Metropolitan Opera To Cut Ties With Pro-Putin Artists

The New York Times reports:

The Metropolitan Opera said on Sunday that it would no longer engage with performers or other institutions that have voiced support for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, becoming the latest cultural organization to seek to distance itself from some Russian artists amid Mr. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The company’s decision will also likely mean the end of its collaboration with the Bolshoi, including on a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” that is scheduled for next season. The Met was relying on the Bolshoi for the staging’s sets and costumes, but now it might have to change course.

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The Metropolitan Opera will no longer engage with performers or other institutions that have voiced support for President Vladimir Putin of Russia, the company said. https://t.co/vIiPadi320

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