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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 10:09 AM Feb 2015

As Diva Is Cheered, [Putin] Protester Climbs Onto Stage at the Met Opera

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/nyregion/as-diva-is-cheered-protester-climbs-onto-stage-at-the-met.html

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A protester carrying a sign criticizing the policies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia climbed over the orchestra pit and onto the stage at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday night as the diva Anna Netrebko took her curtain call after performing the title role in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta.”
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