No Stage for Putin’s Supporter
July 21 @ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Vitsche e.V. calls for protest against Anna Netrebko’s performance on July 21
On July 21, 2025, internationally controversial soprano Anna Netrebko is scheduled to perform at the Classic Open Air Festival at Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt — an event promoted by the publicly funded platform VisitBerlin.de.
The Berlin-based Ukrainian NGO Vitsche e.V., together with GZA Europe, Chervona Kalyna Berlin, Ukrainian Alliance, Cult Resist, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Community in Berlin, will hold a demonstration from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at all three entrances to the concert venue.
This protest aims to make visible what the concert seeks to ignore: Netrebko’s public alignment with the Russian regime and the symbolic normalization of propaganda on Berlin’s most iconic cultural stages.
📍 Event Information
Date & Time: Sunday, July 21, 2025 – 18:00–21:00 Location: Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin Format: Demonstration with speeches, visuals, and performance elements – designed for media visibility. Following pressure from concert organizers to move the protest further away, Vitsche’s legal team successfully defended the right to demonstrate at the site. Under the agreed terms:- 🕕 6:00–7:30 PM: We will be loud — with voices, sound, and public presence
- 🕢 7:30–8:30 PM: During the performance, we are legally required to remain silent — but will stay visibly present with large, bold protest signs
- 🕣 8:30–9:00 PM: During the intermission, our voices will rise again