Netrebko Withdraws From 'Don Giovanni' in Berlin, Citing Another Role: Mother
Netrebko Withdraws From 'Don Giovanni' in Berlin, Citing Another Role: MotherNew York Times (blog)By DANIEL J. WAKIN The soprano Anna Netrebko has dropped out of a sold-out high-profile run of Mozart's “Don Giovanni” at the Staatsoper in Berlin – and ticket-buyers will receive compensation. Ms. Netrebko, in a press release on Thursday on the opera ...Model mom: Netrebko opts out of opera for sonRTall 2 news articles »
Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello, photographed in New York.
Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello, photographed in New York.Vanity FairCostello opened this Metropolitan Opera season opposite Anna Netrebko in Anna Bolena as Pérez was finishing a run as Marguerite in Faust at the Santa Fe Opera. Yet they seem destined to be cast together, most recently in La Traviata at the Royal Opera ...
Netrebko stars as the Met's romantic and tragic Manon
Netrebko stars as the Met's romantic and tragic ManonCanada.comThe Metropolitan Opera doesn't think so, according to its fulsome promotional blurb, which quotes the New York Times: "The great and glamorous Anna Netrebko makes Manon her own-With her rich, gleaming sound and vocal charisma, she was a Manon of rare ...and more »
The Screen Can't Hear When You Yell 'Bravo'
The Screen Can't Hear When You Yell 'Bravo'New York TimesAt the opening night of the Met's season in September the soprano Anna Netrebko sang the fiendishly difficult title role in Donizetti's “Anna Bolena.” As she completed the first part of the final scene, the ravishing aria “Al dolce guidami,” she slowly ...and more »
Opera couples debate dual role as lover and colleague
Opera couples debate dual role as lover and colleagueLos Angeles TimesBut the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko — whose appearances in productions of Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" and Massenet's "Manon" opposite tenor Rolando Villazón were LA Opera benchmarks — views the situation differently. Though not married, she has ...