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Opera singer Anna Netrebko is pregnant. The Russian-born soprano has withdrawn from her engagement this summer with the Salzburg Festival, where she was to star as the title role in Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette.” The Metropolitan Opera said Netrebko has also canceled her 10 October performances of “Lucia di Lammermoor” with the Met.

Netrebko’s manager, Jeffrey Vanderveen, said Netrebko “will keep her engagements as long as her doctors permit it.” It is still undecided whether the rest of her engagements for late 2008 and early 2009 will happen as planned.

A European tabloid, Oesterreich, reported Wednesday that Netrebko would “soon” wed her fiance, Uruguayan-born baritone Erwin Schrott.

Netrebko, who has gained an international reputation for her extensive and varying performances with both opera companies and symphony orchestras, was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2007.