Anna Netrebko

Opera singer Anna Netrebko contacted her fans and confirmed her intention to take a short break from her work due to the pressure on Russian artists during a special operation in Ukraine.

— Anna wrote by posting photos from a vacation in the Middle East.

The singer added a philosophical caption to some photos: “The desert was not felt in the desert. It seems that everything is known comparatively.”

Most of Netrebko’s subscribers decided that in this way the singer decided to allegorically describe the current situation with the “cancellation” of everything Russian in the West.

Fans of Netrebko wrote in the comments.

Earlier, several Western theaters ended cooperation with an opera singer from Russia, as he did not publicly condemn the special operation in Ukraine and did not turn away from Vladimir Putin. Netrebko was fired from La Scala, the Bavarian Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. After that, the representative of the opera diva Maxim Berin said that he decided to take a break from his career due to the current situation.

Along with Netrebko, chief Valery Gergiev also lost his contracts in the West, which, despite pressure, did not publicly comment on the special operation. The other day, Vladimir Putin discussed with Gergiev, the artistic director and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre, the idea of ​​combining the directorates of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theater, following the example of managing the imperial theaters.