NETREBKO 'NTRIPLE 'NTROUBLE Alastair Macaulay Ruth Leon Recommends Ballet Uncategorized About Main News Album Of The Week Editors Choice RIP Why Beethoven Why Mahler Premium Daily Comfort Zone Orchestras Opera Top Artist Comment Of The Day CONTACT SUBSCRIBE LOGIN Share this article: PETER GELB: I WON’T PAY NETREBKO A PENNY OPERA Norman Lebrecht July 01, 2025 The general manager of the Metropolitan Opera has spoken to a group of Ukrainian journalists about his attitude to the Russian invasion. Among other things, Gelb said: ‘I don’t want to have cultural ties with murderers. That is why I have completely stopped such cooperation.’ He goes on top reveal the full extent of his reasons for firing Anna Netrebko. The text has been translated from a Ukrainian publication for slippedisc.com: Q: I can’t help but ask you about Anna Netrebko. In 2023, after the scandal in 2022 when she was dismissed, as you noted — for her unwillingness to distance herself from the criminal actions of th...
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SLAM THIS FILTHY ISLAMIST TRAITOR OUT OF US! (BETTER: CUT HIS HEAD OFF AND SEND IT TO INDIA!) SHAME ON THE POOFTERS WHO VOTE FOR THIS SODOMITE! Zohran Mamdani Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’ Robert Tait Follow Robert Tait in My Guardian Notifications off Tue 1 Jul 2025 23.21 BST The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave the way for an investigation into Mamdani’s status after Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican representative for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support f...