OPERA STARS QUIT JAPAN TOUR
Two stars of the New York Metropolitan Opera have quit a planned tour of Japan due to fears over raised radiation levels since the March (11) earthquake and tsunami.
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Joseph Calleja have bowed out of the company’s shows in the country, which run from 4 to 19 June (11), amid fears about the fallout from a nuclear plant which was damaged in the disaster.
The last-minute withdrawal has left opera bosses scrambling to find replacements.
The news comes just weeks after opera legend Placido Domingo performed in Japan and donated $200,000 (£125,000) to relief efforts.
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