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Opera "Evgeni Onegin" Staged
Pyongyang, March 18 (KCNA) -- Opera "Evgeni Onegin" was staged at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Thursday to mark the 61st anniversary of the conclusion of the agreement on economic and cultural cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.

Present there on invitation were Ambassador Valery Sukhinin and staff members of the Russian embassy and foreign diplomatic envoys and staff members of different embassies and missions of international organizations here.

Among the audience were Hong Son Ok, vice-chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who doubles as chairwoman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association, and officials of ministries and national institutions.

The performance was acclaimed by the audience for its successful artistic representation of the ideological and thematic contents of the opera.


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