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(Credit: Bern Uhlig) On Oct. 2, 2024, the Berlin State Opera will open a new production of “Nabucco.” The production is one of the high-profile profile productions of the year due to its two leads. Luca Salsi, one of the world’s great baritones, takes on the title role, and Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Abigaille for the first {…}
https://operawire.com/4-recent-unforgettable-recordings-featuring-anna-netrebko/
(Credit: Opera de Monte-Carlo/Michael Pohn/Wiener Staatsoper/ Brescia e Amisano ©Teatro alla Scala/Foto Ennevi/Arena di Verona) Anna Netrebko has arguably been one of the most influential operatic figures of the 21st century. Whether it be her acting or her piano phrases, the soprano has been hailed by critics and has been at the center of many of the opera world’s leading {…}
https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-anna-netrebko-davone-tines-sonya-yoncheva-zoltan-darago-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear one of the great tenors of his generation alongside some of the greatest sopranos in one album dedicated to Puccini. There are also world premiere recordings of new works and one debut album. Here is a {…}
https://operawire.com/federal-judge-moves-forward-with-anna-netrebkos-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-against-metropolitan-opera/
Anna Netrebko’s gender discrimination lawsuit is moving ahead. A federal judge Annalisa Torres ruled to move ahead citing Netrebko’s examples of male Putin-connected opera singers whom the Met treated more favorably. Torres wrote in a 23-page ruling, “For example, she alleges that the male opera singer Ildar Abdrazakov performed at political events, ‘including at least one event at which Putin {…}
https://operawire.com/ukrainian-organization-calls-for-boycott-of-anna-netrebkos-linz-concert/
(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) The Ukrainian association “Point of Ukraine” is calling for the cancelation of Anna Netrebko’s August 23 Linz concert to be canceled. The organization, which is made up of students and employees of the Johannes Kepler University Linz as well as citizens of the Republic of Austria, said in a letter that Netrebko has been on Ukraine’s {…}
https://operawire.com/linz-organizer-defends-anna-netrebkos-upcoming-performance/
(Credit: © 2023 Olga Rubio Dalmau) Following criticism of Anna Netrebko’s Linz concert, organizer Simon Ertl has spoken out regarding the upcoming August 23 concert. In a statement, Ertl said, “What is happening in Ukraine shakes us deeply – both on a human and political level. We condemn the Russian war of aggression and nothing is further from our mind {…}
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With 2024-25 just a month away, OperaWire is breaking down 10 opera productions that are must-sees for all opera lovers from around the world for the fall season. Aindamar – Metropolitan Opera (Oct. 15 – Nov. 9, 2024) For the second year in a row (and the first time in its history that this happens), the Metropolitan Opera will present {…}
https://operawire.com/ukrainian-ambassador-sends-letter-to-teatro-dellopera-di-roma-opposing-anna-netrebkos-tosca-performance/
Ukrainian Ambassador Yaroslav Melnyk has written a letter to the Rome Opera in opposition to Anna Netrebko’s upcoming performance of “Tosca” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. In the letter to Roberto Gualtieri Mayor of Rome, President of the Rome Opera Foundation, and Dr. Francesco Giambrone Superintendent of the Rome Opera House, the ambassador said, “We learned about the revival {…}
https://operawire.com/ukrainian-head-of-president-calls-for-teatro-dellopera-di-roma-to-not-hire-anna-netrebko/
The Ukrainian Government is calling for the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma to stop hiring Anna Netrebko. The head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andrii Yermak took to Telegram to demand that the Rome Opera not hire the soprano for her alleged past support of the Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin. Yermak said, “Pretty strange news. Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will return {…}