Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

====Russia-Ukraine anti-war activism====
On February 28, 2022, Gelb announced that because of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the Met would be severing ties with all staff and employees who are supporters of Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan Opera to stop working with artists who have ties to Putin |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/metropolitan-opera-to-stop-working-with-artists-who-have-ties-to-putin/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=February 28, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> The same night, before the premiere of Verdi's ''[[Don Carlos]]'', the Met's chorus and orchestra performed the [[national anthem of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/arts/music/met-opera-verdi-don-carlos-review.html |title=Review: ''Don Carlos'' Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary|author-link=Zachary Woolfe|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> Among the singers was Ukrainian bass-baritone [[Vladyslav Buialskyi]], making his Met debut; footage of him standing center-stage as the only singer without a score and with a hand over his heart was aired by Ukrainian news outlets.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/arts/music/met-opera-ukraine-russia.html |title=On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2022, Russian-born soprano [[Anna Netrebko]] made a public statement against the war but failed to explicitly denounce Putin, and was replaced by a Ukrainian singer.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 3, 2022 |title=Soprano Anna Netrebko withdraws from Met performances rather than renounce Putin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/03/soprano-anna-netrebko-withdraws-from-met-performances-rather-than-renounce-putin |access-date=March 7, 2022|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Netrebko had performed over 200 times at the Met over the past 20 years. Gelb called her dismissal "a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera" adding "but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine there was no way forward" for her to continue to be associated with the Met.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Anna Netrebko, Russian Diva, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/arts/music/anna-netrebko-met-opera-ukraine.html |access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Russian soprano Netrebko pulls out of Met Opera over Ukraine |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220303-russian-soprano-netrebko-pulls-out-of-met-opera-over-ukraine |access-date=March 7, 2022 |website=[[France 24]]}}</ref>

On March 14, the Met hosted a benefit concert with all proceeds going to relief efforts in Ukraine, with [[Sergiy Kyslytsya]], the [[Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations]] in attendance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/arts/music/met-opera-ukraine.html |title=Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary|author-link=Zachary Woolfe|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 15, 2022 |access-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> The concert, which was broadcast on worldwide radio including Ukrainian public radio, began with Buialskyi singing the national anthem of Ukraine as a soloist.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-philanthropy-opera-88f9c4d47e0f50f43d18a99f9e658fd9 |title=Metropolitan Opera holds special benefit concert for Ukraine |last=Blum |first=Ronald |website=[[Associated Press]]|date=March 16, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>

In December 2022, the Metropolitan Opera website was a target of a [[ransomware]] attack, with a "speculation that Russia could be behind the cyberattack". Gelb rejected that rumor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bilefsky |first=Dan|author-link=Dan Bilefsky|date=December 14, 2022 |title=A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera's Box Office, but the Show Goes On|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/arts/music/met-opera-cyberattack.html |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>

To mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Met Opera held a concert entitled "For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope" on February 24, 2023. The company's music director, [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]], led the Met Orchestra and Chorus in a program of Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]] and Beethoven's [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony]]. Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations, [[Sergiy Kyslytsya]], said, "This is a concert in celebration of Ukrainian resilience and hope. The Metropolitan Opera was among the first to show solidarity with Ukraine, its people, culture, and artists, and it has continued to do so throughout the past year of this tragic invasion. We're proud to work with the Met to promote a just peace." He added, "All wars come to an end, but we will always remember who was with us from the first, most difficult, moments."<ref>{{Cite web|type=press release|date=January 20, 2023 |title=For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera on the one-year anniversary of the invasion Friday, February 24, at 7PM ET |url=https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/for-ukraine-a-concert-of-remembrance-and-hope-to-be-presented-by-the-metropolitan-opera-on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-the-war-friday-february-24-at-7pm-et/ |website=metopera.org}}</ref>