So the fact that the Russian soprano AnnaNetrebko, unquestionably one of our era’s exceptional opera singers, is due to sing Tosca in a new production at Covent Garden next month does not present me with a dilemma.
When I learned that the Royal Opera House had booked Russian soprano AnnaNetrebko to sing Tosca in the new production which opens its 2025/26 season next month (and, later in the season, Turandot), I felt a surge of anger.