Referee Howard Edelman decided that the Metropolitan Opera management in New York should pay $200,000 compensation to Russian and Austrian opera singer Anna Netrebko for canceled performances. These release reports New York Times.
The publication states that the judge justified the decision by the fact that a pay-or-play (“pay or play”) contract was concluded between the theater and the singer, which determines the obligation to pay the institution. performer, regardless of whether he shows up or not. According to this fact, the theater is obliged to compensate the singer for 13 canceled concerts.
Representatives of the Metropolitan Opera, as part of the consideration of the case, insisted that Netrebko was not entitled to royalties for performances, as he refused to condemn the special military operation of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory. The judge also concluded that the singer “is a supporter”. [президента России Владимира] Putin, because he had the right to. It also fined Netrebko approximately $30,000 for using “highly inappropriate” statements after the SVO began.
Previously, Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko’s performance scheduled for March 5 in Taiwan, It is cancelled.
February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationThe one who, in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR, decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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