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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...