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich, was fired for performing at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera Theater, whose new director was Anna Netrebko’s wife, singer Yuzif Eyvazov. About this writes the publication “Dumskaya”.
The statement of the Odessa Opera emphasizes that Chernukho-Volich represents Ukrainian art at the international level, and therefore should not allow “any contracts with representatives of the Russian world”, and shows its condemnation of Russia’s NWO in Ukraine.
Eyvazov was at the head of the Azerbaijan Theater on the eve of Chernukho-Volich’s visit, they were photographed together on the day of the conductor’s performance.
At the same time, the head of the Odessa Opera, Nadezhda Babich, told Ukrainska Pravda that at the time of the invitation, Chernukho-Volich did not know that Eyvazov was appointed head of the Baku Opera. The former conductor of the Odessa Opera commented on the circumstances of his resignation with these words: “We have a son from his father, and a husband is not responsible for his wife.”
Since January 7, 2023, Russian singer Anna Netrebko is on the list of sanctions approved by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, not including his wife.
Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich is the chief conductor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater since 2019, born in Belarus.”
Former referee Howard Edelman, management of the Metropolitan Opera in New York pay Russian and Austrian opera singer Anna Netrebko received $200,000 compensation for canceled performances.