Municipal authorities in Prague have mentioned they might solely enable Russian-born opera singer Anna Netrebko to carry out at a live performance within the capital if the Ukrainian embassy permits it.
Prague’s deputy mayor Jiri Pospisil informed the CTK news company on Thursday that he first wished to seek the advice of the Ukrainian embassy after which determine whether or not to suggest that cultural officers cancel the efficiency.
Netrebko’s live performance is scheduled for October 16 within the Smetana Hall of Prague’s Municipal House.
Pospisil made it clear that the Ukrainian angle to the deliberate live performance efficiency could be decisive for him: “The opera singer is on Ukraine’s sanctions list. If my impression is confirmed, the performance should be cancelled.
“This is not only any live performance,” he said. “She has been actively concerned in supporting the prison regime up to now.”
CTK identified that Netrebko has lived in Austria for years, however has up to now has supported Vladimir Putin’s presidential bids in Russia.
Netrebko’s live performance supervisor informed CTK that the opera singer unequivocally condemns Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine.
Source: www.anews.com.tr