(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) Rai Radio 3 is set to broadcast Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma on March 1, 2025. The evening will recreate the 1900 production that premiered the Opera. The cast will include Anna Netrebko in her signature interpretation that she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Salzburg Festival, Teatro {…}
(Credit: Tim Osipov) ClàssicAnd, which takes place at the Parque Central de Andorra la Vella, has announced its 2025 season. The festival will take place between May 3 and 18, 2025. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Anna Netrebko opens the festival with a recital at the Parque Central de Andorra la Vella. She will be accompanied by {…}
(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) In celebration of Anna Netrebko’s 30th anniversary of her stage debut, the soprano’s management has released a 30th anniversary documentary. The 30-minute film documents the soprano’s operatic debut at the Mariinsky Theatre on April 6, 1994 in “Le Nozze di Figaro” and features interviews with artists who were involved in the production. Among those that are {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
(Credit: © 2023 Olga Rubio Dalmau) Anna Netrebko is set to make her debut at the Festival Puccini Torre del Lago. The soprano will perform on August 13, 2025 at the suggestive Gran Teatro all’Aperto Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago. In a statement, Netrebko said, “Performing at Torre del Lago is an honor that ties every artist to the {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}