Angel Blue, an African American soprano, has stepped down from her function in Aida on the La Traviata Verona theater in Verona, Italy.
The reason being as a result of one other manufacturing of Verdi’s opera carried out earlier within the 12 months had White Russian soprano singer Anna Netrebko as Aida in Blackface.
In her Instagram submit Blue states, “’Expensive Buddies, Household, and Opera Lovers, I’ve come to the unlucky conclusion that I cannot be singing La Traviata at Enviornment di Verona this summer season as deliberate.”
She continues, “Let me be completely clear: the usage of blackface beneath any circumstances, inventive or in any other case, is a deeply misguided follow based mostly on archaic theatrical traditions which haven’t any place in trendy society. It’s offensive, humiliating and outright racist.”
La Traviata prolonged an invite to Blue in hopes of getting a dialog in regards to the subject and claimed to have had “no purpose nor intent in any respect to offend and disturb anybody’s sensibility.”
The theater hopes the incident will construct a bridge between cultures and educate the Italian viewers. The Enviornment of Verona Basis launched an announcement saying, “Each nation has completely different roots, and their cultural and social buildings developed alongside completely different historic and cultural paths. Widespread convictions have usually been reached solely after years of dialogue and mutual understanding.”
