Posted on 03/05/2022 2:28:44 PM PST by Morgana
NYC's Met Opera has ousted its star soprano Anna Netrebko over her years-long support of Putin and Russian separatists, and replaced her with a Ukrainian voice, despite her issuing a statement opposing the war in Ukraine.
Netrebko, who is Russian, said that she opposes the ongoing war in Ukraine. She has been linked to Putin for years and once said she wished she could have been his 'lover' because she admired his 'strong male energy'.
In recent days, the Met has tried to convince her to publicly renounce Putin but she refused, according to unnamed sources cited by the AP.
On Thursday, Met Opera manager Peter Gelb said the company had no choice but to get rid of her while the conflict in Ukraine rages on.
'It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,' Met General Manager Peter Gelb said in a statement Thursday. 'Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine, there was no way forward.'
Now, she will be replaced by Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska in Puccini´s 'Turandot' for five performances from April 30 to May 14, including a May 7 performance broadcast to theaters worldwide.
he Met made repeated efforts in recent days attempting to convince Netrebko to repudiate Putin but failed to persuade her, a person familiar with the developments said, speaking on condition of anonymity because that detail was not announced.
The Met´s decision followed the collapse of the international career of Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has been close to Putin as artistic and general director of the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg.
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How long before a politician, celebrity, TV talking head, or social media “influencer” starts calling for internment?
“Free Speech” (really: “Freedom of Thought”) goes right out the window as soon as the government can trick Business into being the Censor — hey, the Constitution offers no protection from that, suckers!
When China invades Taiwan, all of these leftists who want to ban ANYTHING Russian will have ZERO issue with Xi invading Taiwan, in fact they will praise it
Communism intensifies.
This is just “equity”.
We start pushing back on this now or we lose the world.
The worlds citizens are in a “Collective” mode.......very easily led to take sides the media projects to them.
I think they are going too far.
Whats next, employers firing anyone of Russian decent, sort of like the vax tyranny?
Sounds like more of that mental syndrome that Dr.Malone said was going on during covid.
Everything’s about identity politics.
Are they going to s*** can all their Chinese performers and those who do not denounce China?
Post covid, and fearing backlash, the left wants to put everything behind us and be friends.
Notice, the left has not dropped their lust to cancel and destroy folks
The performers in N Y C are all Falun Gong.
Attacking weak targets makes them feel tough. This is the kissing cousin of sending the Japanese Americans to intern camps. Hell, at least America was at war with Japan then.
“We start pushing back on this now or we lose the world”
The we you reference is the deep state.
We live in a world run by petulant children.
Yes, they will say Well, Taiwan was traditionally always part of China.
Well it’s nice that they moved on from harassing unvaxxed people.
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