La Scala is selling tickets for Netrebko
NewsReally?
Yes, really.
Netrebko has been a strong supporter of Putin’s Ukraine interventions since 2014. She is hand in glove with Gergiev.
Italy is clearly softening on the Russian lockout.
Statement from La Scala:
Tomorrow at 10am booking opens for two recitals. On 27 May at 8pm Anna Netrebko and Elena Maximova go on stage with violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon and pianist Malcolm Martineau (https://bit.ly/3E5Fir1). On 4 September at 8pm Asmik Grigorian is accompanied by Lukas Geniusas’ piano. (https://bit.ly/37gRlWu).
They seem to test the water with recitals.
When evil makes itself so clearly visible, it shows-up who is what.
My wife and myself have tickets for the concert at the Paris Philharmonie on May 25. It has not been cancelled – so far. It should be.
Obama destroyed Libya. Should American musicians supporting Obama be held accountable?
If you’re angry at Netrebko, but not at the above mentioned, you’re a primitive fool.
That’s nothing but silly whataboutism. I wouldn’t be so quick to call others fools if I were you.
Name-calling always wins arguments.
I’m scraping to remember which artists lined themselves up with that incident…
And, loth though I am to line up with any American foreign policy. they were not INVADING Libya.
We had Libya’s leader tortured and killed and we threw the entire country into a civil war from which they still haven’t recovered. “We came, we saw, he died,” was the joke that make Hillary Clinton chortle about it. While we didn’t technically invade Libya, we were just as destructive as if we had.
One of the many reasons I do not support US foreign policy. But as I said, I don’t recall any American artists lining up in support.
I never wrote they invaded Libya.
Well, Italians have a choice of boycotting the performance and let local Russians buy them.
I am strongly opposed to the Exclusion of Russian artists, singers,
Shame on La Scala.
Netrebko choices should not affect her career but there is always exceptions and supporting a modern day Hitler is one of them! Truly,shame on her and La Scala.
The resolve of the European opera houses and festivals is just incredible.
When did you say the sanctions against Russia were being lifted? No wonder Putin’s army is marching across Ukraine unstoppable. With this kind of resistance from the West they will not stop at Kiev.
Do the managers of Italian opera houses realize that they completely discredit themselves and their previous declarations are pure hypocrisy?
During war times, we all feel supportive of each other and prone to see virtue where typically there is none. This interesting phenomenon is ubiquitous and encroaches in surprising places: we would even be generously inclined to expect coherence and steadfastness from Italians.
Then, we suddenly awake from this misty fog, and we remember that Italy is the birth place of famous conductors who make stirring speeches against Putin, only to hang on tight to the honors and awards they personally received from him.
Oh Italy, cradle of unimpeachable moral authorities. You can see one who represents the soul of the country, here: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/18/1413629942370_wps_4_BERLUSKONI_PUTIN_Russian_.jpg
Italy is an export-driven economy. It is exporting moral authorities as well:
The highest in politics can be seen in this picture:
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2016/09/29/foto/gli_80_anni_di_berlusconi_gaffe_e_nascondino_con_i_potenti-148491606/1/
Private hobby: Bunga Bunga
The highest in classical music can be seen in this picture:
https://www.dagospia.com/mediagallery/Dago_fotogallery-147406/592875.htm
Private hobby: Photography of withered trees
Billy: ‘I like bunga-bunga, what’s wrong with it?’
Ernst: ‘Please, Billy, this is a classical music site.’
Netrebko and Gergiev – let’s just call them Schwarzkopf and Boehm and be done with it.
The two people you mention had undisputed musical merits which is more that you can say about the current pair whose output has been substandard for years.
I-just-can’t
Disgraceful
What a shame. 🙁
I hope she is booed. The Italians are also good at throwing things. Get the ripe tomatoes ready!
Maybe they’re hoping the Ukrainians will have been completely obliterated by then so that Netrebko and co can carry on with business as usual…
Anna Netrebko go Home.
Shame on La Scala
It’s rather sad and disappointing to see someone I used to admire as much as Malcolm Martineau participating in this. I thought he had more class than to just follow the blood-stained roubles…
Using the in vogue logic, I have to ask, when do we start canceling the CCP-aligned artists? Musicians, actors, athletes, etc. should not be judged for their political positions. They should be judged on their talent. World War Woke won’t end because Gergiev and Netrebko are silenced. The world needs MORE art not less!
Most Russian artists are not being silenced. Artists like Ekaterina Gubanova, Igor Golovatenko, Marina Prudenskaya, Daniil Trifonov, Tugan Sokhiev, and many others are still welcome to Western opera houses and concert halls.
Vocal supporters like Gergiev and Netrebko are not. Netrebko in particular posed with the Novorussia flag (which resembles the Confederate flag) alongside a separatist.
For how long with nitwits like you
Remember sirens? They had beautiful voices.
Dear Norman, and all,
Ha-ha. Predictably enough, all the theatres around the world will host the Russians Artists soon. You will see. They won’t survive without such artists like Netrebko, Gergiev, Matsuev, Pletnev and many-many others.
With love from Russia 🙂
I, for one, look forward to the day when Italian opera is no longer sung anymore by ugly Slavic voices.
This is precisely the kind of comment that Putin has been using for years to justify distancing from the west, because “the West is out to get us”. There are Russians who don’t want anything to do with Putin’s war, don’t lump them in with the kowtowing Gergiev. This is incredibly hurtful for other Russian artist who are maybe less well know or have gotten out of Russia to not be forced to follow party line for fear of being jailed for up to 15 years.
And btw, Slavic refers to several Eastern European nations, including Ukrainians, Polish and Belarusians.
Absolutely rivolting! DisgustIng!
Italians (as well as many of their co-ethnics abroad) are hardly the greatest practitioners of impeccable politics and/or ethical/moral behavior.
Bravo La Scala !
Good news. Boycotting artists and that sort of witchhunt makes no sense to me.