Anna Netrebko’s new repertoire
Apr 16, 2010 14:57 Moscow Time |
Anna Netrebko. Photo: EPA
Russian opera star Anna Netrebko has once again been nominated for the Classical Brit Awards, the most prestigious British prize for classical music. Anna Netrebko twice received this prize in the category "Female Singer of the Year" in 2007 and 2008. Due to her amazing popularity, the Russian diva is literally heaped with numerous awards. After the birth of her son a year-and-a-half ago, Anna Netrebko started appearing in new roles. Her program of romances by Russian classics Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov became a sensation. Together with maestro Daniel Barenboim, the singer first presented the program at the Saltsburg Festival.
When visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of the tour, she gave an interview to Russian journalists. “Given that Tchaikovsky’s romances are extremely difficult to sing, one should spend many years training and accumulate wide vocal experience. And this is not only my impression; many musicians are of the same opinion,” said Anna. When asked about the major problems for Russian signers on their way to the world-wide fame, Anna Netrebko said that Russian musicians are in high demand in the West. Generally, they perform Russian music, and only few of them sing in Italian, German, French. The reason is that it is too hard for them to master the pronunciation, and only those who succeed in this respect can move on. And others play Russian music, which is extremely popular abroad, with Russian operas performed almost in every theatre, the diva says.
Anna Netrebko, the soloist of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre, has been invited to sing with the leading opera companies of the world. Among her latest performances has been “La Boheme” staged by Franco Zeffirelli at the Metropolitan Opera. “The next season will be marked with a new role for me - Anne Boleyn in the opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti. This music is rather hard and I have never performed it before, unfortunately. Later, I will sing Tatyana’s part in “Yevgeny Onegin”, and the part of Leonora in “Il Trovatore” together with maestro Barenboim. Thus, I am slowly changing my repertoire for a “stronger” soprano, which is very suitable for me. I have to give up singing parts of young girls,” says Anna Netrebko.
The singer will also assume new roles in the Mariinsky Theatre. “When discussing our plans, I proposed to maestro Valery Gergiyev to stage Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore”. We have talented young tenors in out theatre, who will surely cope with the performance,” the singer said.
When visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of the tour, she gave an interview to Russian journalists. “Given that Tchaikovsky’s romances are extremely difficult to sing, one should spend many years training and accumulate wide vocal experience. And this is not only my impression; many musicians are of the same opinion,” said Anna. When asked about the major problems for Russian signers on their way to the world-wide fame, Anna Netrebko said that Russian musicians are in high demand in the West. Generally, they perform Russian music, and only few of them sing in Italian, German, French. The reason is that it is too hard for them to master the pronunciation, and only those who succeed in this respect can move on. And others play Russian music, which is extremely popular abroad, with Russian operas performed almost in every theatre, the diva says.
Anna Netrebko, the soloist of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre, has been invited to sing with the leading opera companies of the world. Among her latest performances has been “La Boheme” staged by Franco Zeffirelli at the Metropolitan Opera. “The next season will be marked with a new role for me - Anne Boleyn in the opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti. This music is rather hard and I have never performed it before, unfortunately. Later, I will sing Tatyana’s part in “Yevgeny Onegin”, and the part of Leonora in “Il Trovatore” together with maestro Barenboim. Thus, I am slowly changing my repertoire for a “stronger” soprano, which is very suitable for me. I have to give up singing parts of young girls,” says Anna Netrebko.
The singer will also assume new roles in the Mariinsky Theatre. “When discussing our plans, I proposed to maestro Valery Gergiyev to stage Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore”. We have talented young tenors in out theatre, who will surely cope with the performance,” the singer said.
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