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Soprano Angel Blue said she would not perform at the Verona theater after it recently staged a different opera in which performers were in blackface.

Angel Blue, who is Black, called the "archaic" practice “offensive, humiliating, and outright racist.”

Soprano Angel Blue will not be making her debut at the Verona's Arena in Italy later this month after learning the theater used blackface during a production in 2002.

The 38-year-old Grammy Award-winner announced she is bowing out of La Traviata at Verona Arena, in Verona, Italy, later this month.

ROME (AP) — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month...

The U.S. singer says she won't perform at Verona's Arena this month because the theater recently mounted another opera that had performers in blackface.

The US singer says she will not sing in, La Traviata, after a recent work at the theatre had performers in blackface.

U.S. soprano singer Angel Blue canceled performances at a theater in Italy because an opera earlier this summer used blackface at the same location.

Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage

The singer was due to perform at Verona Arena in a production of La Traviata.