Protesters target Royal Opera House over performance by ‘Putin’s diva’ | Royal Opera House
Duzines protesters gathered outside the Royal Opera House to show against a distinguished Russian opera singer called “Putin’s Diva ında on the opening night of Tosca.
53 -year -old Anna Netrebko, one of the world’s most prominent sopranos, which attracts full houses for the performances of the world’s leading opera houses, refused to be an ally of the Russian leader.
In February 2022, Russia issued a statement that firmly condemned the conflict in the months after the occupation of Ukraine, most of them were excluded by the Great Opera House.
Netrebko, who has not performed in Russia since 2022, was given a folk artist award by Vladimir Putin in 2008. About 50 protesters gathered outside the center of London included Natalia Filatova, a 48 -year -old wrapped in the Ukrainian flag.
He told Guardian: orum I have been living in London for 21 years. In the past, I loved the Royal Opera House and everything they made, but the decision is a shame.
“I think it damaged the image of the royal opera. I don’t understand how [this] When this country has supported Ukraine since the first day, theater could be a royal theater. “
43 -year -old Oleksandra Vietrova, “behind the curtain, blood and tanks behind” organized a sign. He said that he participated because “Unfortunately, all polite communication did not bring any results”.
The protest finished with a praise to Ukraine when the demonstrators burned yellow candles, and commented on the national anthem Shche ne Vmerla Ukrainy. Last month, more than 50 Ukrainian writers and artists, United Kingdom deputies and former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called on the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) to quit Netrebko from the new London season and described it as a long symbol of cultural propaganda for serious war crimes.
In a letter, the group added that RBO was “facing an descriptive choice: between status and responsibility, between profits and values, between silence and conscience”: “We recommend you to remain on the ethical side of art and history, as you constantly have.”
RBO, as the House of the Singer House ,, added that he was obliged to exhibit the greatest artists and that Netrebko condemned the invasion.
Some other major opera houses in Europe have taken place in the last two years Russian soprano. General Manager Miguel Esteban said that he had never supported Russian separatists ”and condemned the war in three social media statements and two interviews. The authorized has not returned to Russia since the full -scale invasion.
In 2014, Netrebko donated to Donetsk’s opera house after seizing the city of Russia. photographic He held the separatist flag of “Novorossiya ıyla with a pro -Kremlin -former Ukrainian politician. Later, he said he didn’t understand what the flag means.
Netrebko said that “my past actions or expressions could be misinterpreted and regretted” and met Putin only “several times”.
At the beginning of this month, RBO has signed an open letter criticizing the organization’s attitude of the organization on Gaza, and after the production of Tosca in the Israeli opera in Tel Aviv.
