Anna Netrebko Gala, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 20. Jul 2012

ANNA NETREBKO GALA
Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 20. Jul 2012

Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Vladimir Samsonow, Baritone

Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater
Mikhail Agrest, Conductor

VIDEOCLIPS

Anna Netrebko Gala Concert at the Mariinsky Theater on 14. Jun 2012

Anna Netrebko will perform in a Gala Concert at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on Thursday 14. June 2012 at 19:00. Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra. Further details will be announced later on.

L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011

Anna Netrebko has returned to the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg to open the XIX Music Festival "Stars of the White Nights" singing the role of Adina in Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" on 23. May 2011. Maetsro Valery Gergiev was on the pit, being the first time he was conducting this opera at the Mariinsky Theater. This was a co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" was first time ever staged at the Mariinsky Theater on 24. Jan 2011 starring also Anna Netrebko as Adina. 

We may be pretty sure that Miss Netrebko was really happy about the performance, as when she came on the stage for the final curtain calls, she came running and making a cartwheel to the pleasure and surprise of everybody.

L'elisir d'amore

Melodramma Giocoso in 2 Acts (1832)

Music by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto by Felice Romani after that of Eugène Scribe for Daniel Auber's Le Philtre

Mariinsky Theater, St, Petersburg 23. May 2011 | 20:00

CAST

Adina: Anna Netrebko

Nemorino: Sergei Skorokhodov

Belcore: Vladimir Moroz

Il Dottor Dulcamara: Andrei Serov

Giannetta: Svetlana Kiseleva

CREDITS

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Stage Director and Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly

Stage Director for the Mariinsky Theatre: Christian Räth

Set Designer: Chantal Thomas

Assistant Set Designer: Caroline Ginet

Lighting Designer: Joël Adam

Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva

Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Italian Language Coach: Maria Nikitina

Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater

Co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

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.

ABOUT THE OPERA

L'elisir d'amore in Wikipedia [English]

L'elisir d'amore: Synopsis [English]

L'elisir d'amore: Libretto [Italian]

VIDEOCLIPS

PHOTOS

L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), Sergei Skorokhodov (Nemorino), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Vladimir Moroz (Belcore), Valery Gergiev (Conductor), Anna Netrebko (Adina), Sergei Skorokhodov (Nemorino), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), Sergei Skorokhodov (Nemorino), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Valery Gergiev (Conductor), Anna Netrebko (Adina), Sergei Skorokhodov (Nemorino), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Sergei Skorokhodov (Nemorino), Valery Gergiev (Conductor), Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

Anna Netrebko (Adina), L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2011. Photo: Olga

L'elisir d'amore, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 24. Jan 2011

Anna Netrebko returns to the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg to sing the role of Adina in two performances of the premiere of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" on 24. and 27. January 2011. On 24. January 2011 the performance features also Erwin Schrott as Dr. Dulcamara.

This is the first time ever the Mariinsky Theater has staged Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore". For this special occasion the opera house has chosen the french stage director Laurent Pelly. This is a co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Anna Netrebko had previously collaborated with the french stage director, singing the role of Adina in Pelly's production of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Opera Bastille in October 2009 and the title role in Pelly's production of Massenet's "Manon" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

The roles for the rest of the cast have been rehearsed by a number of soloists from the Mariinsky and the full cast for the premiere on 24. January 2011 has not been unveiled till the same day of the performance.

L'elisir d'amore
Melodramma Giocoso in 2 Acts (1832)
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Felice Romani after that of Eugène Scribe for Daniel Auber's Le Philtre

Mariinsky Theater, St, Petersburg 24. January 2011

CAST

Adina: Anna Netrebko

Nemorino: Sergei Skorokhodov

Belcore: Vladimir Moroz

Il Dottor Dulcamara: Erwin Schrott

Giannetta: Svetlana Kiseleva

CREDITS
Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Stage Director and Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly
Stage Director for the Mariinsky Theatre: Christian Räth
Set Designer: Chantal Thomas
Assistant Set Designer: Caroline Ginet
Lighting Designer: Joël Adam
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Italian Language Coach: Maria Nikitina
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater

Co-production of the Opéra national de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

About the Opera
L'elisir d'amore in Wikipedia [English]
L'elisir d'amore: Synopsis [English]
L'elisir d'amore: Libretto [Italian]

Reviews
A One-Soprano Show | By Galina Stolyarova | St. Petersburg Times, 2. Feb 2011

Videoclips
Anna Netrebko about "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott at the Mariinsky. The video with the full interview can be found at the Mariinsky Media website: http://media.mariinsky.ru/Play/#/en/cat5/cnt351


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott during the rehearsals of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, from the news on 100tv


About Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, on NTV


Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott on 5-TV


The premiere of "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater on the news of tvkultura

Anna Netrebko in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 24. Jan 2011

Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Adina in a Laurent Pelly's  performance of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on Monday 24. January 2011. The conductor will be Luciano di Martino.

The Mariinsky Theater website announced on 18. Dec 2010 two performances of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" on Monday 24. and Tuesday 25. January 2011. Details of the casts were not yet provided at that time. Nevertheless, as it is usual there, tickets for the premiere on Monday 24. January 2011 are already available. The price of the tickets, two or three times the usual ones, indicated that, most likely, Anna Netrebko will sing the role of "Adina" on this performance. Tickets for the second performance on Tuesday 25. January 2011 were not yet available at the Mariinsky Theater website.

On 20. Dec 2010, the balletandopera website announced that Anna Netebko would sing in both performances and they had tickets available for both dates. They announced also that it will be a concert performance and not a new staged poduction as it had been announced some time ago by Anna Netrebko.

The day after, 21. Dec 2010, the second peformance has dissapeared from the balletandopera website. It is still announced on the Mariinsky Theater website, but tickets are still unavailable.

On 22. Dec 2010, the Mariinsky Theater website confirmed that Anna Netrebko will sing on 24. Jan 2011 but no additional information is povided yet for the second performance and tickets remain unavailable.

The russian version of the Mariinsky website announces that it will not be a concert performance but a staged one directed by Laurent Pelly.

Anna Netrebko's debut at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg as Susanna in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" on 5. Apr 1994

Anna Netrebko made her opera debut as Susanna in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 5. April 1994. It was a personal decission of Valery Gergiev to give her such an extraordinary first opportunity, singing such an important role, when she was just 22 years old.

We have been collecting the following information of this event in our Anna Netrebko Performances Database:

Le Nozze di Figaro, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 5. Apr 1994 – NN (Figaro), Anna Netrebko*º (Susanna), Vladimir Samsonov (Il Conte di Almaviva), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (La Contessa), NN (Cherubino), NN (Marcellina), NN (Doctor Bartolo), NN (Don Basilio), NN (Antonio), Olga Trifonova (Barbarina), NN (Don Curzio), NN (First Bridesmaid), NN (Second Bridesmaid); Tim Coleman (Stage Director), Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Justus Frantz

Today we have an extraordinary video document of this historical performance. It includes the duet between Susanna (Anna Netrebko) and the Count Almaviva (Vladimir Samsonov) and the aria of the Count Almaviva (Vladimir Samsonov):

Anna Netrebko as Micaela in Bizet's "Carmen" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 1997

This is another treasure! A videoclip from a historical performance of Bizet's "Carmen" at the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg in 1997, starring Elena Obraztsova in the title role, Viktor Lutsyuk as Don Jose, Anna Netrebko as Micaela, Alexander Morozov as Escamillo, Olga Trifonova as Frasquita, Maria Gorzevskaya as Mercedes, Leonid Zakhozhaev as Remendado, Vladimir Samsonov as Dancairo and Alexander Gergalov as Morales. Valery Gergiev conducted the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater.

This was the last performance of Elena Obraztsova as Carmen at the Mariinsky Theater and she broke her left hand during a scene of the 3rd act. Vladimir Samsonov runned behind the scenes to call a doctor. After a pause, Elena Obraztsova returned to the stage to sing her role till the end of the performance.

Anna Netrebko as Rosina in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" in 1996

This is a real treasure! A 24-year old Anna Netrebko as Rosina and Vladimir Samsonov as Figaro in the premiere of Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" at the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg on 9. March 1996. Alexander Polyanichko conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater.

Duet of Rosina and Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Anna Netrebko (Rosina), Vladimir Samsonov (Figaro), Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, 9. March 1996.

Carmen, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2010

The XVIII Music Festival “Stars of the White Nights” opened on 21. May 2010. One of the main highlights of the Festival was the performance of Bizet's "Carmen" at the Mariinsky Theater on 23. May 2010, starring Anna Netrebko as Micaela and Massimo Giordano, making his Mariinsky Theater debut, as Don José. The production, with a Don José dressed as a German Nazi officer, was directed by Alexei Stepanyuk. Tugan Sokhiev conducted the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater.

Carmen
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée

XVIII Music Festival “Stars of the White Nights”
Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2010

Production
Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Cast
Carmen: Natalia Evstafieva
Don José: Massimo Giordano
Micaela: Anna Netrebko
Escamillo: Edward Tsanga
Frasquita:
Mercedes:
Zúñiga:
Morales:
Remendado:
Dancaire:

Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater

Videoclips
Videoclip from Mariinsky media

Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Micaela in Carmen at the Mariinsky Theater in May 2010

After the Netrebko-Festival at the Wiener Staatsoper, where the Russian-Austrian soprano will have finally sung in April-May 2010 the roles of Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen and the title role in Massenet's Manon, and before to go to London, where she will wing once again the title role of Massenet's Manon at the Royal Opera House starting on 19. Jun 2010, Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Micaela in Bizet's Carmen in a single performance at the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg on 23. May 2010. The performance is scheduled within the programme of the XVII Music Festival Stars of the White Nigts as part of the Year and Russia and France 2010.

Carmen, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 23. May 2010 – Natalia Evstafieva (Carmen), Maxim Aksenov (Don José), Anna Netrebko (Micaela), Edward Tsanga (Escamillo), NN (Frasquita), NN (Mercedes), NN (Zúñiga), NN (Morales), NN (Remendado), NN (Dancaire); Alexei Stepanyuk (Stage Director), Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Tugan Sokhiev

Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season

Concert dedicated to Elena Matusovskaya Jubilee, Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall, St. Petersburg 25. Mar 2010

“Oh music, I thank you!”, Concert dedicated to Elena Matusovskaya Jubilee, Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall, St. Petersburg 25. Mar 2010 – Anna Netrebko (Soprano), Irina Mataeva (Soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (Mezzo-soprano), Nina Romanova (Mezzo-soprano), Yevgeny Akimov (Tenor), Yuri Marusin (Tenor), Yuri Laptev (Baritone), Vladislav Sulimsky (Baritone), Yevgeny Ulanov (Baritone); Elena Matusovskaya (Piano)

 

Anna Netrebko will sing in La Bohème, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 21. Jan 2010

Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 21. January 2010.

The cast includes Sergei Semishkur as Rodolfo, Karina Chepurnova as Musetta and Vasily Gerello as Marcello. Mikhail Agrest will conduct the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater. The production is by Ian Judge.
Updated on 6. Dec 2009

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Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season

Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009

The opening of the 227th season of the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, has been done on 28. September 2009 with Tchaikovsky's last opera "Iolanta", starring the opera diva Anna Netrebko in the title role and Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater.

The rest of the cast was coming also from the Mariinsky Theater with Sergei Skorokhodov as Vaudémont, Sergei Aleksashkin as René, Alexei Markov as Robert and Edem Umerov as Ebn-Hakia, Andrei Zorin as Alméric, Fyodor Kuznetsov as Bertrand, Natalia Evstafieva as Martha, the young Ukranian soprano Eleonora Vindau as Brigitte and the young Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Sergeeva as Laura. Then, finally, the cast has been almost the same one of the premiere in Baden-Baden on 18. July 2009, with the only difference being Sergei Skorokhodov, instead of Piotr Beczala, as Vaudémont. The stage director was Mariusz Treliński and it was a co-production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

After the performance, Anna Netrebko was entitled as Honorary Doctor of the Institude for Children’s Traumathology. Anna received a golden scalpel and a medal for the financial support made under the title/motto: “For saving children’s life”.

The premiere of this production, in a double program "Aleko" and "Iolanta", was performed at the Mariinsky Theater on 17. and 18. April 2009. A few months later, then 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: Yekaterina Sergeyeva

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 Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg

Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg
Monday 28. September 2009

About the Opera
Iolanta
Iolanta's Russian/Spanish Libretto
Iolanta's English Libretto
Variations in "Iolanta" Libretto
Premiere of "Aleko" and "Iolanta" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 17. Apr 2009

On-line Press Reports
Валерий Гергиев и Анна Нетребко открывают новый сезон в Мариинке — Прямое включение - 5-tv.ru 28. Sep 2009 [Russian][Videoclip]
Мариинский театр открыл сезон оперой "Иоланта" - vesti.ru 29. Sep 2009 [Russian][Videoclip]
Мариинский театр. Открытие 227-го сезона - bigflame.livejournal 29. Sep 2009 [Russian][Photos]
Video report of Iolanta at the opening of the 227th Season of the Mariinsky Theater - Mariinsky Theater Media Website [English][Videoclip]
Mariinsky Triumphs With Tchaikovsky’s ‘Iolanta’ - By Raymond Stults, The Moscow Times 6. Oct 2009 [English]
The Mariinsky Theater breathes new life into Tchaikovsky’s ‘Iolanta’ - By Raymond Stults, The St. Petersburg Times 9. Oct 2009 [English]

Photos
Anna Netrebko, Eleonora Vindau, Yekaterina Sergeyeva and Natalia Evstafieva in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Eleonora Vindau, Yekaterina Sergeyeva and Natalia Evstafieva in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Eleonora Vindau, Yekaterina Sergeyeva and Natalia Evstafieva in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Eleonora Vindau, Yekaterina Sergeyeva and Natalia Evstafieva in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Sergei Aleksashkin and Edem Umerov in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Sergei Skorokhodov and Alexei Markov in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko and Sergei Skorokhodov in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko and Sergei Skorokhodov in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko and Edem Umerov in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Cast ensemble in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Cast ensemble in Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Curtain calls after Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Valery Gergiev, Sergei Skorokhodov and Sergei Aleksashkin at the curtain calls after Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Anna Netrebko, Valery Gergiev and Sergei Aleksashkin at the curtain calls after Iolanta, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 28. Sep 2009. Photo: Vixel

Videoclips
Videoclip from 5-tv.ru

Мариинка открывает новый сезон с «козырных карт»

Videoclip from 5-tv.ru


Videoclip from tv100.ru

В Мариинском театре открывают 227-ой сезон

Videoclip from Zvezdanews.ru 28. Sep 2009 22:29


Videoclip from Zvezdanews.ru 29. Sep 2009 09:54


Videoclip from vesti.ru 29. Sep 2009 11:39

Мариинка открыла сезон премьерой "Иоланты"

Videoclip from russia.ru 29. Sep 2009


Videoclip from tvkultura.ru 29. Sep 2009 19:30

Анна Нетребко перевоплотилась в принцессу

Video report of Iolanta at the opening of the 227th Season of the Mariinsky Theater - Mariinsky Theater Media Website


Related posts
"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 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

Related posts
"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

"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 24. July 2009

The third performance of Rachmaninov's first opera "Aleko", with John Relyea in the title role, and Tchaikovsky's last opera "Iolanta", with Anna Netrebko in the title role and Piotr Beczala as Graf Vaudemont, took place on Friday 24. July 2009 at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Valery Gergiev conducted the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Orchestra of St. Petersburg. The stage director, in a co-production by the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, was Mariusz Treliński. One more performance of "Aleko" and "Iolanta", the last one of the run, is scheduled on 27. July 2009.

The cast for this third performance was almost the same one than for the two previous performances, being the only changes Irina Mataeva replacing Veronika Dzhioeva as Zemfira in "Aleko" and Mikhail Kit replacing Sergei Aleksashkin as King René and Alexander Gergalov replacing Edem Umerov as Ebn-Hakia in "Iolanta".

Aleko
one act opera
Music by Sergei Rakhmaninov
Libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenkoafter the poem by Alexander Pushkin

Cast
Aleko: John Relyea
Young Gypsy: Sergei Skorokhodov
Zemfira: Irina Mataeva
Old Gypsy: Sergei Aleksashkin
Old Gypsy Woman: Elena Vitman

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

Cast
Iolanta: Anna Netrebko
Graf Tristan Vaudémont: Piotr Beczala
René, König der Provence: Mikhail Kit
Robert: Alexei Markov
Ebn-Hakia: Alexander Gergalov
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 Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Friday 24. July 2009

About the Operas
Synopsis
Premiere of "Aleko" and "Iolanta" at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 17. Apr 2009
Variations in "Iolanta" Libretto
Iolanta
Iolanta's Russian/Spanish Libretto
Iolanta's English Libretto

Reports
Our friend Herbert attended this third performance and kindly wrote the following report for the blog:

What can I tell you but: Another triumph for Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala!

The third performance of Iolanta at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden was sold out again, and it was cheered by an enthusiastic audience.

Anna sang and played the story of the princess who is unaware of her blindness and then is cured and she did it so convincingly that she must have moved everybody in the audience. It was simply overwhelming when Iolanta began to see the colours and forms created by nature for the first time in her life.

Polish tenor Piotr Beczala (Count Vaudemont) and Russian baritone Alexey Markov (Robert) also received applause during the performance for their arias. But the undisputed highlight was the duet of Iolanta and Vaudemont, Tvoyo molèan ye neponyatno (I do not understand your silence), which I have never heard any better before. It makes a big difference whether you listen to it in a concert or on CD, or if you see and hear it as an acted scene in a complete opera. The audience began to cheer and applaud even before the final tones of the music had finished (the orchestra of the Marinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev was excellent and so was the acoustics of the Festpielhaus).

After the finale there was a rising storm of applause for the chorus, the principal singers and for Gergiev, but the house almost exploded when Anna came out for her last curtain call. Everybody rose and gave her standing ovations.

As always, she thanked not only those in the orchestra stalls near the stage but also the people in the galleries high under the roof, in the heavens , to whom she waved with her both arms.

There was a moment of scare and also of laughter when the curtain moved down in the same second when the singers wanted to step forward to the orchestra pit one more time, but nobody was hurt and the curtain went up again.

After the show a large crowd gathered at the stage door. When Anna came down the steps an official led her across the red carpet to the restaurant opposite where she was greeted with applause when entering. Piotr Beczala followed her and said that they would come back immediately. And so it was! Only a few minutes later Anna returned, wearing a red dress and holding a large bouquet of flowers in her arms. She signed many programmes and pictures, smiled when photos were taken, and then she waved good-bye and moved towards a car waiting for her leaving a happy crowd behind who had had a memorable summer night in Baden-Baden.

This morning, while I was waiting at the train station, I saw Ukrainian bass Mikhail Kit together with his wife (?) and some colleagues. I asked him if he was King René, and he smiled and answered in his deep voice: Yes, that s me. And then he signed my programme.

On-line Press Reviews
Anna Netrebkos Weg ins Licht - klassik.com 25. Jul 2009 [German]

Videoclips
Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 1. Scene, Iolanta's Arioso. 2. Scene. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 6. Scene, Scene and Robert's Aria. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 6a. Scene, Vaudémont's Romance. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 7. Scene. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere




Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 7. Scene, Iolanta-Vaudémont Duet. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 8. Scene. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: 9. Scene, Finale. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 24. July 2009: Curtain calls. Uploaded to Youtube by Valenzisomere


Photos
Curtain call after "Iolanta" on 24. Jul 2009. Photos [1-16] by Herbert

Anna Netrebko at the Hall of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden after the performance of "Aleko" and "Iolanta" on 24. Jul 2009. Photos [1-3] by Herbert

Radio Broadcasts
One of the last two performances of "Aleko" and "Iolanta" will be broadcast on SWR2 Kultur, on Sunday 7. February 2010 at 20:03

Related posts
Anna Netrebko at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus 2008-2009 Season
Planned DVDs releases with Anna Netrebko
Breaking News - Piotr Beczala replaces Rolando Villazón in Iolanta, Baden-Baden
Press Conference of Anna Netrebko in Baden-Baden
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 18. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 21. July 2009