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Open this photo in gallery:Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Calgary, in May, 2024. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian PressThe Calgary Opera has replaced bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega as the character of Cesare Angelotti in its run of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca after the vocalist unfurled a Palestinian flag during curtain call last Friday. The opera company issued a statement on the weekend confirming that “a cast member displayed a flag” at Friday’s opening night performance, and that it was “unexpected and unauthorized.” On Saturday, Mr. Sanchez-Ortega shared a video on his Instagram profile of the moment, which shows him revealing a Palestinian flag onstage. “I have no regrets,” he wrote in a since expired Instagram story screenshotted by the Opera Wire blog. “This is the state of cultural institutions in Canada. I was informed that financial threats have been made against Calgary Opera. I hold no resentment.”In a further statement sent to The Globe and Mail on Monday, the Calgary Opera said that it prohibits personal protest on its stages and at its events and that the display of any protest symbol would have similar consequences.

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Institutions, especially well-resourced museums, foundations, and cultural organizations, have no excuse for relying on generative tools instead of paying writers. Reading art writing shouldn't feel like this. (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic; video Getty Images, photo public domain via Wikimedia Commons)