“Anna Netrebko, the star Russian soprano, is in the hospital with pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, she said in an Instagram post on Thursday,” writes Alex Marshall in Thursday’s (9/17) New York Times. “She was admitted to a Moscow hospital just days after performing at the city’s Bolshoi Theater with another singer who later tested positive for the virus. Maxim Berin, Ms. Netrebko’s Russian manager, said … that the soprano had been unwell since Sept. 9, but he said she was now recovering…. On Sept. 6 and 8, she appeared at the Bolshoi in two performances of Verdi’s ‘Don Carlo.’ … The soprano was scheduled to appear there for a third time on Sept. 10, but the company canceled that performance after bass Ildar Abdrazakov became unwell with a slight fever. He later tested positive for the coronavirus. The Bolshoi immediately tested those who had been in close contact with Mr. Abdrazakov…. Three tested positive and were ordered to isolate for two weeks … but Ms. Netrebko was not among them…. The virus was confirmed only when she was at the hospital…. Last month, the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg suspended all performances, classes and rehearsals after over 30 people in the company contracted the virus.”
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