Anna Netrebko and
Erwin Schrott are expecting a child in autumn and they are getting married. It will be her first child. She and
Schrott became engaged late last year in New York. "We are both very happy that we will be three soon"
Netrebko said in a statement.
Netrebko and
Schrott have shared the stage in
Mozart's "Don Giovanni" several times in the past years. In September/October 2003 they performed as Donna Anna and Leporello at the ROH in London, in June 2006 as Donna Anna and Don Giovanni in Kobe and Tokyo, during a MET tour to Japan, and in June/July 2007 as Donna Anna and Don Giovanni at the ROH in London. On 9. October 2007 they were also together in a "Una Noche de Amor y Pasión" concert in Puerto Rico, conducted by
Plácido Domingo.
Netrebko currently shoots in Wien a
movie version of Puccini's La Bohème with stage partner
Rolando Villazón. She "will keep her engagements as long as her doctors permit it" said her manager,
Jeffrey Vanderveen. She is scheduled to perform in
Massenet's "Manon," which opens 4. April at the Wiener Staatsoper.
Austrian media said
Netrebko was still scheduled to join
Rolando Villazón and
Plácido Domingo in a concert with the Wiener Philharmoniker on the grounds of Wiener Schönbrunn Palace on 27. June, two days before the capital hosts the final of the Euro 2008 football tournament.
Netrebko was to appear with star tenor
Rolando Villazón in
Charles Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" at the Salzburg Festival, but pulled out because of the pregnancy, festival president
Helga Rabl-Stadler said Monday.
She has also withdrawn from 10 performances of the Metropolitan Opera's revival of
Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" that begins 3. October 2008, but performances in January 2009 are still on,
Vanderveen said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Her engagement at the Met for 7 performances of Massenet's "Manon", scheduled 15. December 2008 through 10. January 2009, is under discussion,
Vanderveen said.
Congratulations and all my best wishes for
Anna and
Erwin!
Поздравляем
Анна!!!
¡¡¡Felicidades
Erwin!!!
Star soprano Anna Netrebko pregnant: news reports, DPA, EarthTimes.org, 4. February 2008Anna Netrebko announces her pregnancy, AP, 4. February 2008"We hope that the wedding shall take place in the St. Ilya parish, in Krasnodar, where Anna was baptised" said Yuri Netrebko, father of Anna, in an interview published on Wednesday on the newspaper Tvoi Den (Your Day).
The Father of Opera Star Anna Netrebko Hopes that his Daughter Shall Have Her Marriage Ceremony in Russia, Moscow, 6. FebruaryUpdated on 7. February 2008
A short interview to Anna Netrebko appears in "The Sex and Music Issue" of the March 2008 PLAYBOY magazine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian famous opera diva Anna Netrebko on awarding her a state honor, the People's Artist of Russia, at anniversary celebrations of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, February 27, 2008. President Vladimir Putin arrived in St. Petersburg to attend celebrations marking the 225th anniversary of the renowned Mariinsky Theater
The Vöslauer tv-spot "Adagio" performed by Anna Netrebko and created by Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, has been voted as one of the most effective advertisements of 2007, getting a second position of the rank, as determined by Gallup Polls.
Anna Netrebko did attend the Cinema for Peace Gala held at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on 11. February 2008. Anna was the recipient of the first CleanEnergy Award for the activities she did last year with the BMW Hydrogen 7, to promote clean energies and protection of the environment.
Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca and Erwin Schrott will sing in an Opera Gala on Saturday 29. March 2008 at the Emirates Palace Auditorium in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab Emirates. Alexander Vedernikov will conduct the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo and Rolando Villazón appeared in a press conference this afternoon in Wien. Anna Netrebko, due to her recently announced pregnancy, will make a stage pause from the end of June 2008 until January 2009.
Since 1. February, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón are shooting a movie version of Puccini's "La Bohème" in Wien, directed by Robert Dornhelm.
Anna Netrebko is expected to be at the Cinema for Peace Gala to be held in Berlin on 11. February 2008, where she will get an award for the activities she did last year with the BMW Hydrogen 7 series, to promote a clean energy and the protection of the environment.
Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott are in Valencia, Spain, for a recording session of a new CD for DECCA at the "Auditorio Superior del Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofía".
Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott are expecting a child in autumn and they are getting married. It will be her first child. She and Schrott became engaged late last year in New York. "We are both very happy that we will be three soon" Netrebko said in a statement.
Mikhail Yuriev plots a short profile of Anna Netrebko on the last issue of the Russia Beyond the Headlines (RBTH) web journal.
The past MET performance of Roméo et Juliette on 15. December 2007, with Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna in the leading roles and Plácido Domingo conducting, will be broadcast by PBS in HDTV on 6. April 2008.
Anna Netrebko, dressed by Escada, attended yesterday night the 52. Wiener Opernball.
