FILE - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko answers reporters' questions prior to the start of a news conference to present Giuseppe Verdi's 'Macbeth', directed by Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly, who will open the opera season at the La Scala opera house, in Milan, Italy, on Nov. 29, 2021. A scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled, officials said on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The announcement came after the Prague government said on Monday that all its coalition parties opposed the concert at a time Russia wages war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko answers reporters' questions prior to the start of a news conference to present Giuseppe Verdi's 'Macbeth', directed by Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly, who will open the opera season at the La Scala opera house, in Milan, Italy, on Nov. 29, 2021. A scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled, officials said on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The announcement came after the Prague government said on Monday that all its coalition parties opposed the concert at a time Russia wages war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
LBPRAGUE (AP) — A scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled over political pressures as Russia wages war on Ukraine, Czech officials said Thursday.
The announcement came days after the Prague government said that all its coalition parties “unequivocally” , calling it “insensitive.”
Prague’s Municipal House, where Netrebko’s Oct. 16 performance was to take place, and the Nachtigall Artists Management, an agency that organized it, have agreed on the cancellation.
The soprano won’t demand compensation, the organizing agency confirmed.
The Czech Republic has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine during the war. The governing coalition in Prague is made up of the same political parties that comprise the Czech government.
Netrebko in New York City over its decision to cut ties with her last year for refusing to repudiate her .
Her 2023-24 season includes engagements with Berlin’s Staatsoper unter den Linden, the Vienna State Opera, Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera.
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