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Olga Peretyatko as Norina in Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale in a London performance Source: Getty / Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images

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Internationally renowned opera singer Olga Peretyatko has joined a growing list of high-profile Russian figures to speak out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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