Friday, February 29, 2008

Article - "La Dolce Diva", The Sex and Music Issue, Playboy, March 2008

A short interview to Anna Netrebko appears in "The Sex and Music Issue" of the March 2008 PLAYBOY magazine.

"Sometimes you read that a singer is a miracle, the best, and you go to the opera and it is just a normal singer, good but still... It is harder to go on stage and sing when people expect a miracle from you"

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Anna Netrebko gets the People's Artists of Russia State Honor Award

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

Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Mimi in La Bohème at the Mariisnky Theater in St. Petersburg on 29. February 2008.

Putin Attends Mariinsky’s 225th Anniversary Event, Irina Titova, St. Petersburg Times, 29. February 2008

Friday, February 15, 2008

Vöslauer TV-spot "Adagio" with Anna Netrebko, one of the most effective ads of 2007

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.


Thanks to the regular blog visitor Rock in the Pond for providing the info and links

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Anna Netrebko at the Cinema for Peace Gala, Berlin 11. February 2008

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.

AP Photo/Michael Sohn, AP Photo/Miguel Villagran

Monday, February 11, 2008

Abu Dhabi 29. March 2008 - Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Erwin Schrott

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.

Until tickets are formally on sale and prices announced, to register your interest, you are asked to complete and send a form to the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival (ADMAF) organization. ADMAF will process and acknowledge your request.

5th Annual Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival, Jetsetters Blog, 12. February 2008
IMG Artists Produces Music and Arts Festival in Abu Dhabi, IMG Artists, 11. February 2008

Thanks to the regular blog visitor Rock in the Pond for providing the updated information and links

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Anna Netrebko in a Press Conference in Wien, 10. February 2008

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.

Therefore she would peform in "La Bohème" at the Mariinsky Theater on 29. February 2008, a concert with Elina Garanca in Abu Dhabi on 29. March 2008, "Manon" at the Wiener Staatsoper on 6.-15. April 2008, "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" at the Konzerthaus in Wien on 22.-28. April 2008, a concert in Moscow on 4. May 2008, "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" at the Opera Bastille in Paris on 24. May-15. June 2008 and, what would be probably her last on stage appearance before the birth of her first child, the concert with Plácido Domingo and Rolando Villazón, scheduled on 27. June at the Schloss Schönbrunn, Ehrenhof, Wien.

Her initially scheduled appearances in "Roméo et Juliette" at the Salzburger Festival in August 2008, "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the MET in October 2008, the concert with Rolando Villazón at the Passionstheater, Oberammergau on 19. July 2008, the Gala Lirica at Torre del Lago on 5. September 2008 and the concert tour with Dmitri Hvorostovsky to Paris, London and Wien in November 2008 would be cancelled. It is not clear right now if she would be able to sing some of the performances of "Manon" at the MET on 10. December 2008-15. January 2009.

Some photos of the press conference can be found at Opera Chic Blog, 13. February 2008

As expected, her "Roméo et Juliette" peformances at the Salzburger Festival in August 2008 and the concert with Rolando Villazón at the Passionstheater, Oberammergau on 19. July 2008 have been now officially cancelled on the schedule page of the official Anna Netrebko website.

Updated on 16. February 2008

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Videoclip - Roméo et Juliette, LAO 29. January/17. February 2005 - Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón

Los Angeles Opera has released a videoclip of the Roméo et Juliette production staged in January/February 2005, starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón are shooting a movie version of La Bohème in Wien

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 will be working on the shooting until the end of February. In a statement Anna said that she does not pretends to be a typical Mimi in this movie.




Wide coverage of the shooting of Puccini's "La Bohème" in Austrian press:

Videoclip from ORF 2 (06:15) Download

Thanks to the regular blog visitor Rock in the Pond for providing some of the links. Thanks to the blog visitor Georg for uploading and providing the download link of the videoclip.
Updated on 22. February 2008

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Anna will be at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin, 11. February 2008

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.

Berlinale: Promi-Aufmarsch in Berlin, Die Presse.com, 6. February 2008

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Breaking News - Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott are in Valencia, Spain

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".

Erwin Schrott and Roberto Alagna are scheduled 12. February to sing at the Palacio de las Artes, in the spanish première of "Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné" of David Alagna. Erwin will return to Valencia in March, to sing the title role of "Le Nozze di Figaro".

Anna Netrebko y Erwin Schrott graban un CD para la compañía Decca en la Sala Auditorio del Palacio de las Artes, Valencia, Europa Press, 5. February 2008

Anna Netrebko y Erwin Schrott graban un CD en el Auditorio del Palacio de las Artes, Lasprovincias.es, 6. February 2008

You can listen to Erwin Schrott in an interview done in spanish on the BBC in London last year, during the rehearsals for Don Giovanni where he was singing the title role and Anna Netrebko was Donna Anna.

Updated on 7. February 2008

Monday, February 4, 2008

Breaking News - Anna Netrebko is pregnant and getting married

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 2008
Anna 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. February

Updated on 7. February 2008

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Article - "Russia's Own Opera Star" by Mikhail Yuriev, Russia Beyond the Headlines, 30. January 2008

Mikhail Yuriev plots a short profile of Anna Netrebko on the last issue of the Russia Beyond the Headlines (RBTH) web journal.

Friday, February 1, 2008

HDTV Broadcast of Roméo et Juliette on PBS on 6. April 2008

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 at the Wiener Opernball 31. January 2008

Anna Netrebko, dressed by Escada, attended yesterday night the 52. Wiener Opernball.

Spanish tenor José Carreras sang Vurria by Furio Rendine and Passione by Nicola Valente, two Napolitan songs.

Video: FAZ.NET (01:45)
Video: Walzer und Fußball beim Wiener Opernball, ZDF (03:03)

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