In what is becoming strangely predictable, any article about Anna Netrebko is set to feature choice words from Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb. In a recent Telegraph article, Gelb continued his attacks on the soprano. While the Metropolitan Opera’s general director refused to comment on her return to the Royal Ballet and Opera House when asked by the Telegraph, {…}

(Credit: OLGA RUBIO-DALMAU) In response to the Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager Peter Gelb’s attacks on Anna Netrebko, the soprano’s lawyer has submitted a revised supplemental complaint in her lawsuit in a New York federal court. In the complaint, Netrebko’s lawyer alleges that the Met and Peter Gelb defamed and disparaged her in retaliation for asserting her rights. The compaint further {…}

Peter Gelb isn’t backing away from his fight with soprano Anna Netrebko. The Metropolitan Opera General Manager, who is currently on a media blitz, told Der Standard that the soprano was insincere in her statement against the war. He told the media outlet, “In my view, she condemned the war purely out of expediency and only after the Met had {…}

Peter Gelb is claiming that Anna Netrebko had contact with the Kremlin back in 2022 before getting fired from the Metropolitan Opera. While on his trip to Ukraine, the Met’s General Manager was interviewed by the Ukrainian Press and was asked about the pending lawsuit against the Met and himself. He said he would not compromise or settle and said, {…}