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

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Lucia di Lammermoor with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón

Anna Netrebko 2008-2009 Season Schedule

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Anna Netrebko, Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. August 2009

Anna Netreko will give a recital at the Mozartsaal of the Rosengarten, Mannheim 12. August 2009.

ANNA NETREBKO – RECITAL
12.8.2009 Mannheim Rosengarten/Mozartsaal Beginn 20.00 Uhr Tickets

Anna Netrebko 2008-2009 Season Schedule

Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Derby Park, Hamburg 29. August 2009

Updated on 23. Dec 2008
This concert has been cancelled

Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev will give a concert at the Derby Park, Hamburg on 29. August 2009. This one is the fourth of a concert tour series of Netrebko and Hvorostovsky starting at the Volkswagenhalle, Braunschweig on 16. May 2009 with the Staatskapelle Weimar conducted by Riccardo Frizza and followed by concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 19. May 2009 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Open-Air Königsplatz, München on 10. July 2009 with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev.

Derby Park, Hamburg 29. August 2009 - Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky Buy Tickets

Anna Netrebko 2008-2009 Season Schedule

Michael Güttler will not conduct Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mariinsky Theater

Conductor Michael Güttler was scheduled to conduct a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 14. and 17. January 2009 featuring Anna Netrebko in the title role. The performance on 14. January will be Anna's first performance after her baby pause. Some full rate tickets are still available.
Updated on 20. Dec 2008

Updated on 9. Jan 2009
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Lucia di Lammermoor at the Mariinsky Theater

The performances of Lucia di Lammermoor on 14. and 17. Jan 2009 have been now removed from the Michael Güttler's schedule on his website. Keri-Lynn Wilson will conduct those performances as it is currently announced on the playbill of the Mariinsky Theater website. Note that, there are 5-day to go for the premiere and the cast still has to be announced on the Mariinsky website. Nevertheless, a banner announcing the participation of Anna Netrebko has been included on the main page.

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 is replaced by Ailyn Pérez for the July 1st performance of La Traviata at San Francisco Opera

Now it's official, it has been announced by the San Francisco Opera on their web site and in a press release, that Anna Netrebko will not sing the July 1st performance of La Traviata and she will be replaced by Ailyn Pérez, a 2005 Merola Fellow.

In fact, this performance was removed from Anna's schedule on her web site more than 3 months ago, as it was announced on this blog. Then I asked the San Francisco Opera to confirm if she will perform on that date and I got an email saying that Anna would perform on July 1st. Unfortunately, for those who already had a ticket, Anna will not be singing on July 1st.

Press release [pdf]

DG releases I Capuleti e I Montecchi with Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca and Joseph Calleja in Feb 2009

A live recording of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi with Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca and Joseph Calleja and conducted by Fabio Luisi will be released by DG in February 2009. The recording was made during the performances held at the Konzerthaus in Wien on 22., 25. and 28. April 2008.

VINCENZO BELLINI
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Gesamtaufnahme · Complete)
Anna Netrebko · Elina Garanca
Joseph Calleja · Robert Gleadow
Tiziano Bracci
Wiener Singakademie
Wiener Symphoniker
Fabio Luisi
CD DDD 477 8031 GH 2
2 Compact Discs
Release: Feb. 2009

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.

Anna Netrebko on the cover of German magazine Das Opernglas

Anna Netrebko is on the cover of the December issue of the German magazine Das Opernglas. The magazine includes also an interview with Anna Netrebko in which she talks about her plans for the upcoming years.

Netrebko would like to give priority to family life, her son Tiago Arua and her fiance and father of her son Erwin Schrott, and during the early years their son probably will travel with them. Later on, when Tiago Aruä will start to go to the school, they will have to decide in which country they would like to live. Austria, where they live now is a fantastic option, but Spain also has a good chance.

In order to get more time for her son, Netrebko will reduce also the number of performances to sing, singing 5 or 6 performances of a production, rather than 8 or 9 like she was doing up to now.

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Lucia di Lammermoor with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón

In January 2009, Anna Netrebko makes her highly-anticipated return to the stage, following a six-month maternity leave after having given birth to her first son Tiago Aruä on 5. September 2008, to sing the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, first at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on 14. and 17. January 2009 and then at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 26. and 29. January and 3. and 7. February 2009.

All four of her Met performances are sold out. The performance on 26. January 2009 will mark her role debut at the Met where she will be partnered on stage with tenor Rolando Villazón in their first joint appearance at the Met since April 2007, when the Met celebrated its 40th anniversary at Lincoln Center with a gala featuring the star singers.

The Lucia di Lammermoor performance on Saturday 7. February 2009 will be transmitted by The Met: Live in HD to movie theaters worldwide (1 PM ET/10 AM PT). An encore presentation will be given on Wednesday 18. February 2009 (7 PM local time). This one will be Netrebko's third consecutive Live in HD transmission from the Met, after those of Bellini's I Puritani on 6. January 2007 and Gounod's Roméo et Juliette on 15. December 2007.

Anna Netrebko in the Salzburger Festspiele 2009

Today it has been officially announced the Salzburger Festspiele 2009 Programme.

Anna Netrebko will perform in a piano recital accompanied by Daniel Barenboim at the Grosses Festspielhaus on 17. August 2009.

The programme includes songs by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky.

Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in München 10. July 2009

DEAG Classics AG has just announced an open-air concert of Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev at the Königsplatz in München on 10. July 2009.

Tickets from 41,60 EUR to 318,10 EUR
Buy Tickets on Süddeutsche.de

Tickets from 41,60 EUR to 318,10 EUR. VIP upgrade for 384 EUR
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Seating Plan

Souvenirs Wallpaper

A second Souvenirs wallpaper has been added to the Anna Netrebko website and is available for download at different resolutions.

Anna Netrebko's recording of I Capuleti e I Montecchi in Wien will be released by DG

The audio recording made during the live performances of I Capuleti e I Montecchi on 22., 25. and 28. April 2008 at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Wien, with Anna Netrebko as Giulietta, Elina Garanca as Roméo, Joseph Calleja as Tebaldo, Robert Gleadow as Lorenzo and Tiziano Bracci as Capellio, will be released by Deutsche Grammophone to coincide with Anna and Elina's London appearances on this opera at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in March and April 2009.

Anna Netrebko on Great Performances Special on PBS

Anna Netrebko will appear on television screens across the US over the coming year in a Great Performances special on PBS titled Domingo, Netrebko, & Villazón: Three Stars in Vienna.

The program was recorded last June, when the three singers performed an outdoor concert in front of more than 10,000 people at the Imperial Park of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace on June 27, 2008.

Presented by Thirteen/WNET New York in high definition, the broadcast is led by French conductor Bertrand de Billy, directing the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. The program begins airing on Thirteen/WNET in New York on November 30, 2008 and later in other markets (check local listings).

Anna Netrebko as Micaela at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2010

On a 24. March 2008 post we anounced that Bizet's Carmen performances with Elina Garanca in the title role, Rolando Villazón as Don José and Anna Netrebko as Micaela, would be scheduled at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2010. The conductor would be Mariss Jansons.

Anna Netrebko has previously sung the role of Micaela in Tokyo on 14. November 1996, Mikkeli on 6. July 1997 and Sigulda on 5. August 2000. See the Anna Netrebko Performances Database to get more details on those performances.

According to the Elina Garanca calendar published on her website, the Carmen performances at the Wiener Staatsoper would be scheduled on 3., 6., 9., 12. and 15. May 2010.

Emmanuel Villaume talking about Anna Netrebko

Conductor Emmanuel Villaume talking about Anna Netrebko on the video included in the Limited Deluxe Edt. of the album Souvenirs.

"I have been working with many stars... and Anna is a very, very special artist. And there is something incredible with her, beautiful voice, beautiful person, of course,... but whenever she sings a phrase, it's Anna singing that phrase. And then I am not saying that the ego is in the front, it's just it is totally and immediately recognizable as Anna Netrebko interpreting that song. Very few artists have that ability. She is amazing for that! She is very simple in the way she is working as a colleague. Very demanding for herself, very demanding for the others, but she is giving a lot and so she is getting the best of all the other people"

Souvenirs Wallpaper

A Souvenirs wallpaper is available for download at different resolutions, from 800x600 to 1920x1200, on Anna Netrebko official website.

La Bohème Film will premiere in UK and Japan

La Bohème film starring Anna Netreko and Rolando Villazón will premiere in London on 19. December 2008 by Axiom Films and in Japan in January 2009 y Star Sands/Theaters Tokyo. The film will be also distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Palace and in Czech Repulic and Slovakia by Hollywood Classic.

List of cinemas, cities and dates, showing La Bohème in UK

'La Boheme' finds homes abroad

Anna Netrebko's new album Souvenirs

Anna Netrebko's new album Souvenirs will be released on 7. November 2008 in Germany and on 11. November 2008 worldwide. Beside the standard version of the album, a Limited Deluxe Edition including a CD, a DVD, a poster and signature cards will be also available.

The album has been recorded in Prague in March 2008 and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, tenor Piotr Beczala and boy-soprano Andrew Swait are invited guests in this recording. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Prague Philharmonia and Prague Philharmonic Choir.

Deutsche Grammophone has launched a special microsite devoted to this album. The contents of the microsite includes the following sections: About the album, Video, Gallery, Track list and Tell a friend. The Video section has 2 videos included in the DVD.

A videoclip on the recording of the album can be seen at the KlassikAkzente website.

Buy the album Souvenirs (Ltd. Deluxe Edt.) on KlassikAkzente
Buy the album Souvenirs (Ltd. Deluxe Edt.) on Amazon.de
Buy the album Souvenirs (Ltd. Deluxe Edt.) on jpc

Tagged!

I have been tagged!

The rules
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Mostly Opera was my tagger.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. If you don't have 7 blog friends, or if someone else already took dibs, then tag some unsuspecting strangers.

The 7 facts
1. When I was 20 years old I traveled from Barcelona to Kathmandu through France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.

2. After a Don Giovanni performance in London I was having dinner at the table next to Anna, Erwin, Jeffrey and others in an Italian restaurant. Erwin invited me to a glass of sweet wine and cookies.

3. I became interested in opera by Wagner. At that time, I was listening only Wagner.

4. I have been in front of what it was the last home of Marie Duplessis in Paris, watching the building, listening "La Traviata" on my mp3 player and having "La Dame aux Camélias" in the pocket of my coat.

5. I have been two times in Hawaii... What a great time there!

6. I spent last New Years Eve in New York at the MET, attending a performance of Roméo et Juliette with Anna and Polenzani in the title roles

7. Anna is my favourite soprano... Well, I think you already knew that...

The ones I tag
1. Ester, owner of the blog Adios, amigo adios, a huge fan of Plácido that I first met during a performance of Die Walküre at the Teatro Real in Madrid and since then we have been attending many opera performances in Europe.

2. Christina, a German young girl owner of the blog Anna & Rolando, devoted to the greatest couple in opera.

3. Joyce, owner of the blog Yankee Diva, one of the best mezzo-sopranos which always finds time to share her thoughts, opera experiences and photos on her wonderful blog.

4. Susan, owner of the blog I'd be rather sleeping, mother of a very young opera lover boy and huge fan of Nathan.

5. Luvi, an Italian young girl owner of the blog Josep Carreras, devoted to one of the greatest spanish tenors.

6. The Poltergeist of the Opera, another fan of Anna and Rolando on the net.

7. Mei, a Barcelona-based owner of the blog GTL Torn T, one of the most active bloggers covering a wide range of opera interests.

Anna is back in Wien

Anna Netrebko is back in Wien where Erwin Schrott is singing the title role in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Wiener Staatsoper. Anna did attend the premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro on 24. October 2008. She was sitting in one of the boxes close to the stage. At the curtain call, Erwin looked up to her and sent her a kiss.

Schrott: "Bin sehr stolz auf Anna!", Oe24. at

Thanks to Herbert for the information and the picture of Anna at the box of the Wiener Staatsoper

Anna Netrebko on the Met Player

The Metropolitan Opera website has already launched the Met Player. Monthly and year subscriptions, as well as are opera rental services, are available. A 7-day free trial is also available but it will automatically roll into a monthly subscription unless cancelled before end of trial period. The catalog has several HD video recordings, including Roméo et Juliette on 15. December 2007 with Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna and I Puritani on 6. January 2007 with Anna Netrebko. The catalog has also audio recordings, including Don Pasquale on 15. April 2006 with Anna Netrebko, Juan Diego Flórez, Mariusz Kwiecien and Simone Alaimo, Rigoletto on 17. December 2005 with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón and Don Giovanni on 15. February 2003 with Anna Netrebko as Zerlina.

A HD video clip of Act II of I Puritani with Anna Netrebko can be watched for free.

Anna Netrebko awarded with two Echo Klassik 2008

Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón have been awarded with another Echo Klassik 2008, now in the category of Bestseller of the Year for their "Duets" Album. Anna Netrebko was also awarded in the category Opera DVD Production of the Year for "Le Nozze di Figaro".

Other Echo Klassik 2008 awards were for Spanish tenor José Carreras for his lifetime achievement, Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli as Female Singer of the Year and French counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky as Male Singer of the Year.

The Echo Klassik 2008 Awards Ceremony takes place tonight at the Philharmonie im Gasteig, München.

Anna Netrebko wants to sing Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin

It is well known that Anna Netrebko loves Richard Wagner musical dramas, but up to now she was not considering to sing any role of this repertoire. The only Wagner role that she did in the past, was a small role as a 2. Flower Maiden in Parsifal in St. Petersburg (May 1997), Istanbul (Jun 1998) and Salzburg (August 1998).

But now, in an interview given this summer in Salzburg for Classic FM Magazine she said "I want to try Wagner's Lohengrin because it is beautiful and I want to sing it". She also added that "there is much more repertoire I will be able to sing". To hear Anna as Elsa, would be one of the most exciting experiences! Brava Anna!

Anna Netrebko on the cover of Classic FM Magazine

This month's issue of the Classic FM Magazine has an interview with Anna Netrebko. The interview was done in August 2008 when Anna was in Salzburg and talks about life, love and motherhood. Anna is on the cover of the magazine and the headlines read "Anna Netrebko & Angela Gheorghiu - The Greatest Living Sopranos".

Anna Netrebko on Austrian and German TV

ORF2
26. Oct 2008 9:40 - 10:35h
"Zum Sterben schön - Am Filmset von La Bohème"

Making of "La Bohème" with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón

ZDF
9. Nov 2008 18:00 - 18:30
"Netrebko und Villazón: Die Lovestory für das Kino"

Thanks to Philip for the information

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La Bohème - The Trailer
Premiere of La Bohème in Wien, today
Las cuatro caras de Rodolfo

Premiere of La Bohème in Wien, today

Today, the premiere of the new Robert Dornhelm's film La Bohème, starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón, will take place in Wien. The film will be at the movie theaters in Austria on 10. October 2008 and in Germany on 23. October 2008. Rolando Villazón has confirmed that he will attend the premiere, but, unfortunately, Anna Netrebko will not be able to do it, due to "important personal reasons".



This is a video clip from the ORF2 Austrian tv:

Thanks to Christina Luise for uploading the video clip

Anna Netrebko named best dressed woman in Austria

Anna Netrebko has been named Austria’s “Best Dressed” woman in a ranking published by Austrian newspaper “Österreich” in its weekly glossy “Madonna”.

Anna Netrebko on the cover of Austrian magazine 1st

Anna Netrebko on the cover of the current issue of Austrian magazine 1st

The first photos of Anna's baby on Austrian magazine NEWS

The Austrian magazine NEWS presents as a world exclusive the first photos of Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott with their son Tiago Aruä.

Anna Netrebko - Ihr Baby - Die Fotos, Das Interview

Download the article as pdf file from Anna Netrebko's website

Анна С Днем Рождения!

Dear Anna,

I wish you a very, very, very Happy Birthday and all the best for all three of you!

Анна С Днем Рождения!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Anna!
¡Feliz Cumpleaños Anna!
Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna Netrebko's new album Souvenirs

The details of the Anna Netreko's new album "Souvenirs" are already available on the Deutsche Grammophone website. The album will be released in November 2008 and a CD + DVD format will be available. The album was recorded in Prague in March 2008 and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, tenor Piotr Beczala and boy-soprano Andrew Swait are invited guests in this recording. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Prague Philharmonia.

The album contains works by:

Arditi · Charpentier · Dvorák · Giménez · Grieg

Guastavino · Hahn · Heuberger · Kalman · Lehár

Lloyd-Webber · Messager · Offenbach

Rimsky-Korsakov · R. Strauss.

The full track list of the CD+DVD release can be found on the DG website.

Anna Netrebko will sing all three performances of La Traviata at Wiener Staatsoper in 2009

Anna Netrebko sings Violetta in La Traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper on 4., 7. and 11. May 2009, as it was initially on the schedule. Those performances were removed from her schedule on her official website some days ago, leading to what apparently it has been a misinterpretation of a cancellation on my side. My apologies for any inconcenience. The Wiener Staatsoper kindly told me that Anna Netrebko had signed a contract for these performances and she will sing them. Finally, today, those performances have been added again on her schedule on her official website.

Anna Netrebko Schedule for the 2008-2009 Season

Anna Netrebko cancels some performances of La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera

Anna Netrebko reduces the number of performances she had initially planned to sing in La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera in 2009. According to her just updated schedule on her brand new redesigned website, she would not sing the performances initially scheduled on 1. and 5. July 2009. Nevertheless, on the San Francisco Opera website, the cast change appears only for the performance on 5. July, where Anna Netrebko has been replaced by Elizabeth Futral.

Updated on 10. September 2008
The San Francisco Opera has confirmed by email that Anna Netrebko has dropped out only from the performance on 5. July and she is scheduled to sing on 1. July.
Anna Netrebko Schedule for the 2008-2009 Season

Recital of Anna Netrebko with Daniel Barenboim at the Salzburger Festspiele on 17. August 2009

Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim will give a recital at the Salzburger Festspiele in Salzburg on 17. August 2009.

Anna Netrebko Schedule for the 2008-2009 Season

Anna Netrebko sings Lucia at the Mariinsky Theater in January 2009

Anna Netrebko's first performance after giving birth to her first child will be at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg singing the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Two performances on 14. and 17. January 2009 have been scheduled on her brand new redesigned website, prior to her role debut as Lucia at the MET on 26. January 2009.

Anna Netrebko Schedule for the 2008-2009 Season

Robert Dornhelm's film La Bohème Premiere in Wien on 8. October 2008

Robert Dornhelm's new film La Bohème, starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón, will be at the movies theaters in Austria and Germany on October 2008. The premiere will take place in Wien on 8. October 2008. The film will be at the movies theatres in Austria on 10. October 2008 and in Germany on 23. October 2008.

Anna Netrebko launches new redesigned website

Today Anna Netrebko has launched her new website. This marks the first redesign of her website since 2003. The website new features includes a content-rich multimedia page where users can stream Anna's latest television interviews and watch performance clips; an updated press page where visitors can browse Anna's latest magazine and newspaper features; and a video blog called "Ask Anna" where fans can submit their questions directly to Anna (she will choose one per month and respond to it in a video that she will post on the site!). Anna's 2008-2009 schedule is also already available on the website.

Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Royal Festival Hall, London 19. May 2009

Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky will give a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 19. May 2009. The concert is scheduled within the brand new International Voices series at Southbank Centre. The program will include favourite songs from the French, Italian and Russian operatic repertoire. Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members on 26. August, at 10am. Tickets go on sale to the public on 1. September, at 10am.

Southbank Centre, International Voices

Last minute update on 26. Aug 2008

Today the tickets for Southbank Centre Members should go on sale. Apparently the tickets would not go on sale because the Southbank Centre could not confirm the event with Anna's promoters.

Thanks to Ford for the mail with the last minute update

Last minute update on 29. Aug 2008

Good news! Apparently Anna's promoters have confirmed her participation. Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra on 19. May 2009 at 7.30pm.

Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members on 29. August, at 9am.

Tickets go on sale to the public on 1. September, at 9am.

Ticket prices: £85 £75 £65 £45 £35 £30.

Thanks to Netrebko-itis and Brian for the information

2-Track CD Souvenirs

A 2-Track CD of the new Anna Netrebko's album Souvenirs will be released by Deutsche Grammophone on 5. September 2008. The CD contains the "Wiegenlied" from Richard Strauss and "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" from the Operette "Giuditta" from Franz Lehar conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. For each copy sold, one euro will go to the SOS-Kinderdörfer (SOS Children's Villages).

Buy 2-Track CD Souvenirs on jpc
Buy 2-Track CD Souvenirs on Amazon.de

Anna Netrebko singt Wiegenlied von Strauss für SOS-Kinderdörfer
Anna Netrebko singt für SOS-Kinderdörfer
Benefiz-CD: Anna Netrebko singt Wiegenlied für SOS-Kinderdörfer
Updated on 21. August 2008. Thanks to Rock in the Pond.

Breaking News - Anna Netrebko cancels all the performances of La Bohème at the MET

Soprano Anna Netrebko is extending her pregnancy leave and has withdrawn from performances of Puccini's "La Boheme" at the Metropolitan Opera in December and January.

Netrebko, 36, announced in February that she and her fiance, Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, were expecting, and the Met said Friday she is due to give birth next month.

"She has decided that she will need a few more weeks than originally planned to be ready for her return to the stage," the Met said.

A Met revival of Massenet's "Manon" was changed to "La Boheme" after she became pregnant, and she withdrew from the first four performances while still planning to sing on Dec. 29, and Jan. 3, Jan. 6 and Jan. 10.

Netrebko now plans to return to performing with a revival of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the Met on Jan. 26 and Jan. 29, and Feb. 3 and Feb. 7. The final performance is scheduled for a movie-theater simulcast and radio broadcast.

Pregnant Netrebko withdraws from Met `Boheme', The Associated Press, New York 8. Aug 2008

Anna Netrebko nominated for the Classic FM Gramophone 2008 Artist of the Year Award

Anna Netrebko has been nominated for the Classic FM Gramophone 2008 Artist of the Year Award. For the first time ever, the public will choose the winner of what is widely considered the “Oscars” of the international classical recording industry. Please visit the Gramophone website to vote for Anna! The winner will be announced at the Gramophone Awards in London on September 25, 2008.

Click here to vote for Anna

Anna and Erwin after the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Salzburger Festspiele

Anna Netrebko was at the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Salzburger Festpiele on Sunday 27. July 2008, where Erwin Schrott sang the role of Leporello. After the performance Anna and Erwin were at the M32 restaurant in Salzburg.

Anna Netrebko und ihr Liebster turteln in Salzburg, Krone.at
Salzburger Festspiele - Die Zeit der Partys hat begonnen, TT.com 28. Juli 2008
Die Zeit der Partys hat begonnen, Salzburger Nachrichten 30. Juli 2008
Anna Netrebko ist kugelrund & sexy wie nie, Oe24.at 30. Juli 2008

DG launches Manon DVD Microsite

Deutsche Grammophon has launched a microsite for the new Manon 2DVD which will be released in August 2008. The cast is leaded by Anna Netrebko in the title role and Rolando Villazón as Chevalier des Grieux. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The dvd includes as a 20 min bonus "The Making of Manon".

Platinum status for Das Waldbühnen-Konzert DVD

The Waldbühne Concert DVD with Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón has reached the Platinum status with 50,000 DVDs sold in Germany and 100,000 total around the world. The ceremony took place at the Orangerie of the Schloss Schönbrunn on 27. June 2008, just after the concert given by the three artists. This concert broke all the records with 3.3 millions of spectators, getting a 28% of share and 514,000 spectators in Austria and a 12% share and more than 2,8 million of spectators in Germany.

Thanks to Rock in the Pond

Anna Netrebko's new album "Souvenirs"

We may provide some more details on the Anna Netrebko's new album called "Souvenirs". The album, which was recorded in Prague in March 2008, will be released in November 2008. Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, tenor Piotr Beczala and boy-soprano Andrew Swait have joined Anna Netrebko in this recording. The album contains works from Brahms, Dvorak, Grieg, Guastavino, Hahn, Offenbach, Strauss, Rimsky-Korssakoff and others.




Updated on 10. Jun 2008


Here on the left there is a picture of the cover of the new cd "Souvenirs" and below there is a picture of a promotional poster of the new album of Anna Netrebko.









Thanks to Monika

Two ECHO Klassik Awards 2008 for Anna Netrebko

Two more ECHO Klassik Awards, one of the most prestigious accolades in the world of classical music, for Anna Netrebko.

ANNA NETREBKO • ROLANDO VILLAZÓN
Bestselling Album of the Year
“Duets”
Dresden Staatskapelle • Nicola Luisotti
CD 477 6457 (D/A/CH: 477 6456)

HARNONCOURT • NETREBKO • RÖSCHMANN • SCHÄFER • SKOVHUS • D’ARCANGELO
Music DVD Production of the Year (Opera)
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Schloss Schönbrunn, Ehrenhof, Wien 27. Jun 2008 - Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón

Programm

Teil I

Jules Massenet, Le Cid - "O souverain, ô juge, ô père" Plácido Domingo
Amilcare Ponchielli, Il figliuol prodigo - "Il padre!...Tenda natal" Rolando Villazón
Emmerich Kálmán, Die Csárdás fürstin - "Heia in den Bergen" Anna Netrebko
Francesco Paolo Tosti - "Ideale" Rolando Villazón
Richard Wagner, Die Walküre - "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" Plácido Domingo
Luigi Arditi - "Il bacio" Anna Netrebko
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo - "E lui! Desso!...Dio, che nell'almainfondere" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón

Jules Massenet, Le Cid - "O souverain, ô juge, ô père" Plácido Domingo:


Amilcare Ponchielli, Il figliuol prodigo - "Il padre!...Tenda natal" Rolando Villazón:


Emmerich Kálmán, Die Csárdás fürstin - "Heia in den Bergen" Anna Netrebko:


Francesco Paolo Tosti - "Ideale" Rolando Villazón:


Richard Wagner, Die Walküre - "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" Plácido Domingo:


Luigi Arditi - "Il bacio" Anna Netrebko:


Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo - "E lui! Desso!...Dio, che nell'almainfondere" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón:


Teil II

Franz Lehár, Paganini - "Gern hab ich die Frau'n geküsst" Plácido Domingo
Franz Lehár, Das Land des Lächelns - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" Rolando Villazón
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - "The Rose and the Nightingale" Anna Netrebko
Franz Lehár, Die lustige Witwe - "Lippen schweigen" Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo
Johann Strauß jr., Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324 - Polka schnell RadioSymphonieorchester Wien
John Denver - "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Léo Delibes - "Les filles de Cadix" Anna Netrebko
Manuel Penella, El Gato Montés - ¡Sí, torero quiero ser! Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón
Rudolf Sieczynski - "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón

Franz Lehár, Paganini - "Gern hab ich die Frau'n geküsst" Plácido Domingo:


Franz Lehár, Das Land des Lächelns - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" Rolando Villazón:


Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - "The Rose and the Nightingale" Anna Netrebko:


Franz Lehár, Die lustige Witwe - "Lippen schweigen" Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo:


John Denver - "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón:


Léo Delibes - "Les filles de Cadix" Anna Netrebko:


Manuel Penella, El Gato Montés - ¡Sí, torero quiero ser! Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón:


Rudolf Sieczynski - "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón:


Zugaben

Federico Moreno Torroba, Maravilla - "Amor, vida de mi vida" Plácido Domingo
Reveriano Sotullo/Juan Vert, La del soto del parral - "Ya mis horas felices" Rolando Villazón
Richard Strauss - "Caecilie" Anna Netrebko
Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata - "Brindisi" Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón

Federico Moreno Torroba, Maravilla - "Amor, vida de mi vida" Plácido Domingo:


Reveriano Sotullo/Juan Vert, La del soto del parral - "Ya mis horas felices" Rolando Villazón:


Richard Strauss - "Caecilie" Anna Netrebko:


Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata - "Brindisi" Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón:


All videoclips uploaded by Yeongiwon.

Deutsche Grammophon is planning to release Anna Netrebko performances in Blu-Ray format

Deutsche Grammophon is planning to release 5 video recordings of Anna Netrebko in Blu-Ray format. The first one to come this August is Massenet's Manon starring Anna Netrebko in the title role and Rolando Villazón as Chevalier Des Grieux. The 4 other recordings, to be released in September 2009, are Bellini's I Puritani from the MET, Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro from Salzburg, the Berlin concert at the Waldbühne and the Baden-Baden Gala Concert.

Anna Netrebko on rehearsal at the Mariinsky Theater

Here they are two nice videoclips recorded from Russian TV channel Kultura and which have been uploaded to Youtube by Yeongiwon. Those uploads are acknowledge.








The first one shows Anna Netrebko on rehearsal for a performance of Verdi's La Traviata at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 28. Nov 2007. Anna Netrebko sings Violetta Valery, Dmitry Voropaev sings Alfredo Germont, being his role debut at the Mariinsky Theater, and Alexander Gergalov sings Giorgio Germont. Maestro Valery Gergiev is the conductor.



The second one shows Anna Netrebko on rehearsal for a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg on 30. Nov 2007. Anna Netrebko sings Donna Anna, Ildar Abdrazakov makes his role debut in the title role at the Mariinsky Theater, Tatiana Pavlovskaya sings Donna Elvira, Yekaterina Solovieva sings Zerlina, Daniil Shtoda sings Don Ottavio, Fyodor Kuznetsov sings Il Commendatore, Nikolai Kamensky sings Leporello and Yuri Vorobiev sings Masetto. Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater. As a PS the videoclip includes also some images of Anna Netrebko singing Rachmaninoff and Valery Gergiev conducting on rehearsal for the recording of the Russian Album.

TV Broadcasts of the concert of Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón, Schönbrunn, Wien 27. Jun 2008

Austrian TV channel ORF2, German TV channel ZDF and Danish TV channel DR2 will broadcast the concert given by Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón at the Ehrenhof of the Schönbrunn Schloss, Wien on Friday 27. June 2008 at 20:00. Bertrand de Billy conducts the Radio Symphonieorchester Wien. ORF2 broadcast timing will be 21:15-22:57 (1h 42m), ZDF broadcast timing will be 21:15-23:15 (2h) and DR2 broadcast timing will be 20:45-22:30 (1h 45 m). ORF2 and ZDF broadcasts will be in 16:9 format.

The provisonal program for this Gala Concert is the following:



Part I
Orchestra
Solo aria: Plácido Domingo
Musetta's Waltz La Boheme: Anna Netrebko
Solo aria: Rolando Villazón
Cherry Duet L'amico Fritz: Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo
Orchestra
Solo aria: Rolando Villazón
Solo aria: Plácido Domingo
Ebben ne andro lontana La wally: Anna Netrebko
Dio, che nell'alma Don Carlo: Rolando Villazón & Plácido Domingo

Part II
Orchestra
Im Chambre Separee Der Opernball: Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón
Solo aria: Plácido Domingo
Meine Lippen sie kuessen so heiss Giuditta: Anna Netrebko
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz: Rolando Villazón
Orchestra
Lippen schweigen Die lustige Witwe: Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo
Solo aria: Rolando Villazón
Il bacio Arditi: Anna Netrebko
Solo aria: Plácido Domingo
Duet: Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón or Rolando Villazón & Plácido Domingo
Wien, Wien nur du allein: Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón & Plácido Domingo

Today, on the ZDF website there is a quite different program:

Teil I

Jules Massenet Le Cid - "O souverain, ô juge, ô père" Plácido Domingo
Amilcare Ponchielli Il figliuol prodigo - "Il padre!...Tenda natal" Rolando Villazón
Emmerich Kálmán Die Csárdásfürstin - "Heia in den Bergen" Anna Netrebko
Francesco Paolo Tosti "Ideale" Rolando Villazón
Richard Wagner Die Walküre - "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" Plácido Domingo
Luigi Arditi "Il bacio" Anna Netrebko
Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlo - "E lui! Desso!...Dio, che nell'alma infondere" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón

Teil II

Franz Lehár Paganini - "Gern hab ich die Frau'n geküsst" Plácido Domingo
Franz Lehár Das Land des Lächelns - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" Rolando Villazón
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov"The Rose and the Nightingale" Anna Netrebko
Franz Lehár Die lustige Witwe - "Lippen schweigen" Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo
Johann Strauß jr. Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324 - Polka schnell Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
John Denver "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón
Léo Delibes "Les filles de Cadix" Anna Netrebko
Rudolf Sieczynski "Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo & Rolando Villazón

(Änderungen vorbehalten)

This one will be the last performance of Anna Netrebko before to have her babypause until the end of the year.

Others upcoming broadcasts
ORF2 will also broadcast the premiere of Roméo et Juliette on 2. August 2008 and Otello in mid-August from the Salzburger Festspiele.
Die Presse 19. June 2008

Updated on 26. Jun 2008 23:19

Anna Netrebko as Mimi in St. Petersburg in 2008

Here they are two videoclips showing Anna Netrebko on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersbug in a performance of Puccini's "La Bohème", most likely on 29. February 2008.

La Bohème, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg 29. Feb 2008 – Anna Netrebko (Mimi), Sergei Semishkur (Rodolfo), Zhanna Dombrovskaya (Musetta), Vasily Gerello (Marcello), Andrei Spekhov (Schaunard), Edward Tsanga (Colline), NN (Benoit), NN (Alcindoro), NN (Parpignol), NN (Sergeant), NN (Officer); Ian Judge (Production), Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Mikhail Agrest

The videoclips show also Anna backstage talking with her proud father, Elena Obraztsova and other colleagues and friends.

Broadcast of "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" from Paris

It was announced several weeks, even months, ago that France Musique would broadcast on 28. June 2008, one of the performances of Bellini's "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" from Opera Bastille, Paris. For some reason the date of the performance selected for the broadcast has not been announced until today. It will be the performance on 5. Jun 2008, with Anna Netrebko as Giulietta, the one selected for the broadcast.

France Musique, Soirée lyrique 28. Jun 2008 19:30-22:58

Anna Netrebko and the Diamonds

Anna Netrebko is on the cover of the new book "International Jewelry" by Caroline Childers, published in June 2008 by Rizzoli. The book has 446 pages and 200 colour photos.

The world's most famous jewellers present their highest quality work with a special focus on diamonds and pearls.

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008

I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Tragedia lirica in two acts (1830)
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto by Felice Romani

Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008

Cast
Romeo: Joyce Di Donato
Giulietta: Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo: Matthew Polenzani
Capellio: Giovanni Battista Parodi
Lorenzo: Mikhail Petrenko

Production
Musical Director: Evelino Pidó
Stage Director: Robert Carsen
Chorus Master: Alessandro Di Stefano

Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris
Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris

Photos
Anna Netrebko. I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008. Photo: Delphine

Anna Netrebko. I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008. Photo: Delphine

Anna Netrebko at the stage door. I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008. Photo: Delphine

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani at the stage door. I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera Bastille, Paris 8. Jun 2008. Photo: Delphine