‘Nutcracker’ Is a Casualty of a ‘Quarantine’ of Russian Culture in Lithuania
New York Times
Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer, igniting a furor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/world/europe/-nutcracker-lithuania-russia-ukraine.html