Other Russian stars have been vocal in their opposition to the war. The Russian conductor and Kremlin loyalist, Valery Gergiev – also the man who discovered Netrebko – was last month stripped of his role at the Munich Philharmonic and declared persona non grata at several prestigious concert halls for failing to criticize Putin. On 3 March, the Met said Netrebko withdrew from upcoming New York performances for “not complying with the Met’s condition that she repudiate her public support for Vladimir Putin while he wages war on Ukraine”. In the immediate wake of the Russian invasion, Netrebko said she was opposed to the war, but stopped short of directly criticizing Putin – something her latest statement also avoided. “If Anna demonstrates that she has truly and completely disassociated herself from Putin over the long-term, I would be willing to have a conversation.” “Having read Anna’s statement, we’re not prepared to change our position,” said a statement from the Met’s general manager, Peter Gelb. Netrebko’s website lists upcoming appearances in Paris on 25 May, Milan on 27 May and Luzerne on 5 June.īut the Metropolitan Opera in New York said it was not ready to revisit Netrebko’s status. “I love my homeland Russia,” Netrebko said, adding that she “aimed only to foster peace and unity with my art”. The singer said she had “never received financial support from the Russian government” and lives in Austria “which is also my tax home”. Netrebko, who has voiced pro-Kremlin views over the years, and in 2014 posed with a rebel flag in the contested Donetsk region, said she had met Putin “only a handful of times, mainly to accept awards for my art or at the opening of the Olympic Games”.
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