NEW YORK (AP) — Soprano Anna Netrebko withdrew from her future engagements at the Metropolitan Opera rather than repudiate her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, costing the company one of ...

FILE - Anna Netrebko, opera singer, gestures during the final applause at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden after singing Lady Macbeth in the performance of "Macbeth," in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept.

Demonstrators outside the Royal Opera House protested the Russian soprano’s return to the London stage in a new production of “Tosca.” By Alex Marshall The company’s director, Oliver Mears, talks ...

Anna Netrebko wrote defiant messages on social media. After a chaotic week, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from performances at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House. "It is a great ...

There isn't a musical instrument on earth that can produce sounds as varied, as beautiful, and as heart-rending as the voice of a woman. That's why we worship our great sopranos, and call them divas.

Queen Anna is dead — long live Queen Anna! The late royal lady is Anna Bolena in Donizetti’s 1830 opera, based on the final days of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. The new monarch — ruling not ...

Kneeling on stage as she sang the last notes of a heart-rending aria, Anna Netrebko felt the tumultuous applause wash over her — and smiled. It was a break in character for the tragic heroine of ...

Her new album finds Russian soprano tackling five new operatic roles Netrebko will open the Met%27s season for the third consecutive year%2C in %27Eugene Onegin%27 ...

NEW YORK — Singers are often handed bouquets at the end of a concert. But on Sunday afternoon, Anna Netrebko arrived onstage at Carnegie Hall with an armful of roses. For several songs in this, her ...