With the audience waiting eagerly in its seats, a familiar message echoes through the hall, reminding patrons to turn off phones and immerse themselves in the experience. It’s immediately followed by ...

After an unplanned intermission, opera based on Gogol’s The Terrible Revenge swerves its tragic ending Lviv’s opera house is a magnificent, Habsburg-era froth of red velvet, gilded cornicing and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a studio space tucked away on a side street in central Lviv, 14 nuns fling themselves, one at a time, to the ...

With lyrics like, "thou art not dead, Ukraine, the "State Anthem of Ukraine" has become a popular rally cry throughout the war-torn country. To bring some joy and morale to Ukrainians living through ...