(Credit: tim osipov) Anna Netrebko will return to the Berlin State Opera in 2023. According to B.Z. Berlin, the soprano will perform with the company in autumn of 2023 following conversations with the General Director Matthias Schulz. Schulz said, “It was and is important for us to distance ourselves from the invasion, which violates international law. That’s what Anna Netrebko {…}

(Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) Ahead of the Berlin State Opera’s opening of “Macbeth,” which has generated controversy due to the return of Anna Netrebko, Intendant Matthias Schultz is reiterating his support for the Russian-Austrian soprano. In a recent interview with F.A.Z., Schultz said, “You really have to be careful not to use artists as scapegoats because you can’t {…}