{"id":41504,"date":"2022-03-05T18:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.opera.lviv.ua\/?p=41504"},"modified":"2022-03-09T20:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:24:12","slug":"vidkrytyj-lyst-do-chleniv-opera-europa-vid-ukrayinskyh-chleniv-tsiyeyi-asotsiatsiyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.opera.lviv.ua\/en\/vidkrytyj-lyst-do-chleniv-opera-europa-vid-ukrayinskyh-chleniv-tsiyeyi-asotsiatsiyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter to the Members of Opera Europa network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear colleagues,<\/span><\/p>\n

We deeply appreciate your solidarity and all the support you are willing to show to Ukraine today. We also understand your desire to embed the longer term perspective into your response and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, we feel we must bring to your attention several aspects of the situation, which may be less visible from a distance. First of all, many Ukrainian artists, indeed most Ukrainian citizens today, are in a position when their welfare and even life are being threatened daily. Our museums, theatres, philarmonies and concert halls are being shelled and bombed daily \u2013 specifically, Kharkiv National Opera, a member of Opera Europa, has been already damaged by the Russian artillery fire. It is very hard for us to understand why all of this is of less concern now than necessity to keep the doors open to the cooperation with Russian theaters in the longer term.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, we are not pushing for some paper sanctions \u2013 we simply want Russian cultural institutions and their leaders to speak about their position clearly and openly. They are highly visible actors in their own country, who used to have sufficient moral authority to influence position of their audiences on a broad spectrum of questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

We strongly believe they must <\/strong>either <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1) <\/strong>send a clear <\/strong>and unequivocal <\/strong>signal <\/strong>publicly <\/strong>that they condemn the actions of their government or <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2) <\/strong>cho<\/strong>o<\/strong>se the path of <\/strong>shame and <\/strong>isolation<\/strong>, by keeping silent and observing their Opera Europa membersip being revoked<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This may be a challenging choice for them, and it may be an uneasy step for Opera Europa to make them face this choice \u2013 but it is the only moral thing to do now. And make no mistake – neither of us is pushing anyone into the maw of Putin, but together we have a chance to pull at least some of the Russians from his poisonous embrace.<\/span><\/p>\n

We know we have support of several non-Ukrainian members of Opera Europa on this issue, but we hope this position will be adopted by Opera Europa as an organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, \u2018In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends\u2019. This short phrase perfectly captures our pathos. We hope for your understanding and would welcome bolder actions by Opera Europa. This war is not about Ukrainian national interests or politics, it is about common European values and human dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Truly Yours,<\/span><\/p>\n

Galyna Grygorenko<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Head of the State Agency of Arts and Artistic Education, co-founder of Open Opera Ukraine, independent opera company<\/span><\/p>\n

Bogdan Strutynsky <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager-Artistic Director of the National operetta theatre of Ukraine, Kyiv<\/span><\/p>\n

Petro Chupryna<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager-Artistic Director of Taras Shevchenko National opera and ballet theatre of Ukraine, Kyiv<\/span><\/p>\n

Vasyl Vovkun<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager-Artistic Director of Solomiia Krushelnytska National opera and ballet theatre of Ukraine, Lviv<\/span><\/p>\n

Nadiia Babich<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager-Artistic Director of Odesa National opera and ballet theatre of Ukraine, Odesa<\/span><\/p>\n

Oleg Orishchenko<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager-Artistic Director of Mykola Lysenko National opera and ballet theatre of Ukraine, Kharkiv<\/span><\/p>\n

Ivan Kosyachenko<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Director of the National Odesa Philarmonic Orchestra<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Gadetska<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Co-founder and Program Director of Open Opera Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n

Nataliia Khmilevska<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Co-founder and Artistic Director of Open Opera Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n

Ott Maaten<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Director General, Estonian National Opera<\/span><\/p>\n

Jonas Sakalauskas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Manager, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre<\/span><\/p>\n

Renata Borowska-Juszczy\u0144ska <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dyrektor\/General Manager Teatr Wielki im. Stanis\u0142awa Moniuszki w Poznaniu<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan Burian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Director, N\u00e1rodn\u00ed divadlo \/ The National Theatre Prague<\/span><\/p>\n

Catarina Molder<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

General Director Opera do Castelo & Operafest Lisboa<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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