Calgary Opera replaces performer who unfurled Palestinian flag during Tosca bow
2 sources·Updated October 19, 2026
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- Fox News·2h agoCalgary Opera removes singer waving Palestinian flag during opening night curtain call
The Calgary Opera, a Canadian-based company, announced that it would be dropping Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega after he flew a Palestinian flag during his curtain call.
Read at Fox News → - CBC Canada·6h agoCalgary Opera replaces performer who unfurled Palestinian flag during Tosca bow
On Friday, the bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega held up the flag at the end of Giacomo Puccini's drama about love and betrayal during political upheaval in Napoleonic Rome.
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