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'''Anna Netrebko''' is acclaimed as one of the greatest [[opera]] singers of all-time at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], which is the foremost opera hall in the world.  Netrebko was definitive in [[Tchaikovsky]]’s great opera, ''Eugene Onegin''.  A short sample is available on YouTube.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56MMagyMXs</ref>

'''Anna Netrebko''' is acclaimed as one of the greatest [[opera]] singers of all-time at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], which is the foremost opera hall in the world.  Netrebko was definitive in [[Tchaikovsky]]’s great opera, ''Eugene Onegin''.  A short sample is available on YouTube.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56MMagyMXs</ref>

Despite this, on March 3, 2022, it was announced that she was removed as a singer by the Met because she merely criticized the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022|Russia-Ukraine war]], without specifically criticizing [[Putin]].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/entertainment/anna-netrebko-russian-soprano-metropolitan-opera-met/index.html</ref>  Netrebko posted in [[Instagram]]:

Despite this, on March 3, 2022, it was announced that she was removed as a singer by the Met because she merely criticized the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022|Russia-Ukraine war]], without specifically criticizing [[Putin]].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/entertainment/anna-netrebko-russian-soprano-metropolitan-opera-met/index.html</ref>  Netrebko posted on [[Instagram]]:

{{quotebox-float|"First of all: I am opposed to this war. I am [[Russian]] and I love my country but I have many friends in [[Ukraine]] and the pain and suffering right now breaks my heart. I want this war to end and for people to be able to live in peace. This is what I hope and pray for. I want to add, however, that forcing artists, or any public figure to voice their political opinions in public and to denounce their homeland is not right. This should be a free choice. I am not a political person. I am not an expert in politics. I am an artist and my purpose is to unite across political divides.”<ref>https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-breaks-her-silence-on-the-war/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"First of all: I am opposed to this war. I am [[Russian]] and I love my country but I have many friends in [[Ukraine]] and the pain and suffering right now breaks my heart. I want this war to end and for people to be able to live in peace. This is what I hope and pray for. I want to add, however, that forcing artists, or any public figure to voice their political opinions in public and to denounce their homeland is not right. This should be a free choice. I am not a political person. I am not an expert in politics. I am an artist and my purpose is to unite across political divides.”<ref>https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-breaks-her-silence-on-the-war/</ref>}}