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Anna Netrebko heads for arts-free state

Anna Netrebko heads for arts-free state

It has been announced that the half-banned Russian soprano will make her first US appearance in six years at a forthcoming gala for Palm Beach Opera in February.

The company is located in Florida, where the Governor recently abolished all arts subsidies. The money for her engagement will come from private, probably Republican donors.

It remains to be seen whether there will be contact with another Floridan resident, the Republican challenger for the US Presidency. Feelers will certainly have gone out.

Netrebko, 52,  is presently suing the Metropolitan Opera for fees that she lkost when her contracts were cancelled after the Putin assault on Ukraine. Netrebko is a former vocal Putin supporter.

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