However, her manager told PlaybillArts that Russians didn't realize that she would be allowed to keep her Russian citizenship. "Anna will never deny her origins and she loves her country," he said.
The Times had reported that Netrebko had changed her mind after the media and fellow musicians accused her of being unpatriotic. She was quoted in the paper as saying, "Some of my fellow Mariinsky musicians would approach me and whisper dramatically, 'How could you do this?'"
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
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