Anna netrebko

Editorial Review :: Our generation's greatest performer on the MET stage showcases her finest performances in one collection. Live At The Met features excerpts from live performances on the Met stage from La Boheme, Don Giovanni, War &Peace, I Puritani, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Romeo etJuliette, Don Pasquale and Lucia di Lammermoor. Anna Netrebko Live at the Metropolitan Opera is Anna's first live solo album on CD.The selections - including performances with tenors Roberto Alagna, Joseph Calleja and Juan Diego Flórez - demonstrate Anna Netrebko's remarkable vocal range and dramatic imagination. All recorded live, they are infused with her unique vocal magnetism and irresistible on-stage charisma.

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Editorial Review :: Here, a year after her sensational Metropolitan debut as Prokofiev’s Natasha from War and Peace, comes the debut solo recital album of 30-something soprano Anna Netrebko. She hails from southern Russia, and her emergence from the life of a conservatory student has a touch of the Cinderella tale—the bit, that is, about being discovered by Gergiev mopping floors for the Kirov as a part-time job and making her way into the Kirov's ranks. Later she became a favorite at San Francisco Opera, trying on for size a swath of comic and dramatic roles. Opera Arias parades Netrebko's way through a spectrum of vocal styles and characters. This mesmerizing lyric soprano engages--at times thrillingly grips--the listener with an imagination far greater than the disc's title (couldn't someone have dreamt up a less ridiculously bland handle?), but most significantly leaves an impression that the enterprise here isn't merely about singing. Netrebko's Ilia and Donna Anna are flesh-and-blood characters in real situations, as Mozart wanted them to be. The results are a bit more uneven with her bel canto heroines, where the required balance between Netrebko's emotional identification, so obviously a forte, and the musical phrasing thereof is a delicate one. Her shading of Lucia's mood swings, vocal and emotional, isn't consistently compelling. On the other hand, Netrebko uncovers gemlike facets not just in Gounod's "Jewel Song" but particularly in her stunning, passionately realized and beautifully phrased Manon (even if her trills disappoint). A shame that samples of her Russian repertory are missing here, though Netrebko's "Song to the Moon" from Dvorak's Rusalka concentrates and sets a mood with enviable mastery. Netrebko's musical intelligence and theatrical savvy seem destined to ensure her a magnificent career, so it's no surprise that many fans are already clamoring for more than the tease of an aria collection. --Thomas May

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Editorial Review :: On her fourth album for Deutsche Grammophon, opera superstar Anna Netrebko gives a very personal and intimate performance of cherished lighter works. From sparkling operetta classics to seductive salon songs, each selection comes with a special memory for Netrebko. Netrebko is joined by some friends, Elı¯na Garancˇa and Piotr Beczala-- her joy of collaboration is heard in these magnificent selections. Anna Netrebko is one of DG's best-selling artists and consistently performs in sold-out opera houses and concert halls around the world. She returns to the Metropolitan Opera in January 2009 in Lucia di Lammermoor. Available in a special, deluxe limited edition package! The beautiful cap box includes the CD; a DVD of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and musical excerpts; beautiful booklet; three postcards and one poster of Netrebko. A must-have for Netrebko fans and the perfect holiday gift!

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Editorial Review :: With her sensational role debut at the Vienna State Opera, superstar diva Anna Netrebko takes "one giant leap forward to claiming the title of diva assoluta del mondo" (Opera News) with a performance of rare vocal and dramatic power. The Russian soprano sings the role of the unjustly accused second wife of King Henry VIII, "veering between indignant fury and tender righteousness" and demonstrating a new level of confidence in her technique with excellent "passagework, particularly in trills, and seamless runs even to the lowest notes" (Opera News). This production was recorded live at the Vienna State Opera in April, 2011.

The performance also stars Deutsche Grammophon recording artist mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, in "a fantastic display of bel canto" (Opera News) as Anna's rival, Giovanna Seymour (Jane Seymour). Ildebrando D'Arcangelo brings his beautifully dark tone to the role of Enrico (Henry VIII) and young Italian tenor Francesco Meli sings the demanding role of Lord Percy with a "youthful virility" (Agence France Press), promising great things for the future. On the podium Evelino Pidò "drew playing of unusual precision and refinement...making every note matter" (Financial Times).

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Editorial Review :: NETREBKO ANNA / ABBADO / MAHLER CH. O. SEMPRE LIBERA

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Editorial Review :: Anna Netrebko's first live solo album and first Lieder album is accompanied by star conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim. This was the concert event of the Salzburg Festival 2009. Netrebko's all-Russian recital is accompanied by Barenboim's masterful, idiomatic playing. Anna's voluptuous voice surrenders completely to the haunting, soulful melodies of songs by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and others. In The Still Of Night showcases Netrebko's artistry and deep connection to art songs from her homeland. This recording is a natural follow-up to her Grammy ®-nominated Russian Album. This album will be released in the U.S. as a Deluxe Version, packaged in a beautiful hardcover book which contains additional texts, full translations of song texts, exclusive pictures and press quotes.

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