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  • Lauren Crosby Medlicott
    Anna Netrebko’s Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return

    The Russian soprano says she doesn’t support the war in Ukraine but her Tosca this week faces a chorus of critics

    Thu, 28 Aug 2025

  • Lauren Crosby Medlicott
    The diva and the dictator: opera at war

    Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine Anna Netrebko was the biggest opera star in a generation. Since the war, due to past support for Vladimir Putin, she has effectively been boycotted by theatres around the world. Except, this autumn, she'll be headlining the Royal Opera House's new season.  

    28 min • S1, E322

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