ROME — Soprano 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 U.S. singer, who grew ...

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The American performer said she will pull out "La Traviata," citing the theater's recent use of blackface, which she called "offensive, humiliating and outright racist." By The Associated Press ...

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