Following a Star: Anna Netrebko as Lady Macbeth

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Anna Netrebko was born in Krasnodar. In 1991 she graduated from the College of Music of the Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad (since 1991 St Petersburg) State Conservatory and entered the сonservatory (class of Professor Tamara Novichenko). In 1994 she made her Mariinsky Theatre debut as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), the next year appearing at the San Francisco Opera as Lyudmila in Ruslan and Lyudmila. In the summer of 1996 she was a participant in the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. In 1998 she was awarded the Casta Diva Russian opera prize for the role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at the Mariinsky Theatre.

In 2002 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in War and Peace (directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and conducted by Valery Gergiev) and at the Salzburg Festival in the opera Don Giovanni (directed by Martin Kušej and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt). The stunning success in Salzburg has been just one of the highlights in Anna Netrebko’s artistic career. Soon afterwards she was given an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon and created her first solo album.

Anna Netrebko has attained international acclaim by appearing in lyrical roles in operas by Mozart and the bel canto repertoire. In recent years the singer has been engaged in a repertoire of spinto and dramatic soprano roles. Her debut in the title role of Verdi’s Giovanna D’Arco at the Salzburg Festival in 2013 and her release of a Verdi album have both heralded this coup. Today the singer’s repertoire includes the roles of Leonora in Il trovatore and La forza del destino, Elsa in Lohengrin, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier and the title roles in the operas Adriana Lecouvreur, Manon Lescaut, Aida and Tosca.

One of the most celebrated opera singers of the present day, Anna Netrebko appears at the world’s great theatres.

As an exclusive artist for Deutsche Grammophon (since 2003), Anna Netrebko records frequently and has a large discography including solo albums, opera recordings and a concert repertoire.

Anna Netrebko’s numerous prizes include an International Opera Awards for 2017 in the category “Best Singer”, the title of “Musician of the Year” from Musical America magazine (2008), the Opera News Award (2015), Germany’s BAMBI Award (2006), a Classical BRIT Award (2008) and ten ECHO Klassik prizes.

In 2017 she was presented with Austria’s honorary title of Kammersängerin.

Recipient of Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Award in 2018 (special award “For a unique artistic duet in the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia’s production of Manon Lescaut”) and recipient of St Petersburg’s Golden Sofit theatre award (1999, 2005 and 2009).

Roles performed at the Mariinsky Theatre include: Antonida (A Life for the Tsar), Lyudmila (Ruslan and Lyudmila), Marfa (The Tsar’s Bride), Tatiana (Eugeny Onegin), Iolanta (Iolanta), Luisa (Betrothal in a Monastery), Natasha Rostova (War and Peace), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini), Amina (La sonnambula), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Gilda (Rigoletto), Violetta (La traviata), Musetta, Mimí (La Bohème), Micaëla (Carmen), Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Leonora (Il trovatore), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Elsa (Lohengrin), Adriana Lecouvreur (Adriana Lecouvreur), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Aida (Aida), Floria Tosca (Tosca), Turandot (Turandot).

[JourneyEvers]

Что же с ней стало!😱Раньше ведь был такой голос! И была такая красавица...

[ИринаКоновалова-яо]

Кошмар.Как она раньше пела! Никакого сравнения. Давно пора прекращать карьеру

[rini-rinn]

Спасибо! 💐Интересный образ. Анна! Браво! 🌹🌹🌹

[ИгорьВарьяш-бф]

Верди не хватило Шекспира ни в "Макбете", ни в "Фальстафе", ни в "Отелло". Там ведь мировые трагедии, а не бытовуха. А вот музыка Д.Д. Шостаковича дотягивает в "Леди Макбет" до шекспировского масштаба, хотя сюжет, вроде, бытовой. Таковы парадоксы искусства.

[AndreySensible]

Очень понравилась эта опера. Только что посмотрел в Мариинке. Леди Макбет сложная, противоречивая героиня. И в то же время наблюдать за актёрской игрой героини очень интересно!

[bryangl]

There was a brief period where Netrebko's voice seemed to be slipping. No sign of that in the brief moments here. Back with a slightly richer, more velvety voice, well-suited to much of Verdi. Good to see (hear!). OOPS. Following the comment from @Wotan.... below I watched again, I must have had a bad ear day on my first visit.. I don't think it's quite as bad a @Wotan thinks, but almost; the vibrato is a bit wide leading to undefinte pitch - very obvious from the 6 min point. A couple of days ago I discovered a 2019 concert from her. The material was more "middle of thev road", needing no great skill, yet her singing was quite unimpresive, supporting my 2nd look opinion of this snippet. Thank you @Wotan....

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[Shahrdad]

A lovely lyric voice pushed and pushed till it became a hideous, bloated, wobbly thing. She never had any business even thinking about this role.

[nikslav]

Сложнейшая партия, блестяще исполнена Анной Нетребко! Брависсимо!

[СергейКолодин-чэ]

Анна Юрьевна - идеальная оперная певица!