

“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,” Met general manager Peter Gelb announced in a statement on Thursday. Netrebko, 50, is one of the opera’s highest-grossing box office superstars and her exit is a major blow to the Manhattan cultural establishment. Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is no longer employed by the Metropolitan Opera after her support for Vladimir Putin resurfaced amid Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine. Young voters not sold on Dems, is Abrams hurting Warnock in Ga. Hillary Clinton demands Trump pay legal fees for racketeering lawsuit Putin propagandist blasts ‘Friends’ as evidence of US-Russia divide Iran sending Russia missiles, more ‘kamikaze’ drones against Ukraine: report
