Russian Sopranos case that claims the national discrimination of origin against the Met Opera to continue | Mint

New York (AP) – A federal judge says Russian soprano Anna Netrebko can go forward with her case in which she claims that national origin by the Metropolitan Opera, who abandoned her after refusing to reject President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s campaign against Ukraine. The decision by US District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres in Manhattan was made public on Wednesday, a day after it was issued. The case, which will continue with Netrebko’s claim of gender discrimination, has yet to be scheduled for trial. The Met said in a brief statement that the case was “re -instituted on technical grounds” and expressed the confidence that Netrebko’s claims would not succeed. The general manager, Peter Gelb, demanded that his Putin rejected Russia in February 2022 in February 2022, but she refused and was withdrawn from three with Productions. The Met replaced her with Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska in at least one of those productions. “Along with our recent request to add new claims for retaliation and slander based on Peter Gelb’s renewed public campaign to despise Ms. Netrebko, this decision sends a powerful message that Ms. Netrebko will continue to stand up for her rights as an artist,” the singer’s lawyer, Julie Ulmet. Last August, Torres dismissed the demand of the national discrimination of the artist of the national origin, when she also threw out the allegations of slander and breach of contract. But in her latest decision, the judge wrote that the “allegations supported the conclusion that Netrebko’s replacement by non-Russian artists took place under circumstances, which led to at least an” minimal “distraction of discrimination.” Bargaining agreement, when he canceled the transactions with Netrebko for three productions. -And Netrebko’s male counterparts with connections with Putin and the Russian government more favorable.