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Anna Netrebko at the Salzburger Festspiele 2010 and 2012

A first outlook to Salzburger Festspiele 2010 shows that Anna Netrebko sings in at least 5 out of 9 performances of the revival of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.

Alexander Pereira, new designated intendant of the Salzburger Festspiele, has announced his plans for the Salzburger Festspiele 2012. Among those plans, he intends to stage Puccini's La Bohème starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo with Daniele Gatti conducting.

Sources
Kehlmann schreibt, Netrebko singt - By Judith Schmitzberger, Kurier.at 27. Aug 2009 [German]
Pereiras erster Festspielsommer, Live-PR 26. Aug 2009 [German]

Concert of Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel and Ekaterina Semenchuk at the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg 9. Sep 2009

On 16. July it was announced here a concert of Anna Netrebko and Bryn Terfel to be held at the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg on 9. Sep 2009. It was announced also that Emmanuel Villaume will be the conductor and, at that time, it was not yet known the orchestra.

Updated information about the concert is now available at the Elbklassik website and the Elbphilharmonie website. The mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk has been added to join Anna Netrebko and Bryn Terfel on the stage and Emmanuel Villaume will conduct the Prager Philharmoniker and Chor der Prager Philharmoniker. The programme of the concert has been also announced.

Programme
Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Bryn Terfel
Prager Philharmoniker, Chor der Prager Philharmoniker
Emmanuel Villaume, Dirigent

Laeiszhalle, Hamburg 9. Sep 2009

M. Glinka: Ouvertüre zu Ruslan und Ludmila
M. Glinka: Ludmila’s Szene aus Rusland und Ludmila (1. Akt), Anna Netrebko & Chor
P. I. Tschaikowsky: „Da, chas nastal“ aus Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Ekaterina Semenchuk
J. Offenbach: Can-can aus Orphée aux enfers
J. Offenbach: „Barcarolle“ aus Les contes d’Hoffmann, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Chor
C. Gounod: „Le Veau d’Or“ aus Faust, Bryn Terfel & Chor
G. Bizet: „Habanera“ aus Carmen, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Chor
E. Kalman: „Heia! Heia! In den Bergen…” aus Die Csardasfuerstin, Anna Netrebko & Chor

Pause

V. Bellini: „Care compagne…Come per me sereno” aus La sonnambula, Anna Netrebko & Chor
G. Verdi: „Va pensiero” aus Nabucco, Chor
G. Verdi: „Rataplan, rataplan” aus La forza del destino, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Chor
R. Wagner: „Pigerchor“ aus Tannhäuser, Chor
R. Wagner: „Oh, du mein holder Abendstern“ aus Tannhäuser, Bryn Terfel
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo aus Cavalleria Rusticana
G. Puccini: „Un bel di vedremo” aus Madama Butterfly, Anna Netrebko
G. Puccini: „Tre sbirri, una carozza …Va Tosca…Te Deum” aus Tosca, Bryn Terfel & Chor

An Overview to Anna Netrebko's 2008-2009 Season

On a personal side, we could say that this Anna Netrebko's season started with the birth of her son Tiago Arua in Wien on 5. Sep 2008 and will end with her upcoming wedding with Erwin Schrott, father of Tiago Arua. The place and date of the wedding has not been announced, but it could take place at the end of August in Austria.

On the professional side, the 2008-2009 Season for Anna Netrebko started in January 2009, later than usual due to the birth of Tiago. Anna Netrebko has performed in 5 different operas: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammemoor at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, the Met in New York (role debut at the Met) and the Wiener Staatsoper in Wien (role debut at the Wiener Staatsoper), Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi at the ROH in London (role debut at the ROH), Verdi's La Traviata at the Opernhaus Zürich in Zürich (debut at the Opernhaus Zürich), the Wiener Staatsoper in Wien and the San Francisco Opera in San Francisco (role debut at the San Francisco Opera), Puccini's La Bohème at the Bayerische Staatsoper in München (role debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper) and Tchaikovsky's Iolanta at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden (role debut).

Furthermore the Austrian-Russian star soprano sang in 4 concerts and 2 lied recitals: the Gala Concert "Friends of Valery Gergiev, The Stars of the Stars" held at the Mariinsky Theater on the occasion of Valery Gergiev's 56th Birthday, the "Anna Netrebko Gala" at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theater, concerts with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Braunschweig and München and lied recitals in Mannheim and at the Salzburger Festspiele in Salzburg.

From a personal point of view I have attended 4 opera performances, being able to see Anna in Lucia di Lammermoor in Wien, I Capuleti e I Montecchi in London, La Bohème in München and Iolanta in Baden-Baden. Attending each one of those performances has been a fantastic and unique experience. It was in Wien, after the Lucia's performance, where I was formally first introduced to Anna by Jeffrey Vanderveen.


Now the season has arrived to an end and we are looking forward to attending some of the exciting performances and concerts of the new season.

Meanwhile, we would like to send our best wishes of happiness to Anna, Erwin and Tiago.

Anna Netrebko | 2008-2009 Season
Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season

Anna Netrebko, Liederabend, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg 17. Aug 2009

Anna Netrebko, accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the piano, has performed in a sold-out Lied Recital of the Salzburger Festspiele, held at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 17. August 2009. The demand was already in January several times higher than the supply tickets and, till the last minute, the waitlist has been hopelessly long.

The programme, featuring selected songs by Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, has been the same one chosen for the lied recital given just a few days before at the Rosengarten, Mannheim on 12. August 2009, where, on that occasion, the Russian soprano was accompanied by Elena Bashkirova at the piano. After the 20 songs by the two Russian composers, they were two encores ending with Richard Strauss's "Cäcilie". The show ended with a standing ovation.

The lied recital has been recorded, not only for the Ö1 radio broadcast scheduled on 26. Aug 2009 19:30. It has been announced that a live CD it is planned to be released.

A lied recital, featuring also selected songs by Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, will be given by Anna Netrebko, accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the piano, at the Festtage 2010, Philharmonie, Berlin on 29. March 2010.

Programme
Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Daniel Barenboim, Piano

Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
Monday 17. August 2009 20:30

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Worüber in der Stille der Nacht op. 40 Nr. 3 | O chem v tishi nochey op. 40 Nr. 3 | Of what I dream in the quiet night op. 40 Nr. 3
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Verzeih! Erinnere dich nicht an die kummervollen Tage op. 27 Nr. 4 | Prosti! Ne pomni dney naden’ya op. 27 Nr. 4 | Forgive! Remember not these tearful days op. 27 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Es ist nicht der Wind, der von der Höhe weht op. 43 Nr. 2 | Ne veter, veya s vïsotï op. 43 Nr. 2 | Not the Wind, blowing from the hights op. 43 Nr. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Klingender ist das Lied der Lerche op. 43 Nr. 1 | Zvonche zhavoronka pen’ye op. 43 Nr. 1 | The lark sings louder op. 43 Nr. 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Auf Grusiniens Hügeln op. 3 Nr. 4 | Na kholmakh Gruzii op. 3 Nr. 4 | On the hills of Georgia op. 3 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Im Reich der Rose und des Weins op. 8 Nr. 5 | V tsarstvo rozï i vina op. 8 Nr. 5 | In the kingdom of roses and wine op. 8 Nr. 5
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Suleikas Lied op. 26 Nr. 4 | Pesnya Zyuleyki op. 26 Nr. 4 | Zuleika’s song op. 26 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Die Nachtigall wurde Sklavin der Rose op. 2 Nr. 2 | Plenivshis’ rozoy, solovey (Vostochnïy romans) op. 2 Nr. 2 | Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale op. 2 Nr. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Der Wolken Luftgebirg löst sich im Winde sacht op. 42 Nr. 3 | Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada op. 42 Nr. 3 | The clouds begin to scatter op. 42 Nr. 3
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Die Nymphe op. 56 Nr. 1 | Nimfa op. 56 Nr. 1 | The nymph op. 56 Nr. 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow • Ein Sommernachtstraum op. 56 Nr. 2 | Son v letnyuyu noch’ op. 56 Nr. 2 | Summer night’s dream op. 56 Nr. 2

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Sag mir, wovon im dunklen Grün op. 57 Nr. 1 | Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey op. 57 Nr. 1 | Tell me, what in the shade of the branches op. 57 Nr. 1
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • So schnell vergessen (1870) | Zabït tak skoro (1870) | To forget so soon (1870)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Trunkene Nächte op. 60 Nr. 6 | Nochy bezumnïye op. 60 Nr. 6 | Frenzied night op. 60 Nr. 6
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Warum? op. 6 Nr. 5 | Otchevo? op. 6 Nr. 5 | Why? op. 6 Nr. 5
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Serenade, O Kind, ich singe dir op. 63 Nr. 6 | Serenada op. 63 Nr. 6 | Serenade op. 63 Nr. 6
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Wiegenlied op. 16 Nr. 1 | Kolïbel’naya pesnya op. 16 Nr. 1 | Cradle song op. 16 Nr. 1
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • War ich nicht ein Gräslein im Felde op. 47 Nr. 7 | Ya li v pole da ne travushka bïla op. 47 Nr. 7 | Was I not a little blade of grass? op. 47 Nr. 7
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • In trüben Tagen op. 73 Nr. 5 | Sred mrachnïkh dnei op. 73 Nr. 5 | Mid sombre days op. 73 Nr. 5
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Herrschet der Tag op. 47 Nr. 6 | Den li tsarit? op. 47 Nr. 6 | Does the day reign op. 47 Nr. 6

Encores

Antonín Dvořák • Zigeunermelodien op. 55 Nr. 4 (Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte singen) | Ciganske melodie op. 55 Nr. 4 (Kdyz mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat ucívala) | Gypsy Songs op. 55 Nr. 4 (When my old mother taught me to sing)
Richard Strauss • Cäcilie op. 27 Nr. 2

Press Reviews
Herbert has kindly translated some extracts of the reviews published in the German press. Christoph Lindenbauer, in his review for the Kleine Zeitung, says that the Liederabend at the Salzburger Festsiele will be released as a live CD.

"Anna Netrebko is an excellent singer [...], unique in her kind as well as technically and artistically on a very, very high level. Last night she proved at the Salzburg Festival that she is able to enthuse her audience not only by culinary delicacies, but also by relatively unknown, even unwieldy lieder."
Anna Netrebkos russische Lieder - By Christoph Lindenbauer/APA, Kleine Zeitung, 18. Aug 2009 [German]

"Netrebko's performance on stage [...] and especially her manifold mode of expression are and will be world-class."
Anna Netrebkos russische Lieder - By Christoph Lindenbauer/APA, Kleine Zeitung, 18. Aug 2009 [German]

"It is sensational how Netrebko plays with the colours and can switch from a dark, guttural sound to shining bright, crystal clear soprano timbre, effortlessly filling the Festspielhaus with her voice. Voluminous force and grandeur are followed by a whispered piano, and everything is well-balanced and perfectly in line with her Russian-dramatic gestures. Netrebko's voice does (almost invariably) what Netrebko wants her to do. She plays with all facets of sound in all pitches - not only where it is technically easy."
Anna Netrebkos russische Lieder - By Christoph Lindenbauer/APA, Kleine Zeitung, 18. Aug 2009 [German]

"It was the glorious climax and also the conclusion of the Salzburg Festival 2009. [...] Powerful and voluminous, but also delicate, bright and with a crystal-clear voice, soprano Anna Netrebko easily filled the Festival Hall and underlined her singing with a typical Russian-dramatic gestures."
Anna Netrebko – nach der Babypause besser als je zuvor - Österreich News, 19. Aug 2009 [German]

"Some day she will be the most magnificent Marschallin ("Rosenkavalier") of all times, because she knows melancholy as well as happiness, and because her exuding voice is a marvelous frenzy of sound."
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19. Aug 2009

"[...] sa voix se raffermit et déploie toutes les séductions d’un timbre fruité, richement coloré, avec des aigus glorieux et une palette de nuances raffinée. Pour chaque mélodie, elle sait trouver le climat, l’expression, les couleurs qui caractérisent un chant engagé et passionné. Sentiment encore renforcé après l’entracte avec Tchaïkovski [...]"
Salzbourg 2009 (6): Madonna Netrebko - By Monique Barichella, Altamusica.com, Aug 2009 [French]

On-line Press Reviews
Herzlicher Applaus für Netrebko bei Konzert - Salzburg.orf.at [German]
Anna Netrebkos Liederabend - By Ernst P. Strobl (SN), Salzburger Nachrichten, 18. August 2009 [German][Photos]
Eine Netrebko-Show ist etwas anderes - By Ernst P. Strobl (SN), Salzburger Nachrichten, 18. August 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebkos russische Lieder - By Christoph Lindenbauer/APA, Kleine Zeitung, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Blicke mir nicht in die Seele - DerStandard.at, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Ein ideales Künstler-Paar - By Gert Korentschnig, Kurier.at, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Die Königskinder von Salzburg - Kurier.at, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Glamourös, aber nicht kulinarisch - By Oliver Schneider, Wiener Zeitung, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Der Sieg über die Bussi-Bussi-Gesellschaft - By Jörn Florian Fuchs,DrehPunktKultur.at, 18. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko – nach der Babypause besser als je zuvor - Österreich News, 19. Aug 2009 [German]
Konzentrierte Träumereien - By Volker Boser, Abendzeitung, 19. Aug 2009 [German]
Salzbourg 2009 (6): Madonna Netrebko - By Monique Barichella, Altamusica.com, Aug 2009 [French]
Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus: LIEDERABEND ANNA NETREBKO-DANIEL BARENBOIM (13.8.2009) - By Peter Dusek, Der Neu Merker [German]

Audioclips/Videoclips
In the Ö1 website there is a link to a 3:05 min audio report about the lied recital with two very short clips of Anna.

In the Austrian TV ORF website there is a videoclip of today's news Zeit im Bild, showing an exclusive interview and some images of Anna Netrebko at the Salzburger Festspiele.

Broadcasts
The Salzburg lied recital will be broadcast on on German radios NDR Kultur on Sunday 23. August 2009 20:00, MDR Figaro on Sunday 23. August 2009 20:05, WDR3 on Sunday 23. August 2009 20:05 and on Austrian radio Ö1 on Wednesday 26. August 2009 19:30.

Related Posts
Anna Netrebko | 2008-2009 Season
Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season
Anna Netrebko, Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. August 2009
Anna Netrebko at the Festtage 2010, Philharmonie, Berlin
The Programme of the Anna Netrebko's Recital in Mannheim on 12. Aug 2009
Anna Netrebko's Lied Recital in Salzburg on 17. Aug 2009 will be Broadcast by Ö1 on 26. Aug 2009
Anna Netrebko, Liederabend, Mozartsaal, Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. Aug 2009

Anna Netrebko, Liederabend, Mozartsaal, Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. Aug 2009

Anna Netrebko has performed in a lied recital at the Mozartsaal of the Rosengarten in Mannheim on 12. August 2009, accompanied by Elena Bashkirova at the piano. The programme has been fully devoted to the Russian composers Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This is the same programme that she will sing in Salzburg on 17. August 2009, accompanied by Daniel Barenboin at the piano.

Programme
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Elena Bashkirova, piano

Mozartsaal, Rosengarten, Mannheim
Wednesday 12. August 2009

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Worüber in der Stille der Nacht op. 40 Nr. 3 | O chem v tishi nochey op. 40 Nr. 3 | Of what I dream in the quiet night op. 40 Nr. 3
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Verzeih! Erinnere dich nicht an die kummervollen Tage op. 27 Nr. 4 | Prosti! Ne pomni dney naden’ya op. 27 Nr. 4 | Forgive! Remember not these tearful days op. 27 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Es ist nicht der Wind, der von der Höhe weht op. 43 Nr. 2 | Ne veter, veya s vïsotï op. 43 Nr. 2 | Not the Wind, blowing from the hights op. 43 Nr. 2
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Klingender ist das Lied der Lerche op. 43 Nr. 1 | Zvonche zhavoronka pen’ye op. 43 Nr. 1 | The lark sings louder op. 43 Nr. 1
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Auf Grusiniens Hügeln op. 3 Nr. 4 | Na kholmakh Gruzii op. 3 Nr. 4 | On the hills of Georgia op. 3 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Im Reich der Rose und des Weins op. 8 Nr. 5 | V tsarstvo rozï i vina op. 8 Nr. 5 | In the kingdom of roses and wine op. 8 Nr. 5
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Suleikas Lied op. 26 Nr. 4 | Pesnya Zyuleyki op. 26 Nr. 4 | Zuleika’s song op. 26 Nr. 4
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Die Nachtigall wurde Sklavin der Rose op. 2 Nr. 2 | Plenivshis’ rozoy, solovey (Vostochnïy romans) op. 2 Nr. 2 | Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale op. 2 Nr. 2
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Der Wolken Luftgebirg löst sich im Winde sacht op. 42 Nr. 3 |
Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada op. 42 Nr. 3 | The clouds begin to scatter op. 42 Nr. 3
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Die Nymphe op. 56 Nr. 1 | Nimfa op. 56 Nr. 1 | The nymph op. 56 Nr. 1
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow • Ein Sommernachtstraum op. 56 Nr. 2 | Son v letnyuyu noch’ op. 56 Nr. 2 | Summer night’s dream op. 56 Nr. 2

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Sag mir, wovon im dunklen Grün op. 57 Nr. 1 | Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey op. 57 Nr. 1 | Tell me, what in the shade of the branches op. 57 Nr. 1
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • So schnell vergessen (1870) | Zabït tak skoro (1870) | To forget so soon (1870)
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Trunkene Nächte op. 60 Nr. 6 | Nochy bezumnïye op. 60 Nr. 6 | Frenzied night op. 60 Nr. 6
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Warum? op. 6 Nr. 5 | Otchevo? op. 6 Nr. 5 | Why? op. 6 Nr. 5
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Serenade, O Kind, ich singe dir op. 63 Nr. 6 | Serenada op. 63 Nr. 6 | Serenade op. 63 Nr. 6
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Wiegenlied op. 16 Nr. 1 | Kolïbel’naya pesnya op. 16 Nr. 1 | Cradle song op. 16 Nr. 1
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • War ich nicht ein Gräslein im Felde op. 47 Nr. 7 | Ya li v pole da ne travushka bïla op. 47 Nr. 7 | Was I not a little blade of grass? op. 47 Nr. 7
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • In trüben Tagen op. 73 Nr. 5 | Sred mrachnïkh dnei op. 73 Nr. 5 | Mid sombre days op. 73 Nr. 5
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski • Herrschet der Tag op. 47 Nr. 6 | Den li tsarit? op. 47 Nr. 6 | Does the day reign op. 47 Nr. 6

Encores

Antonín Dvořák • Zigeunermelodien op. 55 Nr. 4 (Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte singen) | Ciganske melodie op. 55 Nr. 4 (Kdyz mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat ucívala) | Gypsy Songs op. 55 Nr. 4 (When my old mother taught me to sing)
Richard Strauss • Cäcilie op. 27 Nr. 2

Reports
Herbert attended the lied recital and has kindly written the following report for the blog:

As you know the programme was almost completely in Russian - 20 songs by Rimsky-Korssakoff and Tchaikowsky, plus two encores: "The old mother" by Dvorak, sung in Czech, and Strauss "Cäcilia" in German.

Before the recital began an announcer said that the van which should bring the programmes had an accident (!) and so the programmes would come during the interval. Anna wanted that everybody could understand the texts, so an asisstant came on stage before each song and read the German translation - which was a bit unusual, but it helped a lot.

Anna is becoming a new kind of artist - more "serious" than we know her! A recital competely in Russian, with many sad songs, also some happy ones in between - that was new to many people in the audience. But the way she sang and how she acted on stage was Anna as we love her. Fantastic, very emotional, with a lot of passion. And there was a perfect interaction between her and Elena Bashkirova at the piano.

There was no meeting or CD signing after the performance. One of the ushers told me that she left the concert hall right after the show in a large limousine, because she had to go to her hotel where her baby was waiting.

Press Reviews
Herbert has kindly translated into english some extracts of what has been published in the German press.

"Her round, velvet, dark voice and her melancholic Russian songs caused goose pimples in the audience"
Anna Netrebko sorgte für Gänsehaut - Berliner Zeitung - Aktuelles Kultur, 13. Aug 2009 [German]

"Her voice has become even warmer, rounder, if you will: richer in content and in overtones. Her pianissimo easily fills the Mozartsaal which is actually too big for such an intimate evening. Her notes resonate, they are omnipresent in the hall. This is what characterizes a great voice."
Von der Natürlichkeit des Seins - by Stefan M. Dettlinger, morgenweb.de, Mannheimer Morgen 14. Aug 2009 [German] [Photos]

"She is most affecting when she charmingly smiles at Elina Bashkirova's excellent and subtle piano prelude of "Was I not a little blade of grass?", vibrating her soul, and then she sings a phrase which in its soft sounding range seems to be flying into the universe. A great evening!"
Von der Natürlichkeit des Seins - by Stefan M. Dettlinger, morgenweb.de, Mannheimer Morgen 14. Aug 2009 [German] [Photos]

On-line Press Reviews
Anna Netrebko sorgte für Gänsehaut - Berliner Zeitung - Aktuelles Kultur, 13. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko im Rosengarten - morgenweb.de, 13. Aug 2009 [German] [Photos]
Von der Natürlichkeit des Seins - by Stefan M. Dettlinger, morgenweb.de, Mannheimer Morgen 14. Aug 2009 [German] [Photos]
Anna Netrebko begeistert mit Liederabend - Hamburger Abendblatt, 14. Aug 2009 [German]

Photos
Anna Netrebko and Elena Bashkirova at the first part of the lied recital. Photos [1-2] by Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Elena Bashkirova at the second part of the lied recital. Photos [1-3, 7, 9-10] by Anne, [4-6, 8] by Herbert

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Anna Netrebko | 2008-2009 Season
Anna Netrebko, Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. August 2009
The Programme of the Anna Netrebko's Recital in Mannheim on 12. Aug 2009
Anna Netrebko's Lied Recital in Salzburg on 17. Aug 2009 will be Broadcast by Ö1 on 26. Aug 2009

Anna Netrebko will perform at the Charity Gala Concert "Great Voices in the Kremlin", Cathedral Square, Moscow 6. Sep 2009

Anna Netrebko will perform in a Charity Gala Concert celebrating the 862nd anniversary of the Russian capital, entitled "Great Voices in the Kremlin", to be held at the Cathedral Square, Moscow, on 6. September 2009.

Anna Netrebko will be joined on the stage by Paata Burchuladze, Olga Borodina and Sergei Skorokhodov. Mikhail Pletnev will conduct the Russian National Orchestra.

Anna Netrebko will open the Mariinsky Theater Season 2009-2010 as Iolanta

Anna Netrebko will open the 227th season of the Mariinsky Theater on 28. September 2009 singing the title role of Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" with Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater. The production, a co-production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, is directed by Mariusz Treliński. The cast still has to be announced. Tickets for the performance are already available.

The premiere of this production, in a double program "Aleko" and "Iolanta", was performed at the Mariinsky Theater on 17. and 18. April 2009. Nevertheless, Anna Netrebko did not sing in those performances.

The same production of the double program "Aleko" and "Iolanta", now with Anna Netrebko making her role debut as Iolanta, Piotr Beczala as Vaudémont and Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, was performed at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 18., 21., 24. and 27. July 2009.

Iolanta
one act opera
Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after the play "Kong Renés Datter" by Henrik Hertz

Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg
28. September 2009 20:00

Cast
Iolanta: Anna Netrebko
Graf Tristan Vaudémont: Sergei Skorokhodov
René, König der Provence: Sergei Aleksashkin
Robert: Alexei Markov
Ebn-Hakia: Edem Umerov
Alméric: Andrei Zorin
Bertrand: Fyodor Kuznetsov
Martha: Natalia Evstafieva
Brigitte: Eleonora Vindau
Laura: Ekaterina Sergeeva

Production
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
Costume Designer: Magdalena Musial
Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
Cinematographer: Wojciech Puś
Choreographer: Tomasz Wygoda
Animators: Michał Jankowski and Tomasz Popakul
Literary Consultant: Piotr Gruszczynski
Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Co-production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

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"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 18. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 21. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 24. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 27. July 2009
Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott will marry very soon

The wedding of opera star Anna Netrebko and her partner and father of her son Tiago, the Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, seems imminent.

In an interview published in the Thursday issue of "Seitenblicke Magazin" Schrott said: "It will happen soon - very soon, we know the place, and we know the date."

Schrott provided some more details: "It does not matter whether the celebration is large or small. In any case it will be nothing pompous. But we want to have our our families - and they have to travel from southern Russia and South America. Therefore it was not easy to find a date convenient for everybody. But surprisingly, we did it."

Netrebko said: "We are a very happy couple. And of course we will marry. But it is difficult to draw up all necessary documents. It takes more than a week."

The wedding could take place at the second half of August, after Netrebko's lied recital in Salzburg on 17. Aug and before her concert at the Red Square in Moscow on 4. Sep 2009. Those dates would be also convenient for Schrott, who is singing the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Theater an der Wien until 14. Aug, being his next performance in Mos in Egitto at the Opernhaus Zürich on 19. Sep 2009.

Press
"Wir heiraten bald - sehr bald!" - Seitenblicke.at 5. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko und Erwin Schrott wollen heiraten - DerStandard.at 5. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko und Erwin Schrott planen Hochzeit - DiePresse.com 5. Aug 2009 [German]
Netrebko und Schrott heiraten bald - Bild.de 5. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko und Erwin Schrott - Baldige Hochzeit - FAZ.net 5. Aug 2009 [German]
Anna Netrebko y Erwin Schrott planean casarse en breve, según semanario - ADN.es 5. Aug 2009 [Spanish]
Анна Нетребко выходит замуж - Rosbalt.ru 6. Aug 2009 [Russian]

TV and Radio Broadcasts in August 2009

Austrian TV channel ORF2 will broadcast the documentary "MACH'S NOCHMAL, ANNA!" on 15. Aug 2009 09:55. This is a 31 minutes "Behind the scenes" documentary about the performances of "Le Nozze di Figaro" in the Salzburger Festspiele 2006, starring Anna Netrebko as Susanna.

Austrian TV channel ORF2 will broadcast the Salzburger Festspiele 2006 performance "Le Nozze di Figaro" on 16. Aug 2009 09:05.

Austrian radio channel Ö1 will broadcast on 26. Aug 2009 19:30, the lied recital of Anna Netrebko (soprano) and Daniel Barenboim (piano) held at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg 17. Aug 2009.

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Anna Netrebko's Lied Recital in Salzburg on 17. Aug 2009 will be Broadcast by Ö1 on 26. Aug 2009