Just last summer, Netrebko defended performing the role of Aida, an enslaved Ethiopian princess, in an Instagram post. The Met has decided to cast her again in the role, for their annual gala, no less ...

FILE - Russian soprano Anna Netrebko answers reporters' questions prior to the start of a news conference to present Giuseppe Verdi's 'Macbeth', directed by Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly, who ...

NEW YORK — Anna Netrebko must have felt enormous pressure Saturday at the Metropolitan Opera when for the first time anywhere she sang the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca.” This is a touchstone of the ...

Netrebko as Aida, at the Met. Photo: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera If you’re curious about what the 2018 edition of the Opera Diva™ looks and sounds like, go on safari to the Metropolitan Opera ...

“Everything will be fine!” she said on Instagram, but the news is the latest sign of the challenges singers face returning to work. By Alex Marshall LONDON — Anna Netrebko, the star Russian soprano, ...

Famed opera singer Anna Netrebko is being slammed online after performing multiple times on stage while wearing blackface. In July, Netrebko went viral after performing in the Italian production of ...