Breaking News: Anna Netrebko cancels the last two performances of I Capuleti e I Montecchi in München

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that due to health reasons Anna Netrebko has cancelled the last two performances of the run of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi on 23. and 26. May 2012. Netrebko will be substituted by Eri Nakamura.

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

LIVE WEBSTREAM
Today´s performance of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi will be streamed live from München on the Bayerische Staatsoper website at 7:00 PM (CET).

VIDEOCLIPS
Anna Netrebko - Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh quante volte!

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova - Ah! Mia Giulietta....Si, fuggire

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova - Final Scene

Curtain calls


Backstage


PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Erwin Schrott, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

REPORTS
I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012
By Herbert 

I liked tonight's show even more than the first one last Saturday, because the audience was more spontaneous and enthusiastic. There were not so many "posh" people who just wanted to be seen, but real opera enthusiasts or "afficionados".

Anna's voice and her choreography especially in the second scene of the first act were adorable. This scene completely belonged to her, and the love duet with her Romeo / Vesselina Kasarova was one of the highlights of the opera. Although she had just a few days for rehearsals, Anna plays and sings this role as if there had been several weeks of rehearsing. She's a phenomenon!

Today there were six microphones at the stage edge, so there might be a radio recording coming up!

At the stage door Anna appeared in a summer dress (although it was quite fresh tonight), and she spent a lot of time for autographs and photos, until Erwin Schrott came in. Anna then said: "Oh, I have to go" - and they went to a taxi waiting outside.

Everybody who can watch the live stream next Saturday on should not miss it at all!!


VIDEOCLIPS


PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko with Erwin Schrott at the Stage Door, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

REPORTS
I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012
By Herbert 

The first of five performances of "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich was a triumph for the two protagonists Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova. But the male singers - Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Ante Jerkunica (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo) - and the musical director Yves Abel as well as the chorus deserved a lot of applause, too.

Anna, in a short white opulent dress (created by French fashion designer Christian Lacroix) and with long dark hair, looked and played like the 15-year-old girl she had to embody. Director Vincent Boussard asked a lot of her. For example she had to sing while she was balancing on a wash basin (the only weird idea in this production), but she mastered everything! Her voice was fabulous, and I always wonder how she can switch to sing a whole opera after the concert in Baden-Baden and the two Russian recitals in Paris and Vienna. Anyway, "yes, she can"!

A funny scene at curtain calls: When Anna left the stage, she didn't walk, but ballet danced like in "Swan Lake".

VIDEOCLIPS






PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi featuring Anna Netrebko will be streamed live and free from the Bayerische Staatsoper on 19. May 2012

The Bayerische Staatsoper will stream live and free, on 19. May 2012 at 19:00 CET, the new Vincent Boussard's production of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi featuring Anna Netrebko as Giulietta. 

The performances of I Capuleti e I Montecchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper run from 12. May to 26. May 2012.

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012 – Anna Netrebkoª (Giulietta), Vesselina Kasarova (Romeo), Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Diogenes Randes (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo); Vincent Boussard (Director), Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Yves Abel  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012 – Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Vesselina Kasarova (Romeo), Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Diogenes Randes (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo); Vincent Boussard (Director), Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Yves Abel  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012 – Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Vesselina Kasarova (Romeo), Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Diogenes Randes (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo); Vincent Boussard (Director), Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Yves Abel  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 23. May 2012 – Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Vesselina Kasarova (Romeo), Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Diogenes Randes (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo); Vincent Boussard (Director), Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Yves Abel  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 26. May 2012 – Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Vesselina Kasarova (Romeo), Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Diogenes Randes (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo); Vincent Boussard (Director), Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Yves Abel

L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011

L'ELISIR D'AMORE | Gaetano Donizetti

Bayerische Staatsoper 17. May 2011 | 19:00-21:45 | 1

Marco Armiliato | Dirigent

David Bösch | Inszenierung

Patrick Bannwart | Bühnenbild

Falko Herold | Kostüme

Michael Bauer | Licht

Rainer Karlitschek | Producktionsdramaturgie

Johannes Haider | Chöre

Anna Netrebko | Adina

Matthew Polenzani | Nemorino

Gabriele Viviani | Belcore

Alessandro Corbelli | Dulcamara

Tara Erraught | Giannetta

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

CHARACTERS

Adina: ricca e capricciosa fittaiuola (soprano)
Nemorino: coltivatore; giovine semplice, innamorato di Adina (tenore)
Belcore: sergente di guarnigione nel villaggio (baritono)
Il Dottore Dulcamara: medico ambulante (basso comico)
Giannetta: villanella (soprano)
Cori e comparse di villani e villanelle, soldati e suonatori del reggimento, un notaio, due servitori, un moro.

SYNOPSIS

Synopsis

LIBRETTO

Libretto: Atto 1, Atto 2

HIGHLIGHTS

Act 1 - "Benedette queste carte!...Della crudele Isotta" (Anna Netrebko, Tara Erraugh, Matthew Polenzani, Chorus)
Act 1 - "Caro elisir! sei mio!" (Matthew Polenzani)
Act 1 - "Lallarallara... Esulti pur la barbara" (Matthew Polenzani, Anna Netrebko)
Act 1 - "Adina credimi, te ne scongiuro" (Matthew Polenzani, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Anna Netrebko, Tara Erraugh, Chorus)
Act 2 - "La donna è un animale stravagante... Venti scudi!" (Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Matthew Polenzani)
Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima" (Matthew Polenzani)
Act 2 - "Prendi, per me sei libero" (Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani)

REPORTS
Herbert also attended the third and last performaance of the run. Fabio Maria Capitanucci was ill and was replaced by Gabriele Viviani. Herbert's short note for the blog:

The third and last performance of this run of “Elisir d’amore” with Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani was another very big success for them and much fun for the audience.

PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko (Adina), Tara Erraught (Giannetta), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko (Adina), Tara Erraught (Giannetta), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko (Adina), Matthew Polenzani (Nemorino), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 14. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Tara Erraught (Giannetta), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Matthew Polenzani (Nemorino), Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Tara Erraught, L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, L'Elisir d'amore, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 17. May 2011. Photo: Herbert