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Thursday March 3, 2022

Anna Netrebko, a Russian star tied to Putin, is out at the Metropolitan Opera

Soprano Anna Netrebko, performing in Vienna, Austria in 2019. Hans Punz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Anna Netrebko, a Russian star tied to Putin, is out at the Metropolitan Opera

March 3, 2022 • The famed New York opera house said Thursday that the soprano will not appear there this season or next, after she declined to distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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