Interview to Netrebko at the Kurier

Today's edition of austrian newspaper Kurier publishes an interview to Anna Netrebko.

Next saturday, the russian opera diva makes the title role debut in Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" at the Wiener Staatsoper. The rest of the cast features Elina Garanca as Giovanna Seymour, Francesco Meli as Lord Percy, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo as Enrico VIII and Elisabeth Kulman as Smeton. The conductor is Evelino Pidó and the director is Eric Génovèse. The performances run from 2. April to 17. April 2011.

Netrebko confirms in the interview that next season she will sing the role of the Countess in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", where Schrott will sin the role of the Count, and she will make the role debut as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" at the Wiener Staatsoper.

Among the new roles she is planning to sing in the future there are the title role of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" and Leonora in Verdi's "Il Trovatore". Nevertheless, she points out that, most likely, before singing those roles at the Wiener Staatsoper, she would do it first at a small opera house.

Netrebko unveils that a CD and DVD may be released from the recordings of the performances of "Anna Bolena" at the Wiener Staatsoper. Ö1 radio and ORF2 TV (with a slight delay) will live broadcast the premiere on 2. April 2011.

OPERA NEWS - Anna's Voyage

The November 2010 issue of Opera News, the annual Diva Issue, publishes the article "Anna's Voyage" by Oussama Zahr, one of the best articles ever written about Anna Netrebko.

On the cover, also devoted to the opera diva, Anna Netrebko photographed by Johannes Ifkovits at the Schloss Fuschl, near Salzburg. Makeup and styling by Evelyn Rillé.

Anna Netrebko could make her debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele 2013 as Elsa in "Lohengrin"

The Austrian magazine NEWS will publish tomorrow an interesting interview to Anna Netrebko.

The Russian-Austria soprano says that she could make her debut at the Bayreuther Festspiele 2013 singing the role of Elsa in Richard Wagner's masterpiece "Lohengrin". "This is my dream, I love this music. I have to work hard to enhance my german". Nevertheless, everything will depend on some issues like the schedule of the Bayreuther Festspiele and how would be the production and who would be the stage director. Anna is trying to avoid bad productions.

On the other hand, another dream for Anna Netrebko would be to collaborate with the German conductor Christian Thielemann, one of the best Wagner conductors.

Anna Netrebko is also planning to sing the role of Eleonora in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin in 2013. She has also plans to sing the role of Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust".

Anna Netrebko among the Best of the Decade on Classic Music for The Washington Post

The Washington Post in the article "The Best of the decade: Classical music" signed by Anne Midgette on 27. December 2009, makes a review of what they consider it has been the most remarkable items of the decade on classical music. The soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Juan Diego Florez are the only opera singers included in the top-10 list of the best of the decade in classical music.

Article on Anna Netrebko in the German newspaper TZ, 9. Jul 2009

Today's newspaper TZ publishes an article about tomorrow's Open-Air Concert of Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, at the Könisgplatz in München.

It speculates a little bit about the weather forecast (only 9-16 degrees Celsius and rain showers) and it presents a first, pretty much detailed, prediction of tomorrow's concert programme.




Programme
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater
Valery Gergiev

Königsplatz, München
Friday 10. July 20009

Mikhail Glinka: Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmila
Mikhail Glinka: Aria, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Anna Netrebko
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Yelensky's Aria (Pique Dame) - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Final scene (Eugene Onegin) - Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Duet (Iolanta) - Anna Netrebko

Interval

Richard Wagner: "O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern" (Tannhauser) - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Richard Strauss: "Wenn du es wüsstest" (Cäcilie) - Anna Netrebko
Giuseppe Verdi: Aria (Il Trovatore) - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Giacomo Puccini: Aria (Madama Butterfly) - Anna Netrebko
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico, Cavalleria Rusticana
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: "Nedda! Silvio, a quest'ora" (Pagliacci) - Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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Anna Netrebko with her husband, the bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, and their son Tiago, were at the Chopard shop in Zürich last friday, two days after the debut of the opera diva at the Opernhaus Zürich as Violetta Valéry in Verdi's La Traviata. National swiss TV channel SF 1 was covering the visit and interviewed Anna at the Chopard shop.







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Article - Die Primamamma, Blick.ch 26. Apr 2009

Article - Die Primamamma, Blick.ch 26. Apr 2009

The swiss online magazine Blick.ch has published today an article about Anna Netrebko written by Claudia Schlup. The article, Die Primamamma, shows the opera diva in her most important and beautiful role as woman, wife of the uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott and mother of their baby Tiago. All three of them were walking on Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich last friday, two days after her stunning debut at the Opernhaus Zürich as Violetta Valéry in Verdi's La Traviata. On their walk, they visited the shop of Chopard. Anna, which has a contract with Chopard, was wearing a CHF 4.0 Million Chopard necklace, with emeralds (6o carats) and 172 diamonds, and matching earrings, during the second scene of the second act of La Traviata's premiere on 22. April 2009. Erwin and Tiago left her for a while, just to come back with a wonderful bouquet of purple roses for Anna.

El fenómeno Netrebko - El País 21. March 2009

The Spanish digital newspaper ElPaís.com publishes an interview to Anna Netrebko. The interview took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London, where she was singing the first run of Bellini`s I Capuleti e I Montecchi with Elina Garanca.

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Anna Netrebko: the many layers of a Russian doll - Telegraph.co.uk, 3. March 2009

The Telegraph has published the article Anna Netrebko: the many layers of a Russian doll written by Jasper Rees.

"Verdi With Popcorn, and Trepidation" by Daniel J. Wakin, The New York Times, 13. Feb 2009

FOR 400 years humans have stood on stages and conveyed passion through song. Great buildings were raised for them to perform in. The titled and the rich paid homage with cash and devotion.

Opera, that most electrifying and moving of the high arts, has remained remarkably unchanged in its history, adapting to bigger houses, electric lights, electronic stage machinery, the recording industry. It has persevered despite accelerating waves of new claims on our attention, from television to Twitter.

But now another force has emerged, which has the potential to transform how opera is produced and received. You can check it out at your local multiplex.

Read more and watch a videoclip of Anna Netrebko as Lucia at the Met singing the Mad Scene...

Anna Netrebko appears in Lucia “Live in HD” on February 7

Anna Netrebko will be seen on silver screens around the world this Saturday, when she takes the stage for “The Met: Live in HD” broadcast of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor. Her colleagues in this Mary Zimmerman production include tenor Piotr Beczala as Edgardo and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien as Enrico, with Marco Armiliato leading the cast. The performance begins at 1 pm Eastern Standard Time, and will also be syndicated to select radio stations worldwide, as part of the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinee broadcast series.
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On Singing and Family: Opera Singer Anna Netrebko

Christopher Farley, from The Wall Stret Journal, speaks with opera singer Anna Netrebko about her life on and off the stage on this short video clip.

A Bit Plumper, Netrebko Enjoys Life as a Mom - The New York Times, 6. Feb 2009

The New York Times has published the article A Bit Plumper, Netrebko Enjoys Life as a Mom on 6. February 2009.

Anna Netrebko on The Huffington Post, 30. Jan 2009

Patricia Zohn plots an intimate and personal profile of Anna Netrebko and her baby Tiago at their New York home appartment, very close to Lincoln Center, in the article Anna Netrebko: Opera Babe and Her Babe. Photo courtesy of Sean M. Gross.

Anna Netrebko in Austrian Magazine NEWS

The latest edition of the Austrian magazine NEWS, nr. 4/2009, 22. January 2009, publishes a 4-page article about Anna's comeback to the stage on 14. Jan 2009 at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. The review of Anna's performance is absolutely positive and enthusiastic.
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Anna Netrebko in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 17. Jan 2009
Anna Netrebko signing autographs after her Lucia on 17. Jan 2009
Press reviews of Lucia di Lammermoor, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 14. Jan 2009

No more kisses on the stage

An interview to Anna Netrebko has been just published in an on-line Russian Journal.

Anna talks about her son Tiago Arua and Erwin, her return to the satge in the performances of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mariinsky Theater, her voice after giving birth to her son, the productions and their directors...

She says that Erwin told her recently... "No more kisses on the stage"

21C Media Group press release

21C Media Group has published the press release "Anna Netrebko Returns to Stage in January to Sing Lucia di Lammermoor at Metropolitan Opera and Mariinsky Theatre"

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Anna is Back!

After taking a 6-month break from opera to give birth to Tiago Aruä, her first son with bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, Anna Netrebko returns for her Met debut in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on 26. January 2009.

The Met site has just published a recent interview with Anna, in which she talks about her return to the stage and her thoughts about Lucia.

"I didn't open my mouth at all. I just started practicing in November. I thought my voice would be wobbling. But no, no–it was there. I immediately sang the whole role of Lucia! I was curious how my voice would be, because I know of sopranos who have lost their voices after giving birth. But it seems like it was exactly the same as it was before. I started to sing like I had never stopped. The only thing that was different was that I got tired quickly. But that's normal. Like a sportsman, you need to train the muscles"

"The first time I heard Lucia I thought, Oh, my God, how can anybody sing that? No way. But later I tried it, and immediately, from the first phrase, it felt so good"

"You have to be able to act, you have to be able to move... That said, I was once at a performance of Lucia at the Vienna Staatsoper, with a wonderful soprano, Edita Gruberova. She doesn't really act–she's a singer. And I have to tell you, that was one of the most amazing Lucias I ever saw. She was just standing and singing, and it was incredible. She blew me away with her singing"

Read the Met Interview to Anna Netrebko

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Anna Netrebko on WNYC Soundcheck, Dec 10, 2008

Anna Netrebko has been interviewed on WNYC Soundcheck on December 10, 2008.
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Anna Netrebko on the cover of German magazine Opernwelt

Anna Netrebko is on the cover of the December issue of the German magazine Opernwelt. The magazine inludes also an interview with Anna Netrebko in which she looks back to her career in the last years and forward to a life as a young mother with many appointments and wishes. Among those wishes she wants to sing Elsa in Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.