Cecilia Bartoli finds a last-minute replacement for Anna Netrebko in Salzburg

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May 242012
 

Mojca Erdmann Cecilia Bartoli finds a last minute replacement for Anna Netrebko in SalzburgCleo­patra is the theme of ’s first sea­son as Artistic Dir­ector of the Salzburg Whit­sun Fest­ival, but one of her Cleo­pat­ras has fallen ill. , who was due to sing the première of “Cleo­patra and the Ser­pent” by Rodion Shchedrin, as part of the con­cert “Cleo­patra ori­entale” on 28 May is sick, and will be replaced by sop­rano Mojca Erdmann.

When Anna called me, con­sol­a­tion was called for, but also imme­di­ate replace­ment cast­ing. My young col­league Mojca Erd­mann is learn­ing the piece in 2 days, ready for the world première.

said Bar­toli.

It will not be Erdmann’s first appear­ance in Salzburg. In 2007 a critic wrote,

The sur­prise of the even­ing, how­ever, was Mojca Erd­mann. …young, slim, blond, sporty, she was Mozart’s “Zaide” last year here in Salzburg. Now she sings “Zelmira”, a strong per­son­al­ity, a beau­ti­ful, warm, tech­nic­ally per­fect voice that is highly express­ive. She deservedly received the greatest applause.

The day after Erd­mann is sched­uled to give a solo recital with works by Schubert and Strauss at the Musik­ver­ein in .

Photo: Mojca Erd­mann

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Natalie Dessay pulls out of next month’s Manon performances at La Scala “for health reasons” — Netrebko takes over

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May 222012
 

Traviata Netrebko Dessay Natalie Dessay pulls out of next months Manon performances at La Scala for health reasons Netrebko takes over was forced to can­cel, even mid-performance, per­form­ances of La Travi­ata at the Met­ro­pol­itan Opera last month, where she was replaced by sop­rano Hei-Kyung Hong. The con­ductor was , the Italian maes­tro heav­ily tipped to take over from the ail­ing James Levine.

Now at ’s Teatro alla Scala she has with­drawn from per­form­ances of Manon which she was due to sing in a month’s time. Once again the con­ductor was Luisi. cites “health reas­ons” for the cancellation.

The man­age­ment at La Scala have obvi­ously been hard at it on the phone, and have suc­ceeded in secur­ing for the open­ing performances.

When the 47-year-old Des­say with­drew from the Met per­form­ances it was stated that she was suf­fer­ing from a cold.

… [con­tinue reading]

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The opera world’s Angelina Jolie, Nino Machaidze: It’s useless to be nervous

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Nov 052011
 

Nino Machaidze The opera worlds Angelina Jolie, Nino Machaidze: Its useless to be nervousNino Machaidze, the 28-year-old sop­rano from Geor­gia, gradu­ate of ’s Teatro alla Scala Aca­demia, is in Los Angeles with Romeo and Juliet which is boom­er­anging her around the world’s opera houses for the last few years. The first four years of her pro­fes­sional career have been highly suc­cess­ful, and the LA Times recounts how she was thrust so sud­denly into the spotlight:

In Janu­ary 2005, Los Angeles Opera’s pro­duc­tion of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” helped cata­pult into oper­atic super­star­dom young sing­ers and . Soon these two were head­lining at major houses and in 2008 were set to re-create their L.A. roles with a highly anti­cip­ated new pro­duc­tion at the — until Net­rebko dropped out due to a much pub­li­cized preg­nancy.… [con­tinue reading]

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Anna Netrebko talks after the opening of Anna Bolena: There’s so much hatred!

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Oct 102011
 
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“It’s like noth­ing I’ve ever done before! You’re prac­tic­ally shout­ing in the lower register for half the opera. [Don­iz­etti] wants that nasty, chesty voice — he wants it to sound uncomfortable!”

“It’s ask­ing so much of the nerves, the body, the emo­tion. There’s so much hatred! I never thought I could be so angry.”

On “Manca solo a com­pire il delitto” when she sings B-flat below middle C

“It’s too much! Too hard on my voice at that point,” she exclaimed.

On mezzo-soprano Gio­vanna (Jane Seymour)

“She is my friend, and she has betrayed me. Sud­denly I hate her! But it’s a beau­ti­ful hatred.”

On smil­ing dur­ing her applause

“Oh, you saw it? I shouldn’t do that? I was just smil­ing to the maes­tro (con­ductor Marco Armil­i­ato).… [con­tinue reading]

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Critics Round-up: Anna Netrebko in Anna Bolena

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Oct 052011
 

Anna Netrebko Anna Bolena Critics Round up: Anna Netrebko in Anna BolenaThis was very much Anna Netrebko’s . True, it is the title role, but the other char­ac­ters have to work quite hard too. Her face was emot­ing from every review, and so here’s a round-up of what the critic’s had to say about Anna as Anna at the Met.

Anne Midgette’s review for The Wash­ing­ton Post loved the voice, but was sur­prised about our diva’s reac­tion to the applause (a com­mon theme),

Net­rebko has a beau­ti­ful voice, and though it some­times lacked the stam­ina for this long even­ing there was one moment on Monday when it really shone. In the aria in the final scene, when the char­ac­ter is lapsing in and out of mad­ness, she sat back and let her sig­na­ture limpid, round, melt­ing tone pour out.… [con­tinue reading]

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Kaufmann, Netrebko and Schrott at the Royal Albert Hall

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Sep 262011
 

Kaufmann Netrebko Schrott Kaufmann, Netrebko and Schrott at the Royal Albert Hall

Opera sing­ers , Anna Net­rebko and are to per­form together for a spe­cial con­cert per­form­ance at the in June 2012.

The trio (“Opera’s Greatest Stars”) will be accom­pan­ied by the and will sing a selec­tion of arias and music by com­posers includ­ing , Verdi and Mozart.

The con­cert, which will be staged on June 6, 2012 is pro­moted by Ray­mond Gub­bay. He said: “I am delighted to have had the oppor­tun­ity to bring many lead­ing inter­na­tional artists to Brit­ish audi­ences over the years, and none more so than present­ing this unique oppor­tun­ity of see­ing Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Net­rebko and Erwin Schott per­form together for the first time in the UK.… [con­tinue reading]

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Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick… and why she hates ‘toska’

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Sep 262011
 

 

Vladimir Putin Anna Netrebko 2008 Newsweek finds out what makes Anna Netrebko tick... and why she hates toskaThe papers are full of inter­views with Rus­sian sop­rano , espe­cially dur­ing this, the month of her 40th birth­day. They are not exactly car­bon cop­ies of each other, but very sim­ilar: plans to open a res­taur­ant, over­com­ing geo­graph­ical bound­ar­ies to meet up with hubby Erwin Schrott, and her adop­ted home, Austria.

Peter Pom­er­ant­sev, a Brit­ish tele­vi­sion pro­du­cer and non­fic­tion writer, inter­viewed Net­rebko in Salzburg, in Rus­sian. He gives some unique insights as to what makes the diva tick in an in-depth art­icle for New­s­week:

To the Rus­sian ear, Net­rebko is imme­di­ately pro­vin­cial, her speech full of the sing­song vow­els and inton­a­tions of the Krasnodar region of south­ern Rus­sia. It’s an accent that’s the butt of jokes in the Big City, and she was teased for it when she came up to study in St.… [con­tinue reading]

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