Undoubtedly, it is a difficult year for opera artists and theatrical corporations due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a massive star in the box has just received a slightly more private blow, according to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, which announced the following news on social media. the prominent soprano Anna Netrebko has contracted COVID-19 and will no longer be able to appear in her next scheduled role in Il Trovatore. Netrebko revealed that she had been hospitalized via Instagram in the early morning of Friday, and also revealed that she celebrates her birthday in bad weather.
She was also scheduled to perform in the Stars Live in Concert cycle of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which is scheduled to begin on October 10, as the Barcelona opera in which she was intended to appear deserved to continue without her on October 1. , netrebko is unlikely to fully recover in time to take full-key step for the Met nine days later, the handover has not yet been cancelled. , contracting coronavirus causes serious breathing problems in many people; this symptom can be catastrophic for a prolific opera singer.
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This can mean another setback for the Metropolitan Opera in a summer that has been complete. For the recent performance of Joyce DiDonato, the Met was forced to temporarily relocate the star’s remote location in the German Ruhr region after the originally planned site, Barcelona, was involved The next concert through Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala, originally scheduled for September 26, was postponed due to the virus. This is bad news for American opera enthusiasts who rely on european productions broadcast live for the maximum. summer.
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