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Infobox musical artist| name = Anna Netrebko| image = Anna Netrebko.jpg| caption = Anna Netrebko, 2005| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Anna Yuryevna Netrebko| birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|9|18|df=yes| birth_place = Krasnodar , Soviet Union (now Krasnodar, Russia )| death_date =| death_place =| origin = Russian| instrument = Singing|Vocals | genre = Opera | occupation = Opera|Opera singer ( soprano )| years_active = 1993–present| label =| website = URL|www.annanetrebko.com Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (lang-ru|???? ??????? ????????, ; born 18 September 1971) is a Russian opera tic soprano . She now holds dual Russia n and Austria n citizenship and currently resides in Vienna . She has been nicknamed "La Bellissima" by fans.
Biography
Netrebko was born in Krasnodar (Russia), in a family of Kuban Cossack background. http://www.rg.ru/2006/05/19/netrebko.html ???????? ? ????? ????????-???? ????????: ? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? ???????. ??????? ??????????, ?????????. , "?????????? ??????"— ?????? ? 4070 ?? 19 ??? 2006 ? While a student at the Saint Petersburg conservatoire, Netrebko worked as a janitor at Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml? xml=/arts/2006/02/19/svanna19.xml Melissa Whitworth, "Cinderella Soprano". Telegraph , 19 February 2006 Later, she auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre, where conductor Valery Gergiev recognized her from her prior work in the theater. He subsequently became her vocal mentor. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article1957036.ece Jessica Duchen, " Anna Netrebko: A rare jewel from the East". The Independent , 6 November 2006. Under Gergiev's guidance, Netrebko made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky at age 22, as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro|Le nozze di Figaro . She went on to sing many prominent roles with the Kirov Opera , including Amina in La sonnambula , Pamina in The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte , Rosina in The Barber of Seville|Il Barbiere di Siviglia , and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor .
In 1994, she sang the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with the Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akademija under conductor David Milnes.
In March 2006, Netrebko applied to become an Austrian citizen, receiving her citizenship in late July. http://wien.orf.at/stories/125089/ ORF.at, 26 July 2006. (in German, http://translate.google.com/translate? hl=en& sl=de& u= http://wien.orf.at/stories/125089/ Google translation) According to an interview in the Austrian weekly news, she will live in Vienna and Salzburg . Netrebko cites the cumbersome and humiliating process of obtaining visas (as a Russian citizen) for her many performances abroad as the main reason for obtaining Austrian citizenship. http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/05/26/101.html Galina Stolyarova, "National Treasure". Moscow Times , 26 May 2006
In March 2007, Netrebko announced that she would be an ambassador for SOS Children's Village in Austria, and be a sponsor for the Tomilino village in Russia. http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/Get-involved/Celebrities-as-partners/Pages/Anna-Netrebko.aspx Anna Netrebko profile, SOS Children's Villages
In April 2008, Netrebko announced that she and her fiancé, Uruguay an baritone Erwin Schrott , had married. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/apr/26/classicalmusicandopera.russia Jeffries, Stuart. "I conquered the critics." The Guardian . 26 April 2008 (Retrieved 9 February 2009) Their son Tiago Aruã Schrott was born on 5 September 2008 in Vienna.cite web |url = http://wien.orf.at/stories/305472/ |title = Anna Netrebko brachte Buben zur Welt |accessdate = 6 September 2008 |date = 5 September 2008 |publisher = ORF (broadcaster)|ORF |language = German In July 2011, she talked of opening a restaurant. http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/07/place-your-orders-now-netrebko-wants-to-open-a-restaurant.html
Performances
In 1995, at the age of 24, Netrebko made her American debut as Lyudmila in Mikhail Glinka|Glinka 's Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera)|Ruslan and Lyudmila at the San Francisco Opera . Following this successful performance, she became a frequent guest singer in San Francisco. She is known as an acclaimed interpreter of other Russian operatic roles, such as Natasha in Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev 's War and Peace (Prokofiev)|War and Peace , Louisa in Betrothal in a Monastery and Marfa in '' The Tsar's Bride (opera)|The Tsar's Bride . Netrebko has also made successful forays into bel canto and romantic roles such as Gilda in Rigoletto , Mimi in La bohème '', Giulietta in Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini 's I Capuleti e i Montecchi , and Elvira in I puritani .
In 2002, Netrebko made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Natasha in the Met premiere of War and Peace . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml? xml=/arts/2006/10/26/bmopera26.xml Peter Culshaw, "'Justin Timberlake is too young for me'". Telegraph , 26 October 2006. In the same year, she sang her first Donna Anna at the Salzburg Festival's production of Don Giovanni , conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt . She also performed at the Russian Children's Welfare Society's major fund raiser, the "Petroushka Ball". She returned to the Ball in 2003 and 2006 and is an honorary director of the charity.
In 2003, Netrebko performed as Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi 's La traviata in Munich , the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Los Angeles Opera , and Donna Anna at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden . Her second album, Sempre Libera , was released the following year. She later appeared as Violetta Valéry in La traviata at the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Carlo Rizzi and in 2008 she performed the same role at Covent Garden to triumphant acclaim on the opening night, opposite Jonas Kaufmann and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in performances conducted by Maurizio Benini . However, she cancelled three subsequent performances due to suffering a bronchial condition. This was the second time she had cancelled her performances at the Royal Opera House, having withdrawn from some performances of Don Giovanni the previous summer due to illness.
On 30 May 2007, Netrebko made her Carnegie Hall debut with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Orchestra of St. Luke's . Originally scheduled for 2 March 2006, Netrebko postponed the recital because she did not feel artistically ready. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/n/a/2007/05/30/entertainment/e232217D99.DTL AP via San Francisco Chronicle "Russian Soprano Debuts at Carnegie Hall" May 30, 2007
Netrebko appeared at the The Proms#Last Night of the Proms|Last Night of the Proms on 8 September 2007 where she performed "Ah& #33; Se una volta ... Ah& #33; Non credea mirarti ... Ah& #33; Non giunge" from La sonnambula , "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" ( Giuditta ) and the song " Morgen! " by Richard Strauss (with violinist Joshua Bell ). http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/0809.shtml Last Night of the Proms: program In the fall of 2007 she reprised her role as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera . In December 2007, Netrebko performed for Martin Scorsese , a 2007 Honoree, at the Kennedy Center Honors , and in May 2008 she made a much-awaited debut at the Opéra Bastille|Paris Opera in I Capuleti e i Montecchi , with Joyce DiDonato as her Romeo.
Netrebko was scheduled to sing Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor in October 2008 at the Metropolitan Opera , but due to her pregnancy she decided to drop out of the role.
In her first performance after her maternity leave, Netrebko sang Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor when it opened at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 14 January 2009, in a production from the Scottish Opera led by John Doyle.Stolyarova, Galina. http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php? action_id=2& story_id=28012 "Mariinsky Diva Back With New Production." The St. Petersburg Times . January 16, 2009 (Retrieved 9 February 2009) She then sang the same role in January and February 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera. Netrebko appeared as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Royal Opera House in Spring 2009, and as Violetta in La traviata in June 2009 at the San Francisco Opera. On November 13, 2010 in a matinee performance broadcast nationally by PBS, she sang the role of Norina in Don Pasquale at New York's Metropolitan Opera House under conductor James Levine . On April 2, 2011, she sang the title role of Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena at the Vienna State Opera for a sold-out premiere there, and the repeat performance on April 5, 2011 was broadcast live to cinemas around the world. On December 7, 2011 she opened very successfully the new season at La Scala in Milan as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.
Discography
Complete opera recordings in DVD format
#
Recording year
Opera
Cast
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
Release year
Label
1
1995
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila
Anna Netrebko Vladimir Ognovenko Larissa Diadkova Gennady Bezzubenkov Galina Gorchakova
Mariinsky Theater>Kirov Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2003
Philips
2
1998
Prokofiev Betrothal in a monastery
Anna Netrebko Larissa Diadkova Nikolai Gassiev Aleksander Gergalov Sergei Aleksashkin
Mariinsky Theater>Kirov Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2005
Philips
3
2005
Verdi La traviata
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón Thomas Hampson Helene Schneiderman Diane Pilcher
Carlo Rizzi Vienna Philharmonic , Vienna State Opera chorus and Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg (stage music)
2006
Deutsche Grammophon
4
2005
Donizetti L'elisir d'amore
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Leo Nucci Inna Los
Alfred Eschwé Vienna State Opera orchestra, chorus and stage orchestra
2007
Virgin Classics
5
2006
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
Anna Netrebko Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Bo Skovhus Dorothea Röschmann Christine Schäfer
Nicolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera chorus
2007
Deutsche Grammophon
6
2007
Bellini I puritani
Anna Netrebko Eduardo Valdes Franco Vasallo John Relyea Eric Cutler
Patrick Summers Metropolitan Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2008
Deutsche Grammophon
7
2007
Massenet Manon
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón Christof Fischesser Alfredo Daza Rémy Coraza
Daniel Barenboim Staatskapelle Berlin and Berlin State Opera chorus
2008
Deutsche Grammophon
8
2008
Puccini La bohème
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón George von Bergen Nicole Cabell Adrian Eröd
Bertrand de Billy Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz children chorus
2009
Axiom Films
9
2009
Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor
Anna Netrebko Mariusz Kwiecien Piotr Beczala Colin Lee Ildar Abdrazakov
Marco Armiliato Metropolitan Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2009
Deutsche Grammophon
10
2010
Donizetti Don Pasquale
Anna Netrebko Mariusz Kwiecien Matthew Polenzani John del Carlo
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
2011
Deutsche Grammophon
11
2011
Donizetti Anna Bolena
Anna Netrebko Elina Garanca Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Elisabeth Kulman Francesco Meli
Evelino Pidò Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
2011
Deutsche Grammophon
Complete opera recordings in audio CD format
#
Recording year
Opera
Cast
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
Release year
Label
1
1995
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila
Anna Netrebko Vladimir Ognovenko Larissa Diadkova Gennady Bezzubenkov Galina Gorchakova
Mariinsky Theater>Kirov Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2003
Philips
2
1997
Prokofiev The love for three oranges
Anna Netrebko Larissa Diadkova Mikhail Kit Evgeny Akimov Alexander Morozov
Mariinsky Theater>Kirov Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
2001
Philips
3
1998
Prokofiev Betrothal in a monastery
Anna Netrebko Larissa Diadkova Nikolai Gassiev Aleksander Gergalov Sergei Aleksashkin
Mariinsky Theater>Kirov Opera orchestra, chorus and ballet
1999
Philips
4
2005
Verdi La traviata
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón Thomas Hampson Helene Schneiderman Diane Pilcher
Carlo Rizzi Vienna Philharmonic , Vienna State Opera chorus and Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg (stage music)
2006
Deutsche Grammophon
5
2006
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
Anna Netrebko Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Bo Skovhus Dorothea Röschmann Christine Schäfer
Nicolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera chorus
2007
Deutsche Grammophon
6
2007
Puccini La bohème
Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazón Boaz Daniel Nicole Cabell Stéphane Degout
Bertrand de Billy Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz children chorus
2008
Deutsche Grammophon
7
2008
Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Anna Netrebko Elina Garanca Joseph Calleja Robert Gleadow Tiziano Bracci
Fabio Luisi Vienna Symphony and the Wiener Singakademie
2009
Deutsche Grammophon
Other albums in audio CD and DVD formats
Opera Arias
Opera
Duets (With Villazon)
Sempre Libera
Russian Album
Souvenirs
In the Still of Night
The Mozart album
La nozze di Figaro - Highlights
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Prima donna - First ladies of opera
Puccini gold
Puccini: La Boheme (Soundtrack Highlights)
''Violeta: arias & duets from Verdi's La Traviata (CD/DVD)
Stabat Mater - A Tribute to Pergolesi (CD/DVD)
The Berlin Concert - Live from the Waldbühne DVD
The opera gala - Live from Baden-Baden DVD
Gala concert from St. Petersburg DVD
The woman - The voice DVD
A Mozart gala from Salzburg DVD
Recognitions and awards
Time (magazine)|Time magazine placed her on its Time 100 list in 2007.cite news |url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1615983,00.html |title = Anna Netrebko |accessdate = 7 January 2008 |last = Porterfield |first = Christopher |publisher = TIME Magazine | date=3 May 2007 She was identified by the journal Musical America as "a genuine superstar for the 21st century" and was named 'Musician of the Year' for 2008.cite web |url = http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm? archived=0& storyID=17023& cookies=1 |title = Musical America Announces 2008 Awards |accessdate = 7 January 2008 |last = Elliott |first = Susan |date = 6 November 2007 |publisher = Musical America She has also been described by Associated Press as "the reigning new diva of the 21st century".
She was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2004). http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp? ID=28096& PSC=1& PT=3& Page=1 ???? ?????????? ?? ?? 06.06.2005 N 641 ????????? ??????
Playboy magazine placed her in their "sexiest babes of classical music" list. http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/features/classical-babes/results.html? pollid=3315& submit.x=138& submit.y=21& submit=go
References
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External links
Commons category|Anna Netrebko
Official website| http://www.annanetrebko.com/
http://theoperacritic.com/singers.php? singer=anna_netrebko Reviews, articles, photos and future schedules for Anna Netrebko from The Opera Critic
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02netrebko-t.html? ei=5087& em=& en=99d9474a7b50fc25& ex=1196830800& pagewanted=all Profile of Netrebko in the New York Times
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http://www.softpanorama.org/Links/Russian/Culture/Music/Female_singers/anna_netrebko.shtml Anna Netrebko on YouTube
http://www.annanetrebko-megastar.ru Unofficial site of Anna Netrebko
http://anna-netrebko.blogspot.com Unofficial Anna Netrebko Blog
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Mariinsky Theatre Persondata | NAME = Netrebko, Anna | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 18 September 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Krasnodar, Soviet Union | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Netrebko, Anna Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Operatic sopranos Category:People from Krasnodar Category:People's Artists of Russia Category:Russian expatriates in Austria Category:Russian female singers Category:Russian opera singers Category:Russian people of Ukrainian descent Category:Russian sopranos Category:Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni Category:State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
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