Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev will reunite for the SommernachsKonzert 2018. Gergiev will conduct the Vienna Philharmonic with Netrebko performing arias from Cilea, Puccini, and Leoncavallo. The program will also include music by Mascagni, Verdi, and Rossini. The concert will be broadcast on Orf 2 in a time delayed relay and is scheduled for release on Sony Classical. The concert {…}
On the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Red Square will host an operatic concert featuring some of the world’s greatest singers. Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in a gala featuring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Ildar Abdrazakov, Aida Garifullina and pianist Denis Matsuyev. They will also be joined by Roberto Alagna as a special guest and Albina Shagimurtova. {…}
The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2018-19 season filled with numerous concerts and operatic selections. The season will see a number of international stars and orchestras as guest artists to this important Parisian hall. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra continue their exploration of the Ring Cycle with “Siegfried.” The opera {…}
The weekend is filled with many classics and some of the world’s greatest stars as audiences will get to see legends like Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Yonghoon Lee, Jonas Kaufmann, and Valery Gergiev. Check out where these artists will be. Austria The Vienna State Opera kicks off its weekend with “Tosca” starring Adrianne Pieczonka, Yonghoon Lee, and Ambrogio Maestri. It will be {…}
On June 18, 2017, Anna Netrebko returns to the Mariinsky Theater for her long-awaited debut in the title role of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” Over the past few years, the soprano has performed Adriana’s opening aria repeatedly and even featured it on her Grammy-nominated album, “Verismo.” The role debut will mark Netrebko’s fourth verismo role following forays into Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” {…}
On Dec. 29, Valery Gergiev will lead the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, the Student Chorus of the Popov Academy of Choral Art and the State Academic Kozhevnikov Chorus of the Moscow Region at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Verdi’s “Requiem.” The soloists will include Tatiana Serjan (soprano), Yulia Matochkina (mezzo-soprano), Najmiddin Mavlyanov (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). The company announced that the concert would “be dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Tupolev-154 air {…}
