Kyiv's National Opera House defiantly reopens as war rages on in Ukraine.

[elleng]

While war rages on in Ukraine, music and applause were heard for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion at the country’s national opera house.

This Saturday, the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv re-opened for the first time since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost four months ago.

The first performance back was of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera, The Barber of Seville, and the audience reportedly gave the two-act production a 10-minute standing ovation.

Saturday’s afternoon show was expectedly sold out, as although the theatre can usually hold 1,300 attendees, only 300 seats in the stalls were up for sale. This was due to concerns about needing to quickly evacuate the audience should an air raid siren sound, as the coat check – which doubles as a bomb shelter – can only hold 300 people.'>>>

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/rossini/ukraine-national-opera-house-reopens-kyiv/?

[Irish_Dem]

1. Reminds me of the raw courage and grit of the British people during the Blitz.

Years of relentless, horrific, deadly bombing by the Germans.

The Brits kept going about their lives in a show of determination and refusal to crumble at Hitler's hands.

[Lovie777]

2. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" . ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt

I applaud the Ukraine people.

[niyad]

3. Slava Ukraini!