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EuroMaidan Press: Futurofolk opera to honor baritone who left Paris Opera for Donbas war

By EuroMaidan Press.
A screenshot from documentary “Myth” shows the late opera singer Vasyl Slipak, who gave up his successful career in the Paris Opera to fight for Ukraine against Russia. He was killed in action in June 2016.
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On Oct. 14, Lviv Opera will premiere the opera-myth “Ukraine Terra Incognita.” It is dedicated to Vasyl Slipak, the Paris opera singer from Lviv who abandoned his career to join a volunteer battalion to defend Ukraine from Russian aggression and was killed in 2016 by a sniper.

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