The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre has announced it is removing works by Russian composers from this season’s repertoire.
On February 10, 11, and 14, Sergey Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet will be replaced by the ballet Barbora Radvilaitė, and a diptych of one-act ballets. Meanwhile, instead of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring the theatre will be showing the ballet The Trial on February 23, 24, and 25.
“We offer our apologies to members the audience who bought their tickets in advance for one ballet performance but will see another one. However, the theatre has decided to follow the recommendation of the Culture Ministry and temporarily, until the end of the war in Ukraine, refrain from public performances of works by Russian authors as culture in Russia is too closely associated with this country’s aggressive policy,” the theatre’s spokeswoman Jurgita Skiotytė-Norvaišienė was quoted in a statement released on Thursday.
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