Ukraine bans artists from appearing anywhere with Anna Netrebko

Ukraine has pulled its orchestra and other artists from the International May Festival in Wiesbaden.

From the FAZ:

When the Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko performs at the International May Festival, artists from Ukraine who are also engaged will not participate. “They are not allowed to do that,” said the Ukrainian Consul General in Hesse, Vadym Kostiuk, in conversation with the F.A.Z. on Thursday.

As reported, the director of the Wiesbaden State Theater, Uwe Eric Laufenberg, had assured that the Taras Shevchenko Theatre from Kharkiv and the Ukrainian National Orchestra had nothing wrong with Netrebko’s performance. This was one of the arguments with which Laufenberg stuck to Netrebko’s appearance.