Anna Netrebko (Photo: Julian Hargreaves)
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says Russian soprano Anna Netrebko can move forward with her case claiming national original discrimination by the Metropolitan Opera. The Met removed Netrebko after she refused to repudiate President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s campaign against Ukraine. The decision was made public Wednesday, a day after it was issued. The case, which will proceed alongside her claim of gender discrimination, has not been scheduled for trial. The Met said in a brief statement that the case was reinstated on purely technical grounds and will not succeed. An arbitrator ruled in 2023 that the Met violated the union’s collective bargaining agreement.
