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–Anna Netrebko (Imago / ITAR-TASS / Vyacheslav Prokofyev)
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This emerges from a message. Performances in Frankfurt am Main, Vienna and Malmö are to follow in the coming year.
After the beginning of the war, Netrebko temporarily withdrew from concert life. Several opera houses had canceled performances by her. The artist was criticized for her hesitant attitude towards Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
In Paris, the 50-year-old was enthusiastically celebrated on Wednesday evening after her concert in the Philharmonie. She had interpreted works by Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Tchaikovsky. The Ukrainian embassy reacted with severe criticism. That the concert could take place is outrageous. The dissonance between French public opinion supporting Ukraine and the hypocrisy of the audience applauding the Kremlin soprano is sad, the diplomatic mission said on Twitter with. A few dozen demonstrators had gathered in front of the Paris Philharmonie.-
After the Russian war of aggression began on February 24, Netrebko was hesitant at first, but then expressly condemned the war against Ukraine. Netrebko lives mostly in Austria.
This message was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on May 28, 2022.
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