Star Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has sued the New York Metropolitan Opera, following the suspension of her collaboration in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Netrebko filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday looking for damages of at the least $360,000 in accordance with US media studies. The opera home rejected the allegations, saying the lawsuit had “no merit,” in accordance with an announcement.
Netrebko had already efficiently sought partial compensation from the Metropolitan Opera by way of the US Opera Performers’ Union.
The well-known opera home in Manhattan had introduced in March 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, that it was placing its cooperation with Netrebko on maintain. It had requested Netrebko to withdraw her public help of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The opera had introduced that she had not accomplished so. As a outcome, Netrebko had withdrawn from deliberate upcoming performances. Director Peter Gelb spoke of an “artistic loss” however noticed “no other way.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
