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Anna Netrebko to Make Palau de Les Arts Debut

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(Credit: © Olga Rubio Dalmau) On Feb. 16, Anna Netrebko will make her Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Debut. The Soprano will perform at the Sala Principal in a recital featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Rimski-Kórsakov, and Strauss. She will also perform arias from Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” and Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi.” The soprano will be joined by {…}

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Roberto Alagna & Anna Pirozzi Lead Festival Puccini’s 2025 Season

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The Festival Puccini has announced its 2025 season featuring five of the composer’s most famous works. “Tosca” will open the festival with a star-studded cast. Aleksandra Kurzak, Carmen Giannattasio, Eleonora Buratto, and Valentina Boi will alternate the title role alongside Roberto Alagna, Michael Fabiano, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Mikolaj Zalasinski, and Ivan Inverardi. Giorgio Croci conducts Alfonso Signorini’s production. Performance {…}

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Q & A: Pianist Angel Rodriguez on Performing with Anna Netrebko for Palm Beach Opera

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On Feb. 3, 2024, Anna Netrebko will make her return to the United States in a recital at the Palm Beach Opera. The highly anticipated concert will showcase the soprano in a variety of repertoire that she has performed to great acclaim. At her side will be Angel Rodriguez, an acclaimed Cuban-Mexican pianist and composer based in Mexico. He has performed {…}

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Anna Netrebko Makes History Selling Out Palm Beach Opera’s Gala For the First Time

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(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) In anticipation of Anna Netrebko’s return to the United States, the Palm Beach Opera has announced that for the first time ever its gala is completely sold out. In a report for the Palm Beach Daily News, General Director James Barbato said that “the gala’s 400 seats, priced at $1,500 apiece, are completely sold out. That’s {…}

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Berlin State Opera to Cut 2025-26 Production; Will Continue Hiring Stars Like Anna Netrebko

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The Berlin State Opera has announced that it will cut a production from the 2025-26 season. In an interview, General Director Elisabeth Sobotka said there will be around 5 million euros for budget cuts. She said ” We will cancel a premiere, but that only affects the 25-26 season. We can’t cut anything in the current season, that would cause {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Board Members Among Sponsors of Anna Netrebko Gala in Palm Beach

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(Credit: © 2023 Olga Rubio Dalmau) On Feb. 3, 2025, superstar soprano Anna Netrebko is expected to return to the United States for the first time in five years performing a gala at the Palm Beach Opera. The gala, which is the company’s yearly fundraiser, will see the diva perform alongside pianist Ángel Rodriguez in an intimate recital program. The {…}

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Anna Netrebko Cancels ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ at Wiener Staatsoper

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Anna Netrebko has canceled her role debut in “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Wiener Staatsoper. The soprano released a statement noting, “I am regrettably obliged to withdraw from my January performances in ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ at the Wiener Staatsoper, which would have marked my role debut. Ill health this month compromised the preparation time required before starting rehearsals just after {…}

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Angela Merkel Spotted at the Teatro Alla Scala’s ‘La Forza del Destino’ with Anna Netrebko

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After publicly criticizing Anna Netrebko due to her past actions in Russia, former chancellor Angela Merkel attended a performance of “La Forza del Destino” at teh Teatro alla Scala. In a now-deleted Tweet, Merkel was spotted sitting in the performance with a purple velvet blazer. Merkel was critical of Netrebko at the beginning of the war in Ukraine stating that {…}