Born in Krasnodar, the singer is a distinguished soprano with a career spanning works by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky - but was dropped by New York's Metropolitan Opera after refusing to renounce the Russian president.
A Russian singer, who was dropped by a US opera house because she refused to renounce Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, is suing her former employer.
A lawsuit filed by soprano Anna Netrebko is seeking around $360,000 , claiming she was defamed by the Metropolitan Opera and her contract was breached. She was dropped by the New York-based company shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, after failing to repudiate Mr Putin, despite being asked to by the opera's manager.Born in the southern Russia city of Krasnodar, Ms Netrebko is a distinguished soprano, with a career spanning works by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky.
She was the first classical music artist to be named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people list. But her refusal to denounce the war has attracted controversy. In May, hundreds demonstrated to protest her performance at a festival in the German city of Wiesbaden.
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