La Bohème, Met, New York 27. Feb 2010

Third performance of the run of "La Bohème" at the Met starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 27. Feb 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Jeremy Little
Sergeant: Jason Hendrix
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

Broadcasts

The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March, are broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February is also broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March, are streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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La Bohème, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010

Second performance of the run of "La Bohème" at the Met starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo. This is the first performance of the run that has been broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79 and streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini

Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 24. Feb 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Jeremy Little
Sergeant: John Shelhart
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

On-line Press Reviews
[1] La boheme: Metropolitan Opera, New York, 24th February 2010 | Opera Brittania | Arlene J Klotzko | 1. March 2010

Photos

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus and Massimo Cavalletti at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus and Massimo Cavalletti at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus, Massimo Cavalletti and Marco Armiliato at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko, Gerald Finley and Marco Armiliato at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Broadcasts

The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March are broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February is also broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March are streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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Anna Netrebko will perform in Don Pasquale at the Met 2010-2011 Season

Today the Metropolitan Opera has announced the new 2010-2011 Season. Anna Netrrebko sings Norina in a revival of Otto Schenk's production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. Matthew Polenzani and Barry Banks (18. Nov 2010) are Ernesto, Mariusz Kwiecien is Dr. Malatesta and John del Carlo is Don Pasquale. James Levine conducts all performances, except the one on 18. Nov 2010, for which the conductor has to be announced.

Two runs have been scheduled. The first one, with 6 performances (29. Oct, 2., 6., 10., 13., 18. Nov 2010), runs from 29. Oct to 18. Nov 2010 and the second one, with 5 performances (4., 8., 11., 14., 19. Feb 2011), runs from 4. Feb to 19. Feb 2011.

The performance on 13. Nov 2010 will be live broadcast within the Met Live in HD Series.

Anna Netrebko made her debut as Norina at the Met on 31. Mar 2006, opposite Juan Diego Florez as Ernesto, Mariusz Kwiecien as Dr Malatesta and Simone Alaimo as Don Pasquale. Before the 3rd Act Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Met at that time, came on stage to announce that Juan Diego Florez had suffered an "allergic attack" and would be replaced by Barry Banks for the final act. The conductor was Maurizio Benini. Check out the Don Pasquale page at the Met Archives for a collection of photos of the production.

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La Bohème, Met, New York 20. Feb 2010

Anna Netrebko returned yesterday to the Metroplitan Opera House of New York to sing the first out of nine performances of the classical Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's "La Bohème", which run from 20. February 2010 to 20. March 2010.

The cast was led by Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo. Nicole Cabell was Musetta, Gerald Finley was Marcello, Massimo Cavaletti, making his Met debut, was Schaunard, Shenyang was Colline and Paul Plishka was Benoit/Alcindoro. Marco Armiliato conducted the Chrorus and Opera of the Metropolitan Opera.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 20. Feb 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti
Colline: Shen Yang
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Daniel Clark Smith
Sergeant: Jason Hendrix
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

Reviews
Ed Rosen, owner of Premiere Opera, attended the premiere and he wrote the following review of the performance:

I thought tonight at the Met was one of the very best Bohème performances I have seen in many, many years.

I thought the sheer opulence of the voices of both Netrebko and Beczala was both thrilling and beautiful. I think this was the finest performance Netrebko has sung at the Met, and, as I seem to say every year, her voice simply gets bigger year after year, with no pushing at all. And she sang a very dynamically nuanced Mimi. Her Act 3 was indeed heartbreaking.

I thought Beczala was excellent in ever way. This Rodolfo as sung tonight can stand with his head held high with any tenor I have ever heard in this role, and that is virtually ever tenor who has sung it at the Met for the past 50 years. Perhaps the only tenor I have heard in the past 30 plus years who might have been better was José Carreras in 1975. For me, Beczala was superb in every way. He sang the aria in key, with a soaring, easy high C, which he simply held and held. He also sang the C at the end of the love duet, and both he and Netrebko were wonderful here, as in just about everything they sang tonight. He sings with great feeling, some lovely soft singing, and even a small tear in the voice when called for on a few notes. The voice is beautiful and has an ample bronzelike quality to help it project. For him, and his Mimi, the Met seemed like a small theater.

Netrebko was stunning vocally and visually, and from my seat did not look pregnant, as has been reported in some circles. She may well be, but she certainly doesn't appear to be. She looked gorgeous, and sang ravishingly.

I liked all the men. The Schaunard was making his debut, and had a rich, lovely baritone voice, and the Colline was also fine, though I thought he sounded more like a baritone than a basso. Finley was perhaps the finest Marcello I can remember. What a luxury to have a really excellent baritone in this role.

Cabell was only adequate, IMO. She sounded a bit weak at times, and somewhat inaudible in the middle and lower range.

Armiliato was the excellent and indulgent conductor. He really let the tenor and soprano set their tempi in their Act 1 arias, but he knows the Italian style, and was a great virtue tonight.

I am glad I have tickets to the next two performances, and can't wait to see them. I thought tonight was the best night of opera I have seen at the Met this season, and for many seasons.

By Ed Rosen

Howard and his wife Paula, also spent an exciting weekend in New York attending three opera performances at the Met, including the premiere of La Bohème. Howard kindly wrote the following review for the blog:

There is nothing like live performances. My wife, Paula and I had an opera marathon this past weekend at MET starting with Juan Diego Florez and Diana Damrau in La Fille de Regiment. Although the pre-concert announcement said that Florez had a cold, he agreed to sing. He hit 8 of 9 high C's in Les Amis. The audience collectively gasped at the error, but served him with a glowing ovation for this heroic effort. His lyrical aria in the 2nd act left people speechless in its poignancy. Diana Damrau was simply stunning with clear coloratura, comedic acting and a great match for Florez. Damrau's voice is far more pleasing than Natalie Dessay in same role last year. Damrau has a wonderful talent to deliver well-balanced comedic acting along with great style and panache.

Saturday matinee was Ariadne auf Naxos and was wonderful with its staging and character. Kathleen Kim, a Korean soprano, was simply delightful as Zerbineta with graceful soaring coloratura and impish playful acting.

The highlight for us was of course La Boheme. I agree completely with Ed Rosen with a few additional comments. I had also heard the rumors of Netrebko's pregnancy from the regular "groupies" at the MET. It does not matter for me as Ms. Netrebko acted and sang with incredible passion and luster. Nor was it evidently visible in the rather loose fitting peasant frock. Her voice has in fact grown fuller, perhaps more Slavic but with great depth and resonance. The Zefirelli production puts the actors and actresses far from the stage at times. For both Netrebko and Beczala this was not a problem at all.

The 2nd act at the cafe was simply only something that can be done at the MET- masses of people, a cart drawn by a donkey and a horse drawn carriage. Nicole Cabell's Musetta was ample, but really lacked character. I have never really taken to her vocal character or abilities to deliver a stunning performance.

The conducting by Marco Armillato was refreshing, but the first act had the orchestra quite slow, perhaps to compensate or allow Anna and Piotr to draw out the long lyrical lines. At times, it became somewhat out of synch with the singers.

Beczala has an incredibly large and sweet voice. This Rodolfo was sung as well as going back to the days of Pavarotti and Mirella Freni in these signature roles.

One only had to witness the 4th act to understand the accolades earned by this performance. Both Anna and Piotr sung their hearts out. The quiet parts were filled with tension, drama and expectation. Beczala did not over-sing his grief at the end when he has realized that Mimi has in fact, died.

Owning the DVD with Netrebko and Villazon and watching it many times, only leads me to reinforce what a stunning live performance we witnessed. The DVD (filmed, lip-synched version) is tacky, overly melodramatic and has some far-fetched stage props like a swing in Rodolfo’s bedroom. Villazon simply over-sings the role, especially in the last dying scene. The filmed version does not do either the performers or the opera justice.

It was simply a joy to see a wonderful melding of singing, drama and music rolled up into a joyous package. To our delight, this was a sold-out performance with many young children, teenagers and young adults in the audience. People sitting near us came from Cardiff and we met a gentleman outside who came from Cincinnati. Peter Gelb has set out a mission to gather the best talent and has certainly succeeded with this performance.

Reflecting on this, one can see the growth in Netrebko's voice and it seems like this type of dramatic role similar to Capulet’s and Montecchi are well suited to her voice. She is a supreme actress who obviously takes great pride in her art. She is always very well prepared and delivers beyond expectations.

What a utter joy for us to witness and cherish for years to come. I only regret that this will not be simulcast, but I understand a radio broadcast will be made next Saturday.

On-line Press Reviews
[1] Netrebko, Beczala a Winning Couple in 'La Boheme' | The New York Times | By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press | 21. February 2010 [English]
[2] The Gang’s All Here: Mimi, Rodolfo and Zeffirelli | The New York Times | By Anthony Tommasini | 21. February 2010 [English]
[3] Great artistry at Met | New York Post | By James Jorden | 22. February 2010 [English]

Photos

Broadcasts
The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March will be broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February will also be broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March will be streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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Anna Netrebko returns to the Metropolitan Opera House of New York to sing the role of Mimi in a series of nine performances of Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's "La Bohème", running from 20. February 2010 to 20. March 2010.

The cast is led by Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo. Nicole Cabell (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6. March 2010) and Ruth-Ann Swenson (10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010) share the role of Musetta, Gerald Finley (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6. March 2010) and George Petean (10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010), making his role debut at the Met, share the role of Marcello, Massimo Cavalletti (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6., 17., 20. March 2010), making his role debut at the Met, and Patrick Carfizzi (10., 13. March 2010) share the role of Schaunard, Shen Yang (20. February, 6. March 2010) and Oren Gradus (24., 27. February, 2., 10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010) share the role Colline and Paul Plishka is Benoit/Alcindoro. Marco Armiliato conducts the Chrorus and Opera of the Metropolitan Opera.

Anna Netrebko made her role debut as Mimi at the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg on 3. January 2006 with Rolando Villazón as Rodolfo and Valery Gergiev conducting. This one was a really exciting performance marking three debuts, being the first time Anna Netrebko was singing Mimi, the debut of Rolando Villazón at the Mariinsky Theater and the first time Valery Gergiev was conducting La Bohème.

Anna Netrebko has previously sung the role of Mimi at the Met only once, on 5. Decembre 2006, with Rolando Villazón as Rodolfo, Anna Samuil as Musetta, Peter Coleman-Wright as Marcello, Patrick Carfizzi as Schaunard, John Relyea as Colline, Paul Plishka as Benoit/Alcindoro and Plácido Domingo conducting.

In June 2011, Anna Netrebko will take part in a Met Tour to Japan where she will also sing the role of Mimi in Nagoya on 4. June 2011 and Tokyo on 8., 11., 17. and 19. June 2011, with Piotr Beczala and Joseph Calleja alternating as Rodolfo, Susanna Phillips as Musetta, Marius Kwiecien as Marcello, Edward Parks as Schaunard, John Relyea as Colline, Paul Plishka as Benoit/Alcindoro and James Levine conducting.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera, New York

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6. March 2010)/Ruth-Ann Swenson (10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010)
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6. March 2010)/George Petean (10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010)
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti (20., 24., 27. February, 2., 6., 17., 20. March 2010)/Patrick Carfizzi (10., 13. March 2010)
Colline: Shen Yang (20. February, 6. March 2010)/Oren Gradus (24., 27. February, 2., 10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010)/
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Jeremy Little(24., 27. February, 2., 6. March 2010)/Daniel Clark Smith (20. February 2010, 10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010)
Sergeant: Jason Hendrix(20., 27. February, 2., 6., 10., 13., 17., 20. March 2010) /John Shelhart (24. February 2010)
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

Broadcasts
The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March will be broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February will also be broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March will be streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

Update | 19. March 2010
Angela Gheorghiu replaces Anna Netrebko, who is ill, in the last performance of the run on 20. March 2010.

Anna Netrebko could open the 27th Canary Islands Music Festival in 2011

The Spanish newspaper La Provincia published yesterday that Anna Netrebko could open the 27th edition of the Canary Islands Music Festival in 2011 with a concert of arias. The orchestra and conductor have not been determined yet, but Fabio Luisi is one of the conductors who is expected to attend the Festival and he could be the conductor of the opening concert with Anna Netrebko.

If the performance is confirmed, this would be the first concert given by Anna Netrebko in Spain. The Russian-Austrian soprano made her debut in Spain as Natasha Rostova in Prokofiev's War and Peace, with Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinksy Orchestra, at the Teatro Real of Madrid on 23. April and 2. May 2001. Anna Netrebko could return to the Teatro Real to sing the title role of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in the 2011-2012 season and make her long-awaited debut in Barcelona in a new role.

The Canary Islands Music Festival runs from beginning of January to beginning of February. The two main venues are the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The Festival was first organized in January 1985. Since then an impressive list of conductors, orchestras and soloists have visited the Festival.

Among the conductors we can mention the names of Valery Gergiev, Daniel Barenboim, Antonio Pappano, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Sir Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann, André Previn, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Mikhail Pletnev, Carlo Maria Giulini, Vaclav Neumann, Sergiu Celibidache and Sir Georg Solti.

Among the chorus and orchestras who visited the Festival we can mention the Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Orchestra della Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Staatskapelle Dresden.

Among the soloists who visited the Festival we can mention the names of Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Cristina Gallardo-Domás, Ana María Sánchez, Ekaterina Gubanova and Thomas Quasthoff.

Anna Netrebko returns to USA

After a stunning concert with Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 18. January 2010, a pretty much unnoticed performance of La Bohème at the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg on 21. Jan 2010 and her appearance at the 2009 German Media Award in Baden-Baden on 9. February 2010, Anna Netrebko returns to the United States of America for a series of performances of La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, with Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo, starting on 20. February and running till 20. March 2010, and an Evening of Tchaikovsky Opera’s Scenes in Concert, with the Mariinksy Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on 4. March 2010.

Irina Arkhipova dies at 85 in Moscow

The Russian diva mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova has died in Moscow on 11. Februray 2010. She was 85. The director of the Arkhipova Foundation, Nadezhda Khachaturova, said the singer died of cardiac arrest Thursday at Moscow's Botkin hospital.

Irina Arkhipova, People's Artist of USRR, was the head of the jury of the 1993 All-Russian Glinka Vocalists Competition which took place in Smolensk. The first prize was for a four-year student of the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory called Anna Netrebko. As winner of the All-Russian Glinka Vocalists Competition, Anna Netrebko sang at the Opening of the Irina Arkhipova Foundation Concert at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 1993.

Anna Netrebko at the 2009 German Media Award Ceremony

Yesterday took place in Baden-Baden the 2009 German Media Award ceremony. This year the award went to the Angela Merkel. Anna Netrebko was the invited guest who read the eulogy in honor of the german chancellor. The russian-austrian soprano sang "Cäcilie" from Richard Strauss. Erwin Schrott was also in Baden-Baden to attend the ceremony.

Press
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Behind the Scenes, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2007 Baden-Baden Gala

This is the Behind the Scenes documentary film for the 2007 Baden-Baden Gala featuring Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramón Vargas and Ludovic Tézier with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg conducted by Marco Armiliato.

The 2007 Baden-Baden Gala took place at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 28. and 31. July and 3. August 2007. The last performance on 3. August 2007 was broadcast by ZDF. A DVD of the 2007 Baden-Baden Gala was released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Recital of Anna Netrebko in St. Petersburg on 26. Mar 2010

Anna Netrebko, with Elena Bashkirova at the piano, will give a recital at the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic Society in St. Petersburg on 26. March 2010.

The programme of the recital contains songs and romances by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky being the same programme of the last summer recitals in Mannheim on 12. August 2009 and Salzburg during the Salzburger Festspiele on 19. August 2009. The last one in Salzburg was recorded and a CD "In the Still of Night" will be released by Deutsche Grammophon on 26. March 2010.

Tickets for the recital are already on sale and can be booked by e-mail at yakovlev@philharmonia.spb.ru

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Anna Netrebko in St. Petersburg in 1992

The following videoclips come from the documentary film "Junge Stimmen Russlands". The documentary was filmed in St. Petersburg in 1992 and features Anna Netrebko, Alina Alekseeva, Andrey Grabovsky, Lyubov Sokolova, Natalia Ushakova, Elena Zhidkova and Vadim Korneytchuk.

Anna Netrebko will sing in the German Media Award 2009 in Baden-Baden

Angela Merkel has been the recipient of the German Media Award 2009. The ceremony for the German Media Award 2009 will take place on 9. February 2010 in Baden-Baden. Anna Netrebko has been invited to make the speach in honour of the German Chancellor. In addition, Anna Netrebko will sing a personally selected song. Erwin Schrott will be also in Baden-Baden for the Gala.

Press
Deutscher Medienpreis 2009: Anna Netrebko singt für Angela Merkel in Baden-Baden, Deutscher Medienpress [German]

Recital of Anna Netrebko in Moscow on 23. Mar 2010

Anna Netrebko, with Elena Bashkirova at the piano, will give a recital at the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory in Moscow on 23. March 2010.

The programme of the recital contains songs and romances by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky being the same programme of the last summer recitals in Mannheim on 12. August 2009 and Salzburg during the Salzburger Festspiele on 19. August 2009. The last one in Salzburg was recorded and a CD "In the Still of Night" will be released by Deutsche Grammophon on 26. March 2010.

Tickets for the recital are already on sale. The Russian company Partner.ru sells tickes at face value plus a service fee ranging from 0 to 10%. The ticket prices, including the service fee, range from 7,700 RUB to 27,500 RUB, which would be, approximately, from 185 EUR to 660 EUR.

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Anna Netrebko will perform at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in the 2010 Baden-Baden Gala

Anna Netrebko returns to the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on Tuesday 27. July and Thursday 29. July 2010 to sing Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" and other selected works by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi at the 2010 Baden-Baden Gala. Anna Netrebko will be joined on stage by the Sicilian mezzo-soprano Marianna Pizzolato. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma.

Tickets are already available and range from EUR 75 to EUR 250.

This is a co-production with Universal Music Classical Management and Productions Ltd. in collaboration with "Fondazione Pergolesi-Spontini, Jesi" to commemorate the 300 Years of the birth of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.

Deutsche Grammophon is planning to record the performances and to release a CD.

Baden-Baden Gala 2010
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Tuesday 27. and Thursday 29. July 2010

PROGRAMME

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Sinfonia zum heiligen Drama „Li prodigi della divina grazia nella conversione e morte di S. Guglielmo duca d’Aquitania“ („Die Wunder der göttlichen Gnade in der Bekehrung und des Todes von S. Wilhelm, Herzog von Aquitanien“)

Kantate für Alt „Questo è il piano, questo è il rio”

Kantate „Orfeo“ für Sopran „Nel Chiuso centro”

Stabat Mater f-Moll für Sopran, Alt, Streicher und B.c.

PERFORMERS
Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Marianna Pizzolato, Mezzo-soprano
Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Press
Netrebko, Villazon, Jarrett zu Gast in Baden-Baden [German]
acs.ch [German]

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Anna Netrebko's debut at the Met in 1998

One often reads that Anna Netrebko made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in Prokofiev's War and Peace in 2002. In fact, it was not like that, as Anna made her debut at the Met in a Kirov Opera Gala Concert on 23. April 1998, opening the Kirov Opera Festival. Valery Gergiev conducted the Kirov Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Kirov Orchestra. Anna Netrebko sang the Lyudmila's Cavatina from Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila".

Within this 1998 Kirov Opera Festival at the Met, Anna Netrebko sang also the role of Louisa in "Betrothal in a Monastery", conducted by Valery Gergiev, on 25. April and 2. and 9. May 1998 and the role of Lyudmila in "Ruslan and Lyudmila", conducted by Alexander Titov, on 29. April and 8. May 1998. Details about the casts for those performances can be found at the Anna Netrebko Performances Database.

Programme
Kirov Opera Gala Concert
Metropolitan Opera House, New York 23. April 1998

Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

1. PART
Piotr Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades
Act II, Scene 1, Highlights: Opening Chorus, Chorus of Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Daphnis and Chloe Duet and Final Chorus - Marianna Tarasova (Chloe), Olga Trifonova (Daphnis), Nikolai Putilin (Pluto), Nikolai Gassiev (Master of Ceremonies), Kirov Opera Chorus & Met Opera Chorus

Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila
Lyudmila's Cavatina - Anna Netrebko & Kirov Opera Chorus

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Act II, Scene 2 - Duet - Olga Guryakova & Larissa Diadkova

Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
"Sola Perduta Abbandonata" - Galina Gorchakova

Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1862 version)
Act III, Scene 2 - Qual Sangue Sparsi! - Gegam Grigorian & Kirov Opera Chorus

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Si pel ciel - Vladimir Galuzin & Nikolai Putilin

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Act 1, Scene 1 - Olga Markova-Mikahilenko, Kirov Opera Chorus & Met Opera Chorus

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Love Duet - Marina Shaguch & Yuri Marusin

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Nessun Dorma - Vladimir Galuzin & Met Opera Chorus

Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino (1862 version)
Final Scene - Galina Gorchakova, Gegam Grigorian, Nikolai Putilin, Sergei Aleksashkin, Georgy Zastavny & Kirov Opera Chorus

Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Act 1, Coronation Scene - Vladimir Ognovenko, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Kirov Opera Chorus & Met Opera Chorus

2. PART
Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor
Act 2. Polovetsian - Mikhail Kit, Gegam Grigorian, others & Kirov Opera Chorus