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MOSCOW, April 13 Chief Conductor of the Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich was fired ahead of schedule for performing at the Azerbaijani theater, which is headed by the husband of the Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko Yusif Eyvazov, reported in the Ukrainian theater.
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"The administration of the Odessa National Opera announces the early termination of the contract and the dismissal of the chief conductor of the theater Vyacheslav Chernukho-Volich. The reason for the termination of the contract was the adoption by Mr. Volich of a personal decision, inconsistent with the management of the theater, to conduct a performance at the Baku Opera, where personnel changes had taken place the day before and Yusif Eyvazov was appointed to the position of director,» the statement on the theater's website says.
They added that the theater administration considers such actions of the chief conductor of the national opera unacceptable.
It is noted that Chernukho-Volich acted as a guest conductor in the play «La Boheme» at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater on April 8.