The Teatro alla Scala has anticipated details for its upcoming 2023-24 season. The company confirmed that it will open with a production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” on Dec. 7, 2023 and will be performed nine times. The company’s superintendent Dominque Meyer also said that Anna Netrebko will sing the role of Elisabetta and Ildar Abdrazakov will star as King Phillip. {…}
The New York Times is reporting that Piotr Beczala and Anna Netrebko’s relationship is currently strained. In a recent interview, the NY Times said “the relationship between Beczala and Netrebko, once his friend and frequent collaborator, has become strained since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.” The tenor added that Netrebko did not do enough to oppose the war and distance {…}
The Osterfestspiele Salzburg has announced its 2024 season. The season will feature the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Sir. Antonio Pappano. Sir. Antonio Pappano will conduct the rarely performed Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda“ for the first time at the Easter Festival. The new production by British director Oliver Mears will star Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, and Luca Salsi. In a {…}
(Credit: tim osipov) Anna Netrebko’s manager Miguel Esteban is firing back at the Ukrainian Minister of Culture after he called the soprano “Part of the Putin System.” In a piece for Die Welt, Esteban said, “‘Vladimir Putin and Operation Netrebko.’ It was written by Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Culture. Apart from the fact that, although the headline suggests otherwise, {…}
Photo: Julian Hargreaves Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, were scheduled to perform with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra on Mar. 5, 2023. However, the concert has now been canceled due to “concerns of public opinion,” as per a statement by NSO posted on their website. NSO had earlier defended its decision to move forward with the concert, citing Netrebko’s condemnation {…}
The Opernhaus Zürich has reinvited Anna Netrebko for 2025. The news comes after Netrebko was forced to cancel her performance of “Macbeth” in February 2022. A year ago intendant Andreas Homoki noted that while Netrebko released a statement condemning the war, “she came to the conclusion that, in light of the current situation, she would prefer not to sing the performances {…}
(Credit: Tim Osipov) Anna Netrebko’s upcoming “Nabucco” performances have sold out in 24 hours. According to the German press, “the two performances by Netrebko during the May Festival were sold out when they started advance sales on Friday.” Tickets were reported to be over 200 euros. Netrebko is scheduled to make her role debut as Abigaille in Verdi’s opera “Nabucco” {…}
The Pussy Riot has canceled its participation at the International May Festival due to the participation of Anna Netrebko. The Russian group which is anti-Putin released a statement on Twitter stating, “We didn’t know that Anna Netrebko is also gonna participate in this particular festival. We had no idea that there is a discussion going on and that we’ve been {…}
As if the war tearing Europe apart was not enough, in the last weeks, the theatres of the continent seem to show us how unfriendly and deeply political our industry is. In several areas, quite irrespectively and for various reasons (worthy or not), the state authorities interfere in the affairs of theaters. Lithuanian National Opera workers are still protesting against {…}
The Guido D’Arezzo Foundation has announced the postponement of Anna Netrebko’s recital on Feb. 7, 2023. The organization said that due to severe inflammation of the oral cavity that has affected Netrebko, the recital at the Teatro Petrarca will now be held on Feb. 17, 2023. Ticket holders will be able to use their original tickets for the new date {…}
Nachtigall Artists has announced concerts by Anna Netrebko and Cecilia Bartoli. Bartoli will first perform on May 7, 2023 at the Smetana Hall in Prague in a program entitled Farinelli and his Times. The performance is a new date following the cancelation of the 2022 performance. Then on Oct. 16, 2023, at the Smetana Hall of the Municipal Hall, Netrebko {…}