Reviving Rare Dvorak Opera and Finding the Present

It was a time of chaos and intrigue in Russia, laden with questions about political legitimacy. So goes the plot of a rare Dvorak opera, which is being revived with an eye on its modern relevance. “Dimitrij” was a validating success for Antonin Dvorak after its premiere in Prague in 1882 but he later drastically … Read more

An EXPLOSION Caused 2010 Jet Crash That Killed the Polish President

A fresh probe into the deadly 2010 crash of a Polish presidential jet in Russia suggested that an explosion likely caused the aircraft to break up in the air, investigators said on Monday. The commission of inquiry ‘considers the possibility of an explosion to be quite likely’, said the narrator of a video prepared by … Read more