Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012

Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. June 2012

Anna Netrebko, soprano
Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone

Marco Armiliato, conductor

PHOTOS

Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne   

Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Marco Armiliato, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Marco Armiliato, Bowling Green, Wiesbaden 9. Jun 2012. Photo: Anne

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott, Ramón Vargas - Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012

Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012

Anna Netrebko, soprano
Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone
Ramón Vargas, tenor

Claudio Vandelli, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Philharmonia Chorus

REPORTS
Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas - Royal Albert Hall, London 6. June 2012
By Herbert

The Royal Albert Hall is my new favourite concert hall - I was stunned and overwhelmed when I entered the audience hall. It is all red and gold as in the Royal Opera House, but the RAH is much bigger and has seats for 7000 people plus 2500 standing. One feels like entering St Peter's cathedral in Rome! The concert was more or less sold out, although Jonas Kaufmann had cancelled due to illness. Ramón Vargas stepped in, an he did a good job, although his voice is not as powerful as Kaufmann's. Vargas is a very modest person, and he was relieved and obviously really happy because of the applause he got. A fine guy!

Anna and Erwin sang the same programme as in Berliner Waldbühne last year together with Jonas. Anna began with the very challenging aria "Ecco! Io son l'umile ancella" from Adriana Lecouvreur - and I would love to hear her sing the complete opera soon! Another highlight, although quite different, was her "Heia in den Bergen" from the operetta Die Csardasfürstin. She danced on stage with "flying skirts" and burst with temperament, which brought the house down.

Erwin sang some of his famous opera arias as well as some tangos - and at curtain calls there was a scene which touched everybody in the audience: He got the usual bouquet of flowers and handed it down to a little girl in the first row, who was speechless when he climbed down to her and kissed her on her cheek.

For encores, Anna sang "O mio babbino caro" - intentionally away from the microphone, to show that her voice nevertheless could fill the hall completely. Erwin added "Rojotango", and Ramón Vargas finished with "Granada". Then Erwin announced a "world permiere" - a song called "Home", written especially for their three voices. Beautiful!

Special thanks also to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Claudio Vandelli) and the Philharmonia Chorus! Superb musicians!

A large crowd was waiting at the stage door, but after 45 minutes somebody of the staff announced that the artists had already left the building. Anyway, it was a spectacular night in a spectacular concert hall!

VIDEOCLIPS
Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott at the Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012


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PHOTOS

Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Programme, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Interval, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Erwin Schrott and a little happy fan, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik 

Anna Netrebko, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik 

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott and Ramón Vargas, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Erwin Schrott, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott, Ramón Vargas and Claudio Vandelli, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko, Erwin Schrott, Ramón Vargas and Claudio Vandelli, Royal Albert Hall, London 6. Jun 2012. Photo: Minjas Zugik

Anna Netrebko at the International TV Theatre Festival "Petersburg Engagement", St. Petersburg, Dec 1995

Anna Netrebko and Vladimir Samsonov performing at the Semifinal of the International TV Theatre Festival "Petersburg's Engagement" in St. Petresburg in December 1995.

The premiere of La Bohème from the Salzburger Festspiele will be live broadcast on ORF 2 and ZDF

The premiere of Puccini's La Boheme on 1. August 2012 from Salzburger Festspiele, starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo, will be broadcast on ORF 2 at 20:15 and Ö1 at 19:30. German TV channel ZDF will broadcast this performance on 2. Aug 2012 at 22:15. 

PROGRAM DETAIL
Giacomo Puccini • La bohème

Opera in four acts
Text by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on the novel Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger (1822–1861)
New production
In Italian with German and English surtitles
Co-production with Shanghai Grand Theatre

LEADING TEAM
Daniele Gatti, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Stage Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Design
Carla Teti, Costume Design
Martin Gebhardt, Lighting
Kathrin Brunner, Dramaturgy
Ernst Raffelsberger, Chorus Master

CAST
Piotr Beczala, Rodolfo, a poet
Anna Netrebko, Mimì
Massimo Cavalletti, Marcello, a painter
Nino Machaidze, Musetta
Alessio Arduini, Schaunard, a musician
Carlo Colombara, Colline, a philosopher
Davide Fersini, Benoît, their landlord
Peter Kálmán, Alcindoro, a state councillor
Steven Forster, Parpignol

Vienna Philharmonic Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera
Chorus Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir