(Credit: Dario Acosta) UPDATE: Netrebko has released an official statement: “Hello friends, I want to share with you that I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am currently in the hospital for medical treatment. I am doing well but also have COVID-related pneumonia, so I need medical supervision. I knew of course there was always going to be a risk {…}
(Credit: Tatyana Vlasova) Soprano Kristine Opolais has announced on her Instagram profile that she will begin a collaboration with the concert agency Berin Iglesias Art. The company was founded in 2003 in Germany. Its current roster includes such artists as Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Olga Peretyatko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, and Maria Kataeva, among others. Berin Iglesias Art will be {…}
(Credit: Marco Borelli) Arte.tv is set to stream Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov’s Salzburg Festival concert on August 27. The concert, which comes from Netrebko and Eyvazov’s performance on August 25, will stream at the 8:30 p.m. Local time / 2:30 p.m. ET and will showcase the soprano and tenor in excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” Eugene Onegin,” and “The Queen {…}
The Bolshoi Theatre has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions. The company also announced its September revivals. Premieres Alexei Vereshchagin conducts a new production of Bizet’s “Les pêcheurs de perles” directed by Vladislavs Nastavševs. Premiere Date: Dec. 3, 2020 R. Strauss’ “Salome” gets a new production by Claus Guth. The production, which is set for the {…}
(Credits: Picture-Alliance/DPA/U. Mauder/Mariinsky Theatre Official website) COVID-19 has struck the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres. According to the sources close to the Mariinsky Theatre that spoke to the RBC reporters, a large number of artists at the Mariinsky Theatre fell sick with COVID-19. According to the same sources, all the rehearsals of the ballet “Giselle” have been postponed, and artists who {…}
The Bolshoi Theatre has announced that the 245th season will open with Verdi’s “Don Carlo” starring Anna Netrebko in her role debut as Elisabetta. Netrebko will open the season alongside Ildar Abdrazakov, Yusif Eyvazov, Agunda Kulayeva, and Elchin Azizov on the Historic stage. Performances are set to take place on Sept. 6, 8, and 10. The company also announced that {…}
(Credit: Yasuko Kageyama-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) On August 6 and 9, Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will return to the Rome stage in a gala concert entitled “Omaggio a Roma.” The two stars will join forces with maestro Jader Bignamini and the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma for an evening of music by Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Puccini, {…}
In all the weeks we have done this feature, I would argue that few have been as exciting as the one previewed here. Not only will audiences get to watch live opera, some live recitals, and unique past performances, but they also get to engage with some very new opera experiences. We trust that you will be equally excited about {…}
Deutsche Grammophon is scheduled to stream Puccini’s “Tosca” with Anna Netrebko from the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples for the Teatro San Carlo. The company will stream the opera on its new DG stage platform for 12.90 Euros on July 30 at 8 p.m. CEST. “Tosca” is set to star Netrebko alongside Yusif Eyvazov as Cavaradossi and Ludovic Tézier as {…}
The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in Italy has announced that during the 2021-22 season Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will make their house debuts in a production of Verdi’s “Aida.” The announcement was made during a press conference for the theater’s outdoor “Tosca,” which opens on July 23 and stars Netrebko, Evyazov, and Ludovic Tezier. Netrebko has performed the {…}
(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced that Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will perform in the company’s “Sotto una Nuova Luce” summer festival. The two superstars will perform on August 12, 2020 and will showcase works by Verdi, Cilea, Dvořák, Giordano, and Bizet. Michelangelo Mazza will conduct the performance, which is scheduled to be held at {…}