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UK Politicians and Artists Urge Royal Ballet and Opera to Drop Russian Soprano Over Putin Support

More than 50 Ukrainian writers and artists, a cross-party group of UK MPs, and a former New Zealand prime minister have called on the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) to remove Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko from its upcoming London season, according to The Guardian on August 14. Netrebko is scheduled to perform in the RBO’s production of Tosca next month. In a letter to The Guardian, the signatories describe her as a “longtime symbol of cultura…

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The Guardian writes about this. Deputies of the British Parliament and Ukrainian artists signed a letter reminding that Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko is “a symbol of cultural propaganda of the regime responsible for war crimes.” More than 50 Ukrainian writers and artists, a cross-party group of British MPs and a former prime minister of New Zealand have called on London's Royal Opera to exclude Putinist, Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko f…

The world-famous Russian soprano, considered a friend of Putin, will take to the stage in Tosca in the fall season.

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Russian singer Anna Netrecko is a symbol of the cultural propaganda of the Putin regime responsible for serious war crimes in Ukraine.

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The signatories called the Russian opera singer "the old symbol of the regime's cultural propaganda."

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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ZN.UA Зеркало недели broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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