Prague asks Kyiv if it should allow Netrebko to sing

Prague asks Kyiv if it should allow Netrebko to sing

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norman lebrecht

July 28, 2023

Prague’s deputy mayor Jiri Pospisil is consulting the Ukrainian Embassy on whether to allow a Smetana Hall recital by Anna Netrebko to go ahead in October.

The reply from Kyiv is a foregone conclusion. Ukrainian embassies across Europe have consistently protested against the presence of a singer who formerly supported Vladimir Putin and the breakaway regime in Crimea.

Popisil said: ‘This is not just any concert. She has been actively involved in supporting the criminal regime in the past.’ Czechs, on the whole support Ukraine.

Full report here from our Czech partners, Opera Plus

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