Ramon Vargas is the substitute for Jonas Kaufmann in the concert at the RAH on 6. June 2012

Ramon Vargas, substituting Jonas Kaufmann, will join Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott in the concert which will be held at the Royal Albert Hall on 6. June 2012.

Anna Netrebko as Violetta in St. Petersburg in 1994

Anna Netrebko as Violetta while she still was at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in 1994. The performance was sung in Russian.

LA TRAVIATA
Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, 1994
Sung in Russian

Violetta: Anna Netrebko
Afredo: Alex Kostiuk
Giorgio Germont: Anatoly Buyanov

Stage Director: David Kosakovsky

VIDEO

Breaking News: Anna Netrebko cancels the last two performances of I Capuleti e I Montecchi in München

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that due to health reasons Anna Netrebko has cancelled the last two performances of the run of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi on 23. and 26. May 2012. Netrebko will be substituted by Eri Nakamura.

Breaking News: Anna Netrebko steps in for Natalie Dessay in two performances of Manon at la Scala

Due to health reasons, Natalie Dessay has withdrawn from the performances of Massenet's Manon. The role of Manon Lescaut will be sung by Anna Netrebko on 19 and 22 June and by Ermonela Jaho on 25, 29 June and 2, 5, 7 July.

DIRECTION
Conductor | Fabio Luisi
Staging and costumes | Laurent Pelly
Sets | Chantal Thomas
Lights | Joël Adam
Choreography | Lionel Hoche

CAST
Manon Lescaut | Anna Netrebko (19, 22 June), Ermonela Jaho (25, 29 June; 2, 5, 7 July)
Poussette | Simona Mihai
Javotte | Louise Innes
Rosette | Brenda Patterson
Le Chevalier Des Grieux | Matthew Polenzani
Lescaut | Russell Braun
Le Comte Des Grieux | Jean-Philippe Lafont
Guillot de Morfontaine | Christophe Mortagne
De Brétigny | William Shimell

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

LIVE WEBSTREAM
Today´s performance of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi will be streamed live from München on the Bayerische Staatsoper website at 7:00 PM (CET).

VIDEOCLIPS
Anna Netrebko - Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh quante volte!

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova - Ah! Mia Giulietta....Si, fuggire

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova - Final Scene

Curtain calls


Backstage


PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Erwin Schrott, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 19. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

REPORTS
I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012
By Herbert 

I liked tonight's show even more than the first one last Saturday, because the audience was more spontaneous and enthusiastic. There were not so many "posh" people who just wanted to be seen, but real opera enthusiasts or "afficionados".

Anna's voice and her choreography especially in the second scene of the first act were adorable. This scene completely belonged to her, and the love duet with her Romeo / Vesselina Kasarova was one of the highlights of the opera. Although she had just a few days for rehearsals, Anna plays and sings this role as if there had been several weeks of rehearsing. She's a phenomenon!

Today there were six microphones at the stage edge, so there might be a radio recording coming up!

At the stage door Anna appeared in a summer dress (although it was quite fresh tonight), and she spent a lot of time for autographs and photos, until Erwin Schrott came in. Anna then said: "Oh, I have to go" - and they went to a taxi waiting outside.

Everybody who can watch the live stream next Saturday on should not miss it at all!!


VIDEOCLIPS


PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko with Erwin Schrott at the Stage Door, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 16. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012

I Capuleti e I Montecchi

Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012

Besetzung

Musikalische Leitung | Yves Abel
Inszenierung | Vincent Boussard
Bühne | Vincent Lemaire
Kostüme | Christian Lacroix
Licht | Guido Levi
Chor | Sören Eckhoff

Romeo | Vesselina Kasarova
Giulietta | Anna Netrebko
Tebaldo | Dimitri Pittas
Capellio | Ante Jerkunica
Lorenzo | Paul Gay

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

REPORTS
I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012
By Herbert 

The first of five performances of "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich was a triumph for the two protagonists Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova. But the male singers - Dimitri Pittas (Tebaldo), Ante Jerkunica (Capellio), Paul Gay (Lorenzo) - and the musical director Yves Abel as well as the chorus deserved a lot of applause, too.

Anna, in a short white opulent dress (created by French fashion designer Christian Lacroix) and with long dark hair, looked and played like the 15-year-old girl she had to embody. Director Vincent Boussard asked a lot of her. For example she had to sing while she was balancing on a wash basin (the only weird idea in this production), but she mastered everything! Her voice was fabulous, and I always wonder how she can switch to sing a whole opera after the concert in Baden-Baden and the two Russian recitals in Paris and Vienna. Anyway, "yes, she can"!

A funny scene at curtain calls: When Anna left the stage, she didn't walk, but ballet danced like in "Swan Lake".

VIDEOCLIPS






PHOTOS

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert 

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova and Yves Abel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Christine Gruber

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko and Vesselina Kasarova, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert  

Anna Netrebko, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Bayerische Staatsoper, München 12. May 2012. Photo: Herbert