Russia Seeks to Expand Bolshoi-Washington National Opera Exchange Program

The Russian embassy in Washington, DC hopes the young artist exchange program between the Bolshoi Theatre and the Washington National Opera will expand, Russia's Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak told Sputnik. On Monday night, ten participants of Bolshoi’s Young Artist Opera Program and WNO’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist performed together at the Russian embassy following a week-long joint training. The rising stars sang pieces from Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and...