Anna Netrebko
{{Short description|Russian operatic soprano (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Yuryevna|Netrebko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Netrebko
| image = Anna Netrebko - Romy 2013 a.jpg
| caption = Netrebko at the 2013 Romy Award Gala
| native_name = Анна Нетребко
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|9|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Krasnodar, Soviet Union
| citizenship = {{hlist|Russia|Austria}}
| alma_mater = Saint Petersburg Conservatory
| occupation = Operatic soprano
| years_active = 1993–present
| website = {{URL|https://annanetrebko.com/}}
| title =
| partner = Simone Alberghini (1999–2007)
Erwin Schrott (2007–2013)
{{Interlanguage link|Yusif Eyvazov|de}} (2014–2024)
| children = 1
| awards = State Prize of the Russian Federation
People's Artist of Russia
Kammersängerin
}}
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko ({{langx|ru|Анна Юрьевна Нетребко}}; born 18 September 1971) is a Russian and Austrian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La Scala.
Netrebko is one of the few Russian performers to achieve international success, along with Alla Pugacheva and t.A.T.u.{{Cite web |title=8 русских исполнителей, которых слушают за рубежом |url=https://kulturologia.ru/blogs/290921/51257/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Культурология}}{{Cite web |last=Заякин |first=Алексей |title=Муж Анны Нетребко мечтает познакомиться с Аллой Пугачёвой |url=https://teleprogramma.org/news/491649 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=teleprogramma.org |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Что происходило за кулисами «Новой волны»? |url=https://www.womanhit.ru/mkbulvar/663218-chto-proishodilo-za-kulisami-novoy-volnyi.html?ysclid=m2uusmyy4b153473866 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.womanhit.ru}}{{Cite web |title=Анна Нетребко: «Я рада подчиняться Эрвину» стр.3 |url=https://7days.ru/caravan/2011/10/anna-netrebko-ya-rada-podchinyatsya-ervinu/3.htm |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=7Дней.ру |language=ru}}
Discovered and promoted by Valery Gergiev, she began her career at the Mariinsky Theatre, collaborating with the conductor in the theater and performances elsewhere. She was noticed globally after playing Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the 2002 Salzburg Festival. She had been known for her rendition of lyric and coloratura soprano roles yet later proceeded into heavier 19th-century romantic roles, such as Leonora in Il trovatore and the role of Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Since 2016, she has turned her focus to verismo repertoire.
She has been an exclusive artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 2003. She has won multiple Echo Klassik Awards, and was included on the Time 100 list in 2007. She was named a People's Artist of Russia in 2008, and an Austrian Kammersängerin in 2017.
Early life and training
Netrebko was born in Krasnodar in a family of Kuban Cossack background.[http://www.rg.ru/2006/05/19/netrebko.html Интервью с Анной Нетребко-Анна Нетребко: Я никогда не ходила по струнке. Татьяна Павловская, Краснодар.] in Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian), issue no. 4070 dated 19 May 2006. While studying at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Netrebko worked as a janitor at Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre.{{cite news|author=Melissa Whitworth|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3650296/Cinderella-Soprano.html|title=Cinderella Soprano|work=The Telegraph|date=2006-02-19|access-date=2013-09-11}} Later when she auditioned for the theatre, conductor Valery Gergiev, recognizing her from her prior work, subsequently became her vocal mentor.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/anna-netrebko-a-rare-jewel-from-the-east-423103.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/anna-netrebko-a-rare-jewel-from-the-east-423103.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|author=Jessica Duchen|author-link=Jessica Duchen|title=Anna Netrebko: A rare jewel from the East|work=The Independent|date=2006-11-06|access-date=2013-09-11}}{{cbignore}}
Career
=Early career (1994–2001)=
Under Gergiev's guidance, in 1994 Netrebko made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky at age 22 as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro despite initially being billed as Barbarina. In the same year, she also performed as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with the Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akadēmija under conductor David Milnes.Agelet de Saracibar, Carlos; [https://www.scribd.com/doc/63918608/ANPD-Sep-2011 "Anna Netrebko Performance Database"]. ANPD. September 2011.[http://www.classissima.com/en/news/326476-anna-netrebko-and-erwin-schrott-will-give-a-concert-tour-to-ukraine,-latvia-and-russia/ "Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott will give a concert tour to Ukraine..."]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713215928/http://www.classissima.com/en/news/326476-anna-netrebko-and-erwin-schrott-will-give-a-concert-tour-to-ukraine,-latvia-and-russia |date=2014-07-13 }}. Classissima. 2010-10-29. She subsequently became associated with the Mariinsky Theatre.
In autumn 1995, Netrebko made her American debut with Lyudmila at the San Francisco Opera. Following this successful performance, she was enrolled in the Merola Opera Program in summer 1996 and became a frequent guest singer in San Francisco in the next seasons, performing in L'elisir d'amore (Adina), Betrothal in a Monastery, Idomeneo (Ilia), La bohème (Musetta), The Tsar's Bride (Marfa), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), Falstaff (Nannetta).{{cite news |date=1998-01-19 |first=Joshua |last=Kosman |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Russian-Soprano-s-Star-Rose-Quickly-Netrebko-3016494.php |title=Russian Soprano's Star Rose Quickly |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}{{Cite web|title=Anna Netrebko|url=http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3WebCastlist.asp?psearchall=on&psearch=Anna%20Netrebko&psearchtype=|access-date=2021-06-20|website=San Francisco Opera Performance Archive}} In 1998, she performed Lyudmila when the Mariinsky production of the opera was presented at the Metropolitan Opera House,{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-05-11-1998131002-story.html |title='Ruslan' given its due by the Kirov Review |date=1998-05-11 |first=Stephen |last=Wigler |work=The Baltimore Sun}} and made Salzburg Festival debut in Parsifal conducted by Gergiev. She sang her first Violetta in Verdi's La traviata in the same year in Saint Petersburg, and her first Amina in La sonnambula the following year. In October 1999, she performed Gilda in Rigoletto at the Washington National Opera.{{cite news |title=Opera singer guards future; Soprano: Anna Netrebko takes things one step at a time |date=1999-10-23 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-10-23-9910230314-story.html |first=Stephen |last=Wigler |work=The Baltimore Sun}}
=Rise to fame (2002–2010)=
Netrebko made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera company in February 2002, as Natasha in the Met premiere of Prokofiev's War and Peace,{{Cite news |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/16/arts/opera-review-war-and-peace-opens-mishap-raises-concerns.html |title=OPERA REVIEW; 'War and Peace' Opens; Mishap Raises Concerns |work=The New York Times |date=2002-02-16|access-date=2020-09-12}} and performed as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Opera Company of Philadelphia.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh589x6MHgQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zh589x6MHgQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Capulets and the Montagues, Philadelphia 2002 |website=YouTube |date=2009-08-25}}{{cbignore}} Her international breakthrough came in August 2002, when she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Salzburg Festival,{{cite news |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1023959/der-verfuehrer-in-der-todeszone |title=Der Verführer in der Todeszone |date=2002-07-28 |first=Ljubiša |last=Tošić |work=Der Standard |access-date=2021-01-03}} where she would be particularly associated.{{Cite web|title=Anna Netrebko|url=https://archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at/institution/archiv/archiv-suchergebnisse?k=netrebko|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Salzburger Festspiele Archiv}} In September 2002, she returned to the Royal Opera for Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, and in next two seasons for Don Giovanni and Rigoletto.{{cite news |title=La Clemenza di Tito, Royal Opera House, London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/10/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures1 |date=2002-09-10 |first=Andrew |last=Clements |work=The Guardian}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/don-giovani-pk3skpz0dzg |title=Don Giovanni |work=The Times |date=2003-09-15 |url-access=subscription |first=John |last=Allison |access-date=2021-01-03}}{{cite news |title=Rigoletto, Royal Opera House, London |date=2005-06-15 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/15/classicalmusicandopera2 |first=Erica |last=Jeal |work=The Guardian}} She then returned to Washington National Opera for Ilia in Idomeneo.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/11/04/a-graceful-turn-in-pivotal-mozart/38dc409a-97f6-48a9-ab24-8d64521562f7/ |title=A Graceful Turn in Pivotal Mozart |date=2002-11-04 |first=Tim |last=Page |newspaper=The Washington Post}} In 2003, she made her Vienna State Opera and Bavarian State Opera debuts, both with Violetta in La traviata.{{cite web|title=Vorstellungen mit Anna Netrebko|url=https://archiv.wiener-staatsoper.at/search/person/3501|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Vienna State Opera}}{{cite web |title=La Traviata - 20 Juli 2003 |website=Bavarian State Opera |language=de |url=https://www.staatsoper.de/stueckinfo/la-traviata/2003-07-20-19-00.html}} In November 2003, she made her Los Angeles Opera debut with Lucia di Lammermoor,{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-24-et-pasles24-story.html |title=Bright point in a dark 'Lucia' |date=2003-11-24 |first=Chris |last=Pasles |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2021-01-03}} and would return in 2005 for Roméo et Juliette and in 2006 for Manon.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-31-et-romeo31-story.html |title=Romeo and ... what's her name |date=2005-01-31 |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Mark |last=Swed |access-date=2021-01-11}}
In February 2004, she returned to Vienna for Don Giovanni, and was subsequently invited as the guest performer at the Vienna Opera Ball, where she returned in 2007.{{cite news |url=https://www.vienna.at/opernball-2004-prachtvoll-und-traditionell/2616063 |title=Opernball 2004: Prachtvoll und traditionell |date=2004-02-20 |website=Vienna.at |first=Elisabeth |last=Skoda |access-date=2019-09-29}}{{cite news |url=https://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/opernball-2007_aid_124754.html |title=Opernball 2007: Netrebko stiehlt Hilton die Show |date=2007-02-16 |trans-title=Opera Ball 2007: Netrebko steals Hilton's show |work=Focus |first=Marta S. |last=Halpert}} She then starred in a Japan tour of La bohème in Robert Carsen's staging as Musetta conducted by Seiji Ozawa,{{cite web |url=https://ozawa-musicacademy.com/history/417 |title=プッチーニ：歌劇「ラ・ボエーム」全4幕 |website=Seiji Ozawa Music Academy |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=2021-01-05 |language=ja}} and subsequently returned to San Francisco Opera in the same role.{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/A-sexual-dynamo-powers-S-F-Opera-s-La-Boheme-2715570.php |title=A sexual dynamo powers S.F. Opera's 'La Boheme' |date=2004-06-07 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |first=Joshua |last=Kosman |access-date=2021-01-05}} After withdrawing from two engagements, citing exhaustion,{{cite press release |url=https://www.operanews.com/operanews/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=523 |title=Netrebko Cancels String Of Performances Citing Exhaustion |work=Opera News |date=2004-09-20 |access-date=2021-01-05}} she returned to scene in November in Metropolitan Opera's La bohème as Musetta.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/arts/music/should-the-fat-lady-diet-before-she-sings.html |title=Should the Fat Lady Diet Before She Sings? |date=2004-11-14 |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |work=The New York Times |access-date=2021-01-05}} In summer 2005, she starred in the premiere of Willy Decker's new staging of La traviata in Salzburg, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.{{cite news |first=George |last=Loomis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/arts/traviata-soars-at-salzburg.html |title='Traviata' soars at Salzburg |date=2005-08-24 |work=The New York Times}} In December 2005, she sang Gilda in Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera, and was featured in the premiere of Otto Schenk's new production of Don Pasquale and Japan tour of Don Giovanni in the same season.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/arts/music/a-glamorous-twosome-fills-an-opera-house.html |title=A Glamorous Twosome Fills an Opera House |date=2005-12-12 |work=The New York Times |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/don-pasquale-3-1200517236/ |title=Don Pasquale |work=Variety |first=Robert |last=Holfer |date=2006-04-03}}{{cite web |url=https://opera.tosei-showa-music.ac.jp/search/Record/PROD-00423 |title=Performance Info - The Metropolitan Opera 2006 June in Japan |access-date=2021-03-06 |website=Showa Academia Musicae}}
In 2006, she sang Susanna in the new Claus Guth production of The Marriage of Figaro in Salzburg.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/arts/music/08figa.html |title='Figaro,' With Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducting, at the Salzburg Festival |date=2006-08-08 |work=The New York Times |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini}}
She sang Elvira in I puritani at the Metropolitan Opera in January 2007, and on 30 May 2007, Netrebko made her Carnegie Hall debut with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, which was originally scheduled on 2 March 2006 but she postponed due to not feeling artistically ready.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/30/entertainment/e232217D99.DTL |agency=Associated Press |work=San Francisco Chronicle |title=Russian Soprano Debuts at Carnegie Hall |date=2007-05-30 |archive-date=10 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210082301/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F05%2F30%2Fentertainment%2Fe232217D99.DTL |url-status=live |access-date=6 July 2017 }} She then performed Donna Anna at Covent Garden, but withdrew from some performances due to illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/anna-netrebko-pulls-out-of-covent-garden-don-giovanni-for-first-two-nights |title=Anna Netrebko Pulls Out of Covent Garden Don Giovanni for First Two Nights |date=2007-06-12 |first=Kevin |last=Shihoten |work=Playbill}} She appeared at the Last Night of the Proms on 8 September of that year where she performed excerpts from La sonnambula and Giuditta, and the lied "Morgen!" by Richard Strauss with Joshua Bell.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/0809.shtml|title=Last Night of the Proms: program|publisher=BBC|access-date=2013-09-11}} In the fall of 2007 she reprised her role as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Metropolitan Opera.
In December 2007 Netrebko was invited to honor Martin Scorsese at the 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, performing the aria "O mio babbino caro".{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2007-12-26-0712250124-story.html |title=Superstars Gathering for Kennedy Center Honors |date=2007-12-26 |work=Hartford Courant |first=Roger |last=Catlin |access-date=2019-09-29}}File:Vladimir Putin 27 February 2008-4.jpg at the Mariinsky Theatre after receiving the honorary title of People's Artist of Russia in 2008|left]]In January 2008 she performed Violetta at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to triumphant acclaim on the opening night,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/26/classicalmusicandopera.russia |author=Stuart Jeffries |title=I conquered the critics |work=The Guardian |date=2008-04-25 |access-date=2015-03-01}} opposite Jonas Kaufmann and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in performances conducted by Maurizio Benini. However, she cancelled three subsequent performances due to suffering a bronchial condition. In May 2008, she made her Paris Opera debut in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Opéra Bastille, with Joyce DiDonato as Romeo. In her first performance after her maternity leave, Netrebko sang Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor when it opened at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 14 January 2009, in a production from the Scottish Opera led by John Doyle.{{cite news |last=Stolyarova |first=Galina |url=http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=28012 |title=Mariinsky Diva Back With New Production |work=The St. Petersburg Times |date=2009-01-16 |access-date=2009-02-09}} She then sang the same role in January and February 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera. Netrebko appeared as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Royal Opera House in Spring 2009, and as Violetta in La traviata in June 2009 at the San Francisco Opera.
She presented the Deutscher Medienpreis 2009 to Chancellor Angela Merkel and sang Strauss' "Cäcilie" at the ceremony in Baden-Baden on 9 February 2010.{{cite news |url=https://www.bild.de/politik/2010/fuer-bundeskanzlerin-angela-merkel-11419512.bild.html |title=Deutscher Medien-Preis in Baden-Baden : Anna erht Angie |date=2010-02-10 |work=Bild}}
Through April and May 2010, she made a series of appearances at the Vienna State Opera in La bohème, Carmen, Manon. Originally scheduled in I puritani as well, she cancelled the appearance citing illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.vienna.at/staatsoper-anna-netrebko-glnzt-in-la-boheme/1825173 |title=Staatsoper: Anna Netrebko glänzt in "La Boheme" |date=2010-04-06 |website=Vienna.at}}{{cite news |url=https://www.diepresse.com/558292/netrebko-erkrankt-rancatore-singt-in-i-puritani |title=Netrebko erkrankt: Rancatore singt in "I puritani" |date=2010-04-14 |work=Die Presse |agency=APA}} She starred in Laurent Pelly's new Manon production at the Royal Opera, and sang Juliette at the Salzburg Festival.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/23/manon-review |title=Manon, Royal Opera House, London |date=2010-06-23 |work=The Guardian |first=Tim |last=Ashley}}{{cite news |url=https://www.diepresse.com/586861/salzburger-festspiele-bravos-fur-netrebko-als-julia |title=Salzburger Festspiele: Bravos für Netrebko als Julia |date=2010-08-11 |work=Die Presse |agency=APA}} In October 2010, she returned to New York's Metropolitan Opera for Norina in Don Pasquale,{{cite news |last=Schweitzer |first=Vivien |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/arts/music/02don.html |title=Don Pasquale at the Met with Anna Netrebko – Review |work=The New York Times |date=2010-11-01}} the matinee performance on 13 November of which was broadcast nationwide by PBS.{{cite news |last=Propst |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Propst |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/pbs-to-broadcast-mets-don-pasquale-starring-john-d_32151.html |title=PBS to Broadcast Met's Don Pasquale, Starring John Del Carlo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani |publisher=TheaterMania |date=2010-11-16}}
=Heavier roles (2011–2022)=
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On 2 April 2011, she sang the title role of Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena at the Vienna State Opera for a sold-out premiere there, and the repeat performance on 5 April 2011 was broadcast live to cinemas around the world.{{cite web |url=http://likelyimpossibilities.com/2011/04/anna-netrebko-sings-anna-bolena-keeps.html |title=Anna Netrebko sings Anna Bolena, keeps her head |website=likelyimpossibilities.com |date=2011-04-03}}{{cite news |last=Loomis |first=George |title=Anna Netrebko's Bel Canto Moment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/arts/anna-netrebkos-bel-canto-moment.html |work=The New York Times |date=2011-04-12}} On 7 December 2011, she opened the new season at La Scala in Milan, making her house debut, as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.{{cite news |last=Loomis |first=George |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/arts/10iht-loomis10.html |title=At La Scala, a Buoyant Opening Amid Austerity |work=The New York Times |date=2011-12-09}}{{cite news |last=Maddocks |first=Fiona |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/11/don-giovanni-scala-milan-review |title=A tale of two Italian opera cities |work=The Guardian |date=2011-12-11}} She has the distinction of being invited to appear in three consecutive opening night new productions at the Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena in 2011, L'elisir d'amore in 2012, and Eugene Onegin in 2013. Her performance as Lady Macbeth in the Metropolitan's 2014 fall season's production of Macbeth, a revival of Adrian Noble's 2007 production, drew critical praise and demonstrated her voice is still expanding in range and volume.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/sound-fury|last=Ross|first=Alex|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|magazine=The New Yorker|title=Sound And Fury|date=2014-10-20|access-date=2015-02-17}}{{cite news|last=Tanner|first=Michael|title=Met Opera Live's Macbeth: Netrebko's singing stirred almost as much as her décolletage|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts/opera/9354372/met-opera-lives-macbeth-netrebkos-singing-stirred-almost-as-much-as-her-decolletage/|work=The Spectator|date=2014-11-01|access-date=2015-02-17}} She continued her expansion into heavier Verdi roles at the Met the following year, singing the role of Leonora in Il trovatore to acclaim from both critics and audiences.{{cite news|last=Jorden|first=James|author-link=James Jorden|title=The Met's Triumphant Il Trovatore Is a Return to Opera's Golden Age|url=http://observer.com/2015/09/observer-arts/|work=The New York Observer|access-date=2015-10-22|date=2015-09-30}}{{cite news|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Tommasini|title=Review: Il Trovatore and Anna Bolena Showcase Courage and Command at the Met|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/arts/music/review-il-trovatore-and-anna-bolena-showcase-courage-and-command-at-the-met.html|work=The New York Times|date=2015-09-27|access-date=2015-10-22}}
She participated in the gala concert inaugurating the Mariinsky Theatre Second Stage on 2 May 2013.{{cite news |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2013/5/Reviews/ST__PETERSBURG__Mariinsky_II.html |title=Mariinsky II Opening Gala |date=May 2013 |work=Opera News |volume=77 |number=11 |first=David |last=Shengold |access-date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905061426/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2013/5/Reviews/ST__PETERSBURG__Mariinsky_II.html |url-status=dead }} She was invited to perform the Olympic Anthem, in Russian, at the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-anna-netrebko-olympics-sochi-20140207,0,3677725.story|first=David|last=Ng|title=Sochi Olympics: Anna Netrebko performs at the opening ceremony|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2014-02-07|access-date=2014-02-25}}
In April 2016, Netrebko announced her withdrawal from productions of Bellini's Norma at the Royal Opera House's 2016/17 season and the Metropolitan Opera's 2017/18 season due to the change in her voice.{{cite report|last=Shipman|first=Chris|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-change-anna-netrebko-to-withdraw-from-norma|title=Cast change: Anna Netrebko to withdraw from Norma|publisher=Royal Opera House|date=2016-04-26}}{{cite news |last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/royal-opera-house-frustration-as-anna-netrebko-cancels-norma/ |title=Royal Opera House 'frustration' as Anna Netrebko cancels Norma |work=The Telegraph |date=2016-04-26}}{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/26/soprano-anna-netrebko-withdraws-royal-opera-norma |title=Soprano Anna Netrebko withdraws from Royal Opera's Norma |work=The Guardian |date=2016-04-26}}{{cite news |last=Sulcas |first=Roslyn |author-link=Roslyn Sulcas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/arts/music/anna-netrebko-pulls-out-of-norma-productions.html |title=Anna Netrebko Pulls Out of 'Norma' Productions |work=The New York Times |date=2016-04-26}} The vacancies were filled respectively by Sonya Yoncheva and Sondra Radvanovsky.{{cite report|last=Spencer|first=Mel|url=https://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-confirmation-sonya-yoncheva-to-sing-in-norma|title=Cast confirmation: Sonya Yoncheva to sing in Norma|publisher=Royal Opera House|date=2016-05-03}}{{cite news |last=Angel |first=Amanda |url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/sondra-radvanovsky-replace-anna-netrebko-norma/ |title=Sondra Radvanovsky to Replace Anna Netrebko as Norma |publisher=WQXR |date=2016-05-03}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/arts/music/operas-game-of-musical-chairs-brings-a-netrebko-reprise.html |title=Opera's Game of Musical Chairs Brings a Netrebko Reprise |date=2016-05-03 |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Cooper}}
She then made her debut as Elsa in Lohengrin at the Semperoper in Dresden, and then went to Saint Petersburg for the same role at the Mariinsky Theatre.{{cite news |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/6/In_Review/DRESDEN__Lohengrin.html |title=Lohengrin |work=Opera News |date=June 2016 |volume=80 |number=12 |first=A. J. |last=Goldmann}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/playbill/2016/6/4/2_1800/ |title=Lohengrin |access-date=2021-02-21 |website=Mariinsky Theatre}}
She made several role debuts in 2017, including the title role of Adriana Lecouvreur at Mariinsky Theatre in June,{{cite news|last=Karlin|first=David|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-adriana-lecouvreur-netrebko-eyvazov-semenchuk-gergiev-june-2017|title=Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky|work=Bachtrack|date=2017-06-19}} the title role of Aida at Salzburg Festival in August,{{cite news|last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/arts/music/review-netrebko-aida-salzburg-muti-neshat.html|title=Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First Aida in Salzburg|work=The New York Times|date=2017-08-07}} and Maddalena in Andrea Chénier at La Scala in December.{{cite news|last=Barry|first=Colleen|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-long-neglected-chenier-makes-heroic-return-to-la-scala-2017-12|title=Long-neglected 'Chenier' makes heroic return to La Scala|work=Business Insider|agency=Associated Press|date=2017-12-08|access-date=31 January 2019|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013248/https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-long-neglected-chenier-makes-heroic-return-to-la-scala-2017-12|url-status=dead}} In 2018, she debuted as Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in April{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/arts/music/anna-netrebko-tosca-review-the-met.html|title=Review: Anna Netrebko Emerges as a Powerful New Tosca at the Met|work=The New York Times|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Tommasini|date=2018-04-22}} and performed at the Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn on 31 May.{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Anne-Catherine|url=https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/5439450/Anna-Netrebko-schwebt-und-betet-in-Schoenbrunn|title=Anna Netrebko schwebt und betet in Schönbrunn|trans-title=Anna Netrebko floats and prays in Schönbrunn|work=Die Presse|language=de|date=2018-06-01}}
In 2018, she performed in both gala concerts at the Red Square on 13 June and at the Bolshoi Theatre on 14 July, respectively commemorating the opening and closing of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/2018-world-cup-gala-concert-with-anna-netrebko-placido-domingo-and-more-to-be-available-to-stream |title=2018 World Cup Gala Concert... |date=2018-06-12 |work=Playbill |first=Shoshy |last=Ciment}}{{cite news |url=https://operawire.com/watch-anna-netrebko-placido-domingo-in-fifa-closing-night-gala/ |title=Watch Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo In FIFA Closing Night Gala |date=2018-07-15 |work=OperaWire |first=Francisco |last=Salazar}} On 8 September 2018 she took part in the inauguration gala concert of Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow, which was streamed on Medici.tv.{{cite news |url=https://operawire.com/medici-tv-to-stream-zaryadye-concert-halls-grand-opening-gala/ |date=2018-09-05 |title=Medici.TV To Stream Zaryadye Concert Hall's Grand Opening Gala |first=Francisco |last=Salazar |work=OperaWire}}{{cite web |url=https://seenandheard-international.com/2018/09/valery-gergiev-opens-new-state-of-the-art-concert-hall-in-moscow/ |title=Valery Gergiev Opens New State-of-the-Art Concert Hall in Moscow |date=2018-09-16 |website=Seen and Heard International |type=Review |first=Gregor |last=Tassie}} In February 2019, she opened the 2019 Vienna Opera Ball.{{cite news |url=https://www.noen.at/in-ausland/wien-anna-netrebko-eroeffnet-ausverkauften-opernball-wien-baelle-opernball-prominente-wien-137882628# |title=Anna Netrebko eröffnet ausverkauften Opernball |date=2019-02-28 |trans-title=Anna Netrebko opens sold-out opera ball |work=NÖN |agency=APA}} She was featured in the opening ceremony of 2019 European Games in Minsk on 21 June and inaugurated the first concert season of the Congress Hall at the Yekaterinburg Expo on 30 August 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/14/take-a-look-at-belarus-as-it-prepares-for-the-european-games |title=Take a look at Belarus as it prepares for the European Games |date=2019-06-17 |website=Euronews |first1=Louise |last1=Miner |first2=Sergey |last2=Shcherbakov |access-date=2019-09-05}}{{cite news |url=https://rg.ru/2019/08/31/reg-urfo/anna-netrebko-otkryla-novuiu-grand-scenu-v-ekaterinburge.html |title=Анна Нетребко открыла новую гранд-сцену – в Екатеринбурге |date=2019-08-31 |trans-title=Anna Netrebko opened a new grand stage – in Yekaterinburg |first=Анатолий |last=Меньшиков |work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta}}
In June 2020, Netrebko performed highlights from Verdi's Don Carlo in reduced concert form at the Semperoper as part of its "Aufklang!" series which reopened the theatre after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany.{{cite news |url=https://www.mdr.de/kultur/semperoper-anna-netrebko-verdi-don-carlo-100.html |title=Semperoper Dresden beendet Corona-Pause mit Anna Netrebko |date=2020-06-20 |first=Michael |last=Ernst |publisher=MDR Kultur}} She went on debuting at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples for semi-staged Tosca with Yusif Eyvazov and Ludovic Tézier.{{cite news |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-tosca-netrebko-tezier-eyvazov-valcuha-teatro-san-carlo-naples-july-2020 |title=An all-star Tosca for Teatro di San Carlo's reopening |date=2020-07-26 |work=Bachtrack |first=Lorenzo |last=Fiorito}} In September 2020 she had to self-isolate after her co-star in Don Carlo at the Bolshoi Theatre, Ildar Abdrazakov, was tested positive for COVID-19. She was soon hospitalized in Moscow, being treated for COVID-19-related pneumonia for about a week.{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Alex |title=Opera Star Anna Netrebko Is Hospitalized With Covid-19 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/arts/music/anna-netrebko-coronavirus-bolshoi.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=17 September 2020 |date=17 September 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/opera-star-anna-netrebko-hospitalized-with-covid-19/a-54978184 |title=Opera star Anna Netrebko hospitalized with COVID-19 |date=2020-09-18 |work=DW |first=Nadine |last=Wojcik}}{{cite news |url=https://www.krone.at/2235852 |title="Covid besiegt": Netrebko durfte Spital verlassen |trans-title="Covid defeated": Netrebko was allowed to leave the hospital |date=2020-09-23 |work=Kronen Zeitung |language=de}}
= Boycott, March 2022 =
On 26 February 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Netrebko released a statement in which she voiced her opposition to the war but disagreed with forcing one to voice one's political opinion.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=Original statement on Facebook |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/annanetrebko/posts/492832715544458/ |access-date=2022-06-25}} Despite her statement, she faced pressure from performance institutions for failing to distance herself from Russian president Vladimir Putin. On 1 March 2022, she said she would "retire from concert life until further notice".{{Cite news |date=2022-03-01 |title=Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko suspends performances 'until further notice' |publisher=Euronews |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/03/01/russian-opera-singer-anna-netrebko-suspends-performances-until-further-notice |access-date=2022-06-25}}{{cite news |last1=Plumet |first1=Alexandre |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Anna Netrebko se retire de la scène et dénonce l'injonction à condamner la Russie, son "pays d'origine" |work=Le Figaro |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/anna-netrebko-denonce-l-injonction-a-condamner-son-pays-d-origine-en-guerre-avec-l-ukraine-20220301 |access-date=March 4, 2022}} Immediately prior to this announcement, she withdrew from opera productions in Milan and Zürich,{{Cite press release |title=Statement from the Opernhaus Zürich and intendant Andreas Homoki on the attack on Ukraine and Anna Netrebko's scheduled appearances |url=https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/ukraine/ |date=2022-03-01 |publisher=Opernhaus Zürich}} while the Bavarian State Opera cancelled existing engagements with both her and Valery Gergiev.{{cite news |date=2022-03-01 |title=Anna Netrebko Withdraws From Performances Around Europe |language=en |work=OperaWire |url=https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-withdraws-from-performances-around-europe/}} Two days later, the Metropolitan Opera removed her from the upcoming Turandot, replacing her with the Ukrainian Liudmyla Monastyrska in the title role,{{cite news |date=May 1, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/arts/ukrainian-soprano-flag-anna-netrebko.html |title=Ukrainian Diva Replacing Netrebko at the Met Wears Her Country's Flag |newspaper=The New York Times }}{{cite news |author=David Salazar |date=May 1, 2022 |url=https://operawire.com/soprano-liudmyla-monastyrska-makes-political-statement-following-turandot-at-metropolitan-opera/ |title=Soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska Makes Political Statement Following 'Turandot' at Metropolitan Opera |newspaper=OperaWire }}{{cite news |author=Sophia Alexandra Hall |date=3 May 2022 |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/new-york-met/ukrainian-soprano-wears-flag-turandot/ |title=Ukrainian soprano drapes herself in flag during powerful 'Turandot' curtain call at Met Opera |newspaper=Classic FM }}{{cite web |author=David Wright |date=May 1, 2022 |url=https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2022/05/a-fresh-cast-and-ukrainian-soprano-lift-the-mets-spring-turandot/ |title=A fresh cast and Ukrainian soprano lift the Met's spring "Turandot" |newspaper=New York Classical Review }} and from Don Carlos in the 2023 season.{{Cite press release |title=Anna Netrebko withdraws from Met performances this spring |publisher=Metropolitan Opera |url=https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/anna-netrebko-withdraws-from-met-performances-this-spring/ |date=2022-03-03}}{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-03-03 |title=Anna Netrebko, Russian Diva, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/arts/music/anna-netrebko-met-opera-ukraine.html}} The Berlin State Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden also cancelled her appearances, with the latter not ruling out future cooperation.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-03 |title=Berliner Opern-Aufführung ohne Netrebko |work=tagesschau.de |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-krieg-donnerstag-101.html#Berliner-Opern-Auffuehrung-ohne-Netrebko |access-date=2022-06-26}}{{Cite news |date=2022-03-04 |title=Keine Kritik an Putin - Kein Auftritt von Netrebko bei Baden-Badener Osterfestspielen |publisher=Südwestrundfunk |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/opernstar-netrebko-festspielhaus-baden-baden-100.html}} Finn McRedmond of The Irish Times said that such a "wholesale boycott of Russia" would be "a dangerous departure from Western values".{{Cite news |last=McRedmond |first=Finn |date=2022-03-31 |title=Finn McRedmond: Wholesale boycott of Russia a dangerous departure from Western values |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/finn-mcredmond-wholesale-boycott-of-russia-a-dangerous-departure-from-western-values-1.4840350 |access-date=2022-04-29}}
On 30 March 2022, Netrebko released another statement where she announced plans to resume her public performances from May 2022, and repeated her condemnation of the war in Ukraine,{{efn|Usage of the word "war" in such context is banned in Russia{{Cite news |title=Russian law bans journalists from calling Ukraine conflict a 'war' or an 'invasion' |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/05/1084729579/russian-law-bans-journalists-from-calling-ukraine-conflict-a-war-or-an-invasion |access-date=2022-08-17}}}} distancing herself from Putin.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-30 |title=Russian soprano Anna Netrebko to resume performing in May |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-entertainment-anna-netrebko-arts-and-entertainment-e7d2e749f523967a60dc13588de24eb8 |access-date=2022-04-29}}{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-03-30 |title=Anna Netrebko Seeks Distance From Putin After Losing Work |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/arts/music/anna-netrebko-putin-ukraine.html |access-date=2022-04-29 |issn=0362-4331}}
I expressly condemn the war on Ukraine and my thoughts are with the victims of this war and their families. My position is clear. I am not a member of any political party nor am I allied with any leader of Russia. I acknowledge and regret that past actions or statements of mine could have been misinterpreted. In fact, I have met President Putin only a handful of times in my entire life, most notably on the occasion of receiving awards in recognition of my art or at the Olympics opening ceremony. I have otherwise never received any financial support from the Russian Government, and live and am a tax resident in Austria. I love my homeland of Russia and only seek peace and unity through my art. After taking my announced break, I will resume performing in late May, initially in Europe.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=Original statement on Facebook |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/annanetrebko/posts/512787003549029/ |access-date=2022-06-25}}
Netrebko was denounced as a traitor of Russia after her second statement,{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-04-14 |title=Anna Netrebko, Shunned in Much of the West, to Sing in Monte Carlo |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/arts/music/anna-netrebko-monte-carlo.html |access-date=2022-07-05 |issn=0362-4331}} with her Russian performances cancelled and a Duma deputy suggesting that she resign from her Russian titles.{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-04-01 |title=Netrebko Loses Work in Russia After Seeking Distance From Putin |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/arts/music/anna-netrebko-putin-ukraine-backlash.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Russian Opera House Cancels Anna Netrebko's Concert After Condemnation of War |url=https://operawire.com/russian-opera-house-cancels-anna-netrebkos-concert-after-condemnation-of-war/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Russian Politician Asks For Anna Netrebko to Resign From Russian Titles |url=https://operawire.com/russian-politician-asks-for-anna-netrebko-to-resign-from-russian-titles/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}} Berlin State Opera manager Matthias Schulz later announced that he had been contacting Netrebko about performances scheduled in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=Anna Netrebko Set to Return to the Berlin State Opera in 2023 |url=https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-set-to-return-to-the-berlin-state-opera-in-2023/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}
In June 2022, Netrebko filed a labor grievance against the Met with the assistance of the American Guild of Musical Artists.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Anna Netrebko Files Labor Grievance Against the Metropolitan Opera |url=https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-files-labor-grievance-against-the-metropolitan-opera/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Opera star Anna Netrebko files grievance against the Metropolitan Opera |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/04/srlx-j04.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=World Socialist Web Site |date=4 July 2022 |language=en}} In March 2023, an arbitrator ordered the Met to pay her over $200,000 for the cancelled performances while she pay a $30,000 penalty for making "highly inappropriate" statements following the invasion.{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2023-03-17 |title=Met Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/arts/music/met-opera-anna-netrebko.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0362-4331}}
= Later career =
In April 2022, Netrebko stepped in for Maria Agresta in Manon Lescaut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.{{Cite web |title=Netrebko sous le drapeau ukrainien {{!}} Forum Opéra |url=https://www.forumopera.com/manon-lescaut-monte-carlo-netrebko-sous-le-drapeau-ukrainien |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.forumopera.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=DUPUY |first=Emmanuel |date=2022-04-25 |title=Manon Lescaut à Monte-Carlo : Anna Netrebko et le triomphe du chant |url=https://www.diapasonmag.fr/critiques/manon-lescaut-a-monte-carlo-anna-netrebko-et-le-triomphe-du-chant-25909.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Diapason |language=fr-FR}} Her solo concerts in May 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris and La Scala were described by the press as "triumphant".{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Louis-Valentin |date=2022-05-26 |title=À la Philharmonie de Paris, accueil triomphal pour le retour d'Anna Netrebko |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/a-la-philharmonie-de-paris-accueil-triomphal-pour-le-retour-d-anna-netrebko-3407099 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=France Musique |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Le retour triomphal d'Anna Netrebko à Paris {{!}} Forum Opéra |url=https://www.forumopera.com/recital-anna-netrebko-day-and-night-le-retour-triomphal-danna-netrebko-a-paris |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.forumopera.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=DUPUY |first=Emmanuel |date=2022-05-26 |title=Anna Netrebko à la Philharmonie de Paris : prima la musica ! |url=https://www.diapasonmag.fr/critiques/anna-netrebko-a-la-philharmonie-de-paris-prima-la-musica-27134.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Diapason |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |last=TG24 |first=Sky |title=Anna Netrebko torna in scena alla Scala, ovazione per il soprano russo |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2022/05/28/anna-netrebko-scala |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=tg24.sky.it |date=28 May 2022 |language=it}} During summer 2022, she sang Aida and Turandot at the Arena di Verona with critical acclaim.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-10 |title=Verona, Arena Opera Festival 2022 - Aida (con Anna Netrebko) |url=https://www.connessiallopera.it/recensioni/2022/verona-arena-opera-festival-2022-aida-con-anna-netrebko/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Connessi all'Opera |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=ThemeZaa |title=Arena di Verona: in 14000 per la magistrale Aida di Anna Netrebko |url=https://www.operateatro.it/it/recensioni-Opere/Arena-di-Verona-in-14000-per-la-magistrale-Aida-di-Anna-Netrebko |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.operateatro.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-06 |title=Netrebko, la supervoce che strega l'Arena |url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/2022/08/06/news/netrebko_la_supervoce_che_strega_larena-5548193/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=La Stampa |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Proche de l'idéal {{!}} Forum Opéra |url=https://www.forumopera.com/turandot-verone-proche-de-lideal |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.forumopera.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=ThemeZaa |title=Arena, Anna Netrebko si conferma una Turandot di riferimento |url=https://www.operateatro.it/it/recensioni-Opere/Arena-Anna-Netrebko-si-conferma-una-Turandot-di-riferimento |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.operateatro.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Crepaldi |first=Fabiana |date=2022-08-05 |title=Aida, Carmen y La traviata en Verona |url=https://proopera.org.mx/critica/aida-carmen-y-la-traviata-en-verona/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Pro Ópera AC |language=es}} In September 2022, she opened the 2022/23 season of the Vienna State Opera, singing Mimi in La bohème. Her attendance was met with mostly applause and boos from some protesters.{{Cite web |title=WIEN / Staatssoper: LA BOHÈME mit Anna Netrebko |url=https://onlinemerker.com/wien-staatssoper-la-boheme-mit-anna-netrebko/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Online Merker |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=WIEN/ Staatsoper: LA BOHÈME - erste Vorstellung der beginnenden Saison - und diese gleich in Starbesetzung |url=https://onlinemerker.com/wien-staatsoper-la-boheme-erste-vorstellung-der-beginnenden-saison-und-diese-gleich-in-starbesetzung/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Online Merker |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=Netrebko: Triumph zum Geburtstag |url=https://www.oe24.at/leute/oesterreich/netrebko-triumph-zum-geburtstag/530784241 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.oe24.at |language=de}}
In June 2023, she opened the 100th edition of Arena di Verona Festival as Aida from Verdi.{{Cite web |title=Anna Netrebko is the standout performer in a spectacular new Aida at the 100th Verona Opera Festival – Seen and Heard International |url=https://seenandheard-international.com/2023/06/anna-netrebko-is-the-standout-performer-in-a-spectacular-new-aida-at-the-100th-verona-opera-festival/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=seenandheard-international.com}} On 24 July 2023, she made her debuts at the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, closing the Chorégies d'Orange festival with a Verdi Gala also featuring Yusif Eyvazov and conducted by Michelangelo Mazza.{{Cite web |title=Aux Chorégies d'Orange, le couple Netrebko-Eyvazov enflamme le théâtre antique |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/07/26/aux-choregies-dorange-le-couple-netrebko-eyvazov-enflamme-le-theatre-antique-11361021.php |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=midilibre.fr |language=fr}}
In May 2024, Netrebko performed Puccini's Turandot at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden in a new production of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden with stage direction and scenic design by Daniela Kerck. A reviewer from the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote that her heavy soprano was precise in all registers, with a velvety middle range, and her acting responsive to the story-line.{{Cite news |title=Anna Netrebko in Wiesbaden – Keiner schlafe, auch du nicht, o Prinzessin |url=https://www.fr.de/kultur/theater/anna-netrebko-in-wiesbaden-keiner-schlafe-auch-du-nicht-prinzessin-93052384.html |access-date=2024-06-25 |newspaper=Frankfurter Rundschau | date = 5 May 2024 | language = de}}
= Use of face-darkening makeup =
Netrebko has often performed the titular character in Aida, an Ethiopian princess, with face-darkening makeup, including her role debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 2018—despite the opera company's 2015 pledge to eliminate the use of face-darkening makeup in its productions.{{Cite news |last=Booker |first=Brakkton |date=2015-08-04 |title=Metropolitan Opera To Drop Use Of Blackface-Style Makeup In 'Otello' |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/04/429366961/metropolitan-opera-to-drop-use-of-blackface-style-makeup-in-otello |access-date=2022-07-12}} In June 2019 she defended such choice in the comments under her Instagram post for a performance.{{Cite web |last=Giovetti |first=Olivia |date=2019-06-13 |title=Color Blind |url=http://van-magazine.com/mag/anna-netrebko-blackface/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=VAN Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=The Met Casts Anna Netrebko as 'Aida' Despite Her Past Controversy in the Role |url=https://observer.com/2020/02/anna-netrebko-aida-met-opera-casting-2020-2021-season-details/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}
In July 2022, Netrebko and the Arena di Verona Festival faced heavy criticism for performing in blackface, following the release of publicity photos for a performance of Aida.{{Cite web |title=Soprano Anna Netrebko faces renewed Blackface accusations over Verona 'Aida' production |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anna-netrebko/soprano-blackface-accusations-verona/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Classic FM |language=en}} Subsequently, American soprano Angel Blue canceled her upcoming performances of La traviata at the Festival, citing the company's insistence on maintaining the practice.{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=2022-07-15 |title=Soprano Withdraws From Opera, Citing 'Blackface' in Netrebko's 'Aida' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/arts/music/angel-blue-anna-netrebko-blackface.html |access-date=2022-07-16 |issn=0362-4331}} Blue's cancellation initiated heated discussion.{{Cite web |last=Fialdini |first=Luca |title=Editoriale: Se l'opera è razzista |url=https://www.apemusicale.it/joomla/it/terza-pagina/13368-editoriale-se-l-opera-e-razzista |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=L'ape musicale |date=15 July 2022 |language=it-it}}{{Cite web |last=Causeur.fr |date=2022-07-18 |title=Quand une histoire de fond de teint agite le monde lyrique… |url=https://www.causeur.fr/angel-blue-verone-blackface-opera-238247 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Causeur |language=fr-FR}} Yusif Eyvazov called Blue's decision "disgusting,"{{Cite web |date=2022-07-17 |title=Peter Gelb Weighs in on Yusif Eyvazov's Social Media Comments |url=https://operawire.com/peter-gelb-weighs-in-on-yusif-eyvazovs-social-media-comments/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}} while mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry offered a conciliatory perspective.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Soprano Angel Blue's Social Media Accounts Disappear |url=https://operawire.com/angel-blues-social-media-accounts-disappears/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}
Other notable singers to have publicly spoken out against the use of blackface in Opera include the mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton{{Cite web |title=Jamie Barton on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jbartonmezzo/status/1546727085841973253 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}} who named Netrebko directly, and Stephanie Blythe, who suggested an abstention from performing operas that have typically featured white singers made up to appear as other ethnicities.{{Cite web |title=Stephanie Blythe on Twitter |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/blythemezzo/status/1546616949534253062 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Responding to the controversy surrounding blackface, the Arena di Verona Festival claimed it is "very hard to change" the production to avoid the use of blackface (this staging dates from 2002).{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Arena di Verona Releases Statement Regarding Angel Blue's Cancelation |url=https://operawire.com/arena-di-verona-releases-statement-regarding-angel-blues-cancelation/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}} The Festival also stated that when Blue signed her contract for La traviata, this staging of Aida was already planned and she should already have known that blackface was to be used.{{Cite web |title='Everywhere in the world used to have Blackface' – opera festival defends Anna Netrebko controversy |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anna-netrebko/soprano-blackface-accusations-verona/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Classic FM |language=en}}
Other activities
Netrebko serves as an honorary director of the Russian Children's Welfare Society and has featured in several editions of "Petroushka Ball", the major fund raiser of the charity.{{cite web |url=http://www.maximumdownforce.com/interactive/rcws/rcws_b/events.html |title=Petroushka – Russian Children's Welfare Society |access-date=2019-10-24}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rcws.org/about/the-board |title=About – The Board |website=RCWS |access-date=2019-10-24}} In 2007, she was announced to be an ambassador for SOS Children's Villages in Austria, and a sponsor for the Tomilino village in Russia.{{cite web |url=https://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/news/opera-singer-anna-netrebko-is-ambassador-for-sos-c |title=Opera singer Anna Netrebko is ambassador for SOS Children's Villages Austria |website=SOS Children's Village International |date=2007-03-16 |access-date=2019-10-24}} She has been supporting the association "projekt Anna - Kinderhilfe Kaliningrad e.V." since 2005, and became its patron in 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/55489.html |title=Hilfe für Waisenkinder - Opernstar unterstützt elternlose Kinder in Russland |date=2005-12-20 |publisher=Münchner Wochenanzeiger |access-date=2020-11-07}}{{cite news |url=https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/97204/30-11-2009/projekt-anna-fuer-die-kinder-kaliningrad |title="projekt Anna": Für die Kinder in Kaliningrad |date=2009-11-30 |first=Bettina |last=Scriba |website=evangelisch.de |access-date=2020-11-07}} In May 2012, she and her then-partner Erwin Schrott jointly founded the charitable foundation "Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott 4 Kids", aiming to promote education, art, culture and youth welfare.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213184836/http://www.annaanderwin4kids.com/ |archive-date=2013-12-13 |url=http://www.annaanderwin4kids.com/ |access-date=2019-10-24 |title=Anna and Erwin Foundation |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vdoper.de/nachrichten/neue-stiftung-kinder-jugendliche-anna-netrebko-erwin-schrott |title=Neue Stiftung für Kinder und Jugendliche von Anna Netrebko und Erwin Schrott |date=2012-05-10 |website=Vdoper.de}}{{cite news |url=http://www.classical-music.com/news/anna-netrebko-and-erwin-schrott-set-charity |title=Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott set up charity |date=2012-06-14 |work=BBC Music Magazine}}
Netrebko made a cameo appearance as herself in the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368933/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title=The Princess Diaries (2004) – Full Cast & Crew |access-date=2019-09-29 |website=IMDb}}
She has worn several designs by Austrian fashion designer Irina Vitjaz, who is a close friend of hers.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Bruce|title=Irina Vitjaz to Debut Brand During New York Fashion Week|url=https://styleft.com/irina-vitjaz-to-debut-brand-during-new-york-fashion-week/|publisher=StyleFT|date=2016-08-12|access-date=2016-11-02}}
= Political activity and relationship with Vladimir Putin =
File:Netrebko and Putin.jpg.]]As of 2022, there has been a debate over her association with Russian president Vladimir Putin.{{Cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=2022-03-03 |title=Anna Netrebko, a Russian star tied to Putin, is out at the Metropolitan Opera |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2022/03/03/1084177539/anna-netrebko-metropolitan-opera-russia-putin-ukraine |access-date=2022-07-16}} In 2012 she appeared on a list of 499 celebrities endorsing Putin in the 2012 Russian presidential election alongside Valery Gergiev and Denis Matsuev.{{Cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=2012-02-17 |title=Around The Classical Internet: February 17, 2012 |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2012/02/15/146942131/around-the-classical-internet-february-17-2012 |access-date=2022-07-16}} She later explained this as a gesture of recognition of Putin's support for the arts.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-22 |title=La soprano Anna Netrebko, entre les feux de la scène et de la guerre |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/05/22/la-soprano-anna-netrebko-entre-les-feux-de-la-scene-et-de-la-guerre_6127218_3246.html |access-date=2022-09-09}} After a blogger published that she also appeared on a declaration of support for Putin in 2018{{Cite web |last=lebrecht |first=norman |date=2022-03-31 |title=Exclusive: What Anna Netrebko did for President Putin |url=https://slippedisc.com/2022/03/exclusive-what-anna-netrebko-did-for-president-putin/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Slippedisc |language=en}} she stated several times that she did not sign this declaration, that her name was kept from the 2012 list without her approval and that she did not even participate in the vote.{{Cite web |title=ZEIT ONLINE|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2F2022%2F23%2Fanna-netrebko-russland-oper-ukraine |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.zeit.de}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Anna Netrebko : " Je ne suis coupable de rien " |url=https://www.diapasonmag.fr/a-la-une/anna-netrebko-je-ne-suis-coupable-de-rien-26999.html |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Diapason |language=fr-FR}}
In 2011, she rejected claims that she and Putin had formerly been romantically involved, though she jokingly said "I'd have loved to have been ... he's a very attractive man. Such a strong, male energy."{{Cite web |last=Pomerantsev |first=Peter |date=2011-09-25 |title=Anna Netrebko: Opera Diva to Die For |url=https://www.newsweek.com/anna-netrebko-opera-diva-die-67511 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}
In December 2014, she gave a ₽1,000,000 cheque to Oleg Tsaryov saying she was donating to the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, and posed alongside him with a flag of Novorossiya, a self-proclaimed confederation in Ukraine.{{cite news |date=2014-12-08 |title=Russian soprano Netrebko helps theatre in rebel Ukraine |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30380979 |access-date=2014-12-09}}{{cite news |date=2014-12-08 |title=Russia's Netrebko sparks controversy with donation to separatist region |work=GlobalPost |agency=Agence France-Presse |url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141208/russias-netrebko-sparks-controversy-donation-separatist-region |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209035111/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141208/russias-netrebko-sparks-controversy-donation-separatist-region |archive-date=2014-12-09}}{{Cite news |date=2014-12-08 |title=Russian soprano Netrebko helps theatre in rebel Ukraine |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30380979 |access-date=2022-07-16}} Tsaryov is one of the individuals sanctioned by the European Union for his role in the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.{{cite news |last=Bigg |first=Claire |date=2014-12-09 |title=Opera Star Under Fire For Backing Ukraine Separatists |agency=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/opera-star-under-fire-for-backing-ukraine-separatists/26733809.html |access-date=2014-12-09}} Netrebko said in a statement, "I want to make clear, however, that this donation is not a political act."{{cite web |date=2014-12-09 |title=Full statement from Facebook |url=https://govoritmoskva.ru/blogs/278/ |access-date=2021-04-29 |website=Govoritmoskva}}
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Netrebko has held varying public stances. In late February, she said on social media that she opposed the invasion, but subsequently described people who forced her to express her political position as "human s***s" who "are as evil as blind aggressors." After her second statement on 30 March 2022, where she repeated her condemnation of the war in Ukraine, distancing herself from Putin,{{cite news |title=Russian Opera Singer Netrebko Condemns War In Ukraine, Plans Return To Stage In May |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-netrebko-condemns-invasion/31778434.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=30 March 2022}} the Putin-controlled Russian Duma denounced her a traitor to her nation.{{cite news |title=Anna Netrebko, a soprano caught between the footlights and the flames of war |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2022/06/02/anna-netrebko-a-soprano-caught-between-the-footlights-and-the-flames-of-war_5985430_30.html |work=Le Monde |date=2 June 2022}}
Since January 2023, she was among the public figures who was sanctioned by the Government of Ukraine.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-08 |title=Ukraine sanctions dozens of Russian artists, public figures |publisher=Al Jazzera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/8/ukraine-puts-dozens-of-russian-public-figures-on-sanctions-list |access-date=2023-03-17}}
Public image
Time magazine placed her on its Time 100 list in 2007.{{cite magazine |last=Porterfield |first=Christopher |date=2007-05-03 |title=Anna Netrebko |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1615983,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=2019-07-23}} She was named one of the Beautiful People in 2013 by Paper.{{cite news |date=2013-03-26 |title=Here's to the 43 Talented, Creative and Altogether Inspiring People Changing the World |work=Paper |url=https://www.papermag.com/heres-to-the-43-talented-creative-and-altogether-inspiring-people-chan-1426854292.html}}
Personal life
Netrebko applied for Austrian citizenship in Vienna in March 2006.{{cite news |url=https://wiev1.orf.at/stories/96241 |date=2006-03-16 |title=Anna Netrebko wird Österreicherin |publisher=ORF.at |language=de |access-date=2020-12-19}} In response to the backlash in her native country, she cited the cumbersome and humiliating process of obtaining visas as a Russian citizen for her many performances abroad as the main reason for the decision.{{cite news |url=https://wiev1.orf.at/stories/110090 |title=Netrebko will weiterhin Staatsbürgerschaft |date=2006-05-18 |publisher=ORF.at |language=de |access-date=2021-02-01}}{{cite news |date=2006-05-26 |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/national-treasure/357122.html |first=Galina |last=Stolyarova |title=National Treasure |work=The Moscow Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112052340/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/national-treasure/357122.html |archive-date=2016-01-12}} In late July, the Council of Ministers approved the application for her "special merits",{{cite news |url=http://wien.orf.at/stories/125089/ |publisher=ORF.at |date=2006-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175329/http://wien.orf.at/stories/125089/ |archive-date=2011-07-25 |title=Opernstar Anna Netrebko: "Ich liebe Österreich" |language=de}} despite the fact that she neither spoke German nor lived in Austria.{{cite news |url=https://orf.at/v2/stories/2216889 |title=Staatsbürgerschaft: Neue Kriterien für Promi-Einbürgerungen |date=2014-02-04 |publisher=ORF.at |access-date=2021-02-01}}File:İlham Əliyev ümummilli lider Heydər Əliyevin anadan olmasının 96-cı ildönümünə və Heydər Əliyev Fondunun yaradılmasının 15 illiyinə həsr olunmuş təntənəli mərasimdə iştirak edib.jpg in May 2019 ]]
Netrebko started a relationship with Italian bass-baritone Simone Alberghini when they met during performances of Rigoletto at the Washington National Opera in 1999.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-09-12-0409110045-story.html |title=That voice! That face! That cursing! It's Anna Netrebko |date=2004-09-12 |work=The Baltimore Sun |first=Tim |last=Smith}} She announced their engagement but did not consider marrying due to a busy schedule.{{cite news |url=https://www.n-tv.de/archiv/Keine-Zeit-zum-Heiraten-article148268.html |date=2005-04-19 |title=Opernstar Anna Netrebko: Keine Zeit zum Heiraten |publisher=n-tv |language=de}} In May 2007 their relationship was confirmed as ended.{{cite news |url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/glossen/102410_Das-Buehnentraumpaar-in-Zeiten-der-Krise.html |title=Das Bühnentraumpaar in Zeiten der Krise |date=2007-05-09 |work=Wiener Zeitung |first=Edwin |last=Baumgartner |trans-title=The Stage Dream Couple in Times of Crisis}}
In December 2007, Netrebko became engaged to Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, whom she first met during a collaboration in 2003.{{cite news |url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/anna-netrebko-liebe-am-arbeitsplatz-3219678.html |date=2007-12-17 |title=Anna Netrebko: Liebe am Arbeitsplatz |work=Stern |language=de}} In April 2008, she announced their marriage,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/26/classicalmusicandopera.russia |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |title=I conquered the critics |work=The Guardian |date=2008-04-26 |access-date=2009-02-09}} but their wedding never in fact took place.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/nyregion/16routine.html |last=Finn |first=Robin |title=Breakfast Eggs (15 Ways) by a Soprano |work=The New York Times |date=2011-01-14 |access-date=2012-08-24}} Their son, Tiago Aruã, was born on 5 September 2008 in Vienna.{{cite news |url=https://people.com/parents/anna-netrebko/ |title=Opera Singer Anna Netrebko and Erwin Schrott Welcome a Son |date=2008-09-05 |work=People Magazine}}{{cite news |url=https://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/anna-netrebko-sohn-heisst-friedlicher-jakob_aid_331972.html |date=2008-09-08 |work=Focus |title=Anna Netrebko: Sohn heißt "friedlicher Jakob"}} On 25 November 2013, the couple announced their separation,{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/netrebko-says-she-split-schrott-203817038.html |title=Netrebko says she has split with Schrott |work=Yahoo! News |date=2013-11-25 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=2019-09-29}}{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/boulevard_nt/article122238273/Anna-Netrebko-und-Erwin-Schrott-haben-sich-getrennt.html |title=Anna Netrebko und Erwin Schrott haben sich getrennt |date=2013-11-25 |work=Die Welt |agency=dpa |access-date=2019-09-29}} after several months of largely separate lives.
In February 2014, during rehearsals for a staging of Manon Lescaut in Rome, Netrebko began a relationship with Azerbaijani tenor {{Interlanguage link|Yusif Eyvazov|de}}, her co-star in that opera. Five months later, the couple announced their engagement.[https://www.facebook.com/annanetrebko/photos/a.170799047626.155509.10480012626/10153038884137627/ Netrebko/Eyvazov announcement]. Facebook. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.{{cite news|first=Susanne |last=Zobl |url=http://www.news.at/a/anna-netrebko-freund-yusif-eyvazov |title=Das ist Anna Netrebkos Freund Yusif Eyvazov |website=News |date=2015-07-10|access-date=2016-11-14}} They married in Vienna on 29 December 2015. Their official wedding ceremony took place at the Palais Coburg, and the following celebration at the Gartenpalais Liechtenstein welcomed 180 guests in attendance, including Plácido Domingo.[http://dw.com/p/1HVmL "Opera star Anna Netrebko marries in splendor"]. DW. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Netrebko announced their separation on 26 June 2024.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/netrebko-eyvazov-split-0865f9f5e268fb6f89345f25f4a324c5 | title=Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov| website=Associated Press News | date=26 June 2024 }}
Netrebko has apartments in Saint Petersburg, Vienna, and New York City. In 2008, upon her pregnancy, she looked for a new residence in Vienna.{{cite news |url=https://www.oe24.at/leute/anna-netrebko-sucht-neue-villa-in-wien/285321 |title=Anna Netrebko sucht neue Villa in Wien |date=2008-04-07 |work=Österreich}} That year, she purchased and renovated a penthouse apartment at Franziskanerplatz.{{cite news |title=Netrebko kauft Wohnung in Wien |date=2008-05-03 |work=profil |via=OTS.at |url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20080503_OTS0004/profil-netrebko-kauft-wohnung-in-wien}} The renovation was not finished and she still lived in her original apartment by 2010.{{cite news |url=https://www.vienna.at/wohnglck-mit-hindernissen/1897519 |title=Wohnglück mit Hindernissen |date=2010-01-28 |website=Vienna.at |trans-title=Living Happiness with Obstables}} The building was evacuated in February 2010 due to acute danger of collapsing and only reopened two months later.{{cite news |url=https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/netrebko-haus-in-city-evakuiert/737177 |title=Netrebko-Haus in City evakuiert |date=2010-02-10 |work=Österreich}} {{cite news |url=https://wiev1.orf.at/stories/436119 |title=Haus auf Franziskanerplatz wieder offen |date=2010-04-14 |publisher=ORF.at}} In November 2009, she moved into a new apartment above Lincoln Square, Manhattan, where she combined two units for additional space.{{cite news |title=Anna Netrebko's New York Home: A Diva's Domain |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703734504575125992221920162 |date=2010-03-26 |first=Juliet |last=Chung |work=The Wall Street Journal}}[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/realestate/anna-netrebko-decorates.html "Anna Netrebko Decorates"] by Joanne Kaufman. The New York Times. 24 January 2014.
Awards and honors
= Musical awards =
Netrebko won 2006 Bambi Award in the classical music category.{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/medienpreis-bambi-fuer-anna-netrebko-a-445207.html |title=Medienpreis: Bambi für Anna Netrebko |date=2006-10-28 |work=Der Spiegel |agency=dpa |access-date=2020-09-16}} She was awarded the "World Star" of the BraVo International Professional Music Awards 2018.{{cite news |url=https://ria.ru/20180311/1516126521.html |title=BraVo: в Москве вручили премию в области классической музыки |trans-title=BraVo: in Moscow awarded an award in the field of classical music |date=2018-03-11 |language=ru |agency=RIA Novosti}}
She won the 2007 Singer of the Year and the 2008 Female Artist of Year in the Classical Brit Awards.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6619211.stm |title=McCartney scoops Classical Brit |date=2007-05-04 |work=BBC News |access-date=2019-09-29}}{{cite news |url=https://www.celebsnow.co.uk/latest-celebrity-news/see-pics-myleene-klass-steals-the-show-at-the-classical-brit-awards-193091 |title=Myleene Klass steals the show at the Classical Brit Awards |date=9 May 2008 |work=CelebsNow}} She was identified by the journal Musical America as "a genuine superstar for the 21st century" and was named Musician of the Year for 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=17023&cookies=1|title=Musical America Announces 2008 Awards|access-date=2008-01-07|last=Elliott|first=Susan|date=2007-11-06|work=Musical America|url-access=subscription }} Netrebko was one of the recipients of Leading Ladies Award 2012 awarded by Madonna magazine.{{cite news |url=https://madonna.oe24.at/thema/So-wird-der-Leading-Ladies-Award-2012/74850619 |title=So wird der Leading Ladies Award 2012 |date=2012-08-08 |language=de |work=Madonna }} She received another Leading Ladies Award in the category of Culture in 2016.{{cite news |url=https://madonna.oe24.at/leadingladies/Das-sind-die-Leading-Ladies-2016/240476774 |title=Das sind die Leading Ladies 2016 |date=2016-06-21 |work=Madonna |language=de }} She was presented an Opera News Award in April 2016.{{cite news |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/4/Features/The_OPERA_NEWS_Awards__Anna_Netrebko.html |title=The OPERA NEWS Awards: Anna Netrebko |date=April 2016 |volume=80 |number=10 |first=F. Paul |last=Driscoll}}
Netrebko won the "Female Singer of the Year" (Sängerin des Jahres) in the 2014 and 2016 Echo Klassik Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2014_Preistraeger_FINAL_Presse_141007_10.pdf |title=ECHO Klassik 2014 Preisträger |website=Echo Klassik |language=de |access-date=2014-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406005909/http://www.echoklassik.de/uploads/media/ECHO_Klassik_2014_Preistraeger_FINAL_Presse_141007_10.pdf |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/leute/article208379699/Echo-Klassik-fuer-Netrebko-und-Campino.html |title=Ein Echo Klassik für Anna Netrebko und Campino |date=2016-10-09 |work=Berliner Morgenpost |language=de |first=Martina |last=Helming }} She was awarded "Best Vocalist in Classical Music" at the Russian National Music Awards in 2016,{{Cite web|date=2016-12-08|title=Кристина Агилера, Татьяна Навка, Леонид Агутин, Филипп Киркоров и другие звезды на Российской национальной музыкальной премии|url=http://www.spletnik.ru/events/71917-kristina-agilera-polina-gagarina-filipp-kirkorov-RNMP.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Spletnik Magazine Russia|language=ru}} 2017{{Cite web|date=2017-12-14|title=Объявлены победители Российской национальной музыкальной премии / Союз|url=https://www.soyuz.ru/news/4413|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Soyuz Magazine Russia|language=ru}} and 2018.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-08|title=Российская Национальная Музыкальная Премия "Виктория" почтила память Кобзона и вернула Агутина в босоногую юность|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/330391|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Intermedia News Russia|language=ru}} She won the Best Female Singer in the 2017 International Opera Awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Winners-of-International-Opera-Awards-2017-Announced-20170507 |title=Winners of International Opera Awards 2017 Announced |date=2017-05-07 |website=BroadwayWorld }} On 26 October 2018, the Metropolitan Opera Guild honored her on its annual luncheon.{{cite news |url=http://operawire.com/5-major-highlights-from-anna-netrebkos-celebration-at-the-metropolitan-opera-guilds-84rd-annual-luncheon/ |title=5 Major Highlights from Anna Netrebko's Celebration At The Metropolitan Opera Guild's 84th Annual Luncheon |date=2018-10-26 |work=OperaWire |first=David |last=Salazar}} In 2020 she was awarded the Swedish Polar Music Prize and the Victoire d'honneur in the Victoires de la musique classique.[https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/anna-netrebko/ "Anna Netrebko, laureate of the Polar Music Prize 2020"], polarmusicprize.org{{cite news |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/kantorow-bernheim-et-deshayes-sacres-aux-victoires-de-la-musique-classique-20200221 |title=Kantorow, Bernheim et Deshayes sacrés aux Victoires de la musique classique |date=2020-02-21 |first=Jean-Baptiste |last=Garat |work=Le Figaro |access-date=2020-04-19}}
In September 2022, she received an "Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis" as Best Female Leading Role for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth” in Wiener Staatsoper.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-13 |title=Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis: "Beste Hauptrolle" an Anna Netrebko |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/oesterreichischer-musiktheaterpreis-beste-hauptrolle-an-anna-netrebko/402145338 |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=kurier.at |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Anna Netrebko & Georg Zeppenfeld Win Big at Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis |url=https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-george-zippenfeld-win-big-at-osterreichischer-musiktheaterpreis/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}
= State honors and others =
In 2004, Netrebko was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.{{cite web|url=http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID%3D28096%26PSC%3D1%26PT%3D3%26Page%3D1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528075747/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=28096&PSC=1&PT=3&Page=1 |archive-date=2008-05-28}} In February 2008, she was named People's Artist of Russia.{{cite news |agency=RIA Novosti |date=2008-02-27 |url=https://ria.ru/20080227/100187836.html |title=Оперная певица Анна Нетребко стала Народной артисткой России |trans-title=Opera singer Anna Netrebko became People's Artist of Russia |access-date=2019-07-23 |language=ru}} In May 2018, she received the Order of Friendship from the Azerbaijani president.{{cite web|url=http://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-and-yusif-eyvazov-recieve-awards-in-azerbaijan/|title=Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov {{sic|Rec|ieve|nolink=y}} Awards in Azerbaijan|date=2018-05-14|website=OperaWire}} In February 2017, the Austrian government named her Kammersängerin.{{cite news |url=https://diepresse.com/home/schaufenster/salon/5170861/Anna-Netrebko-zur-Kammersaengerin-ernannt |title=Netrebko zur Kammersängerin ernannt |work=Die Presse |agency=APA |date=2017-02-16 |language=de }}
On 18 September 2021, Netrebko celebrated her 50th birthday with a concert held in the Kremlin in Moscow. The concert featured friends and stars as Eyvazov, Rolando Villazon, Plácido Domingo or Michael Volle. Putin congratulated from afar through Dmitri Peskov, because he had been exposed to Corona cases.{{Cite news |last=Grill |first=Vanessa |date=2021-09-19 |title=Operndiva Netrebko feierte im Kreml 50. Geburtstag: Putin gratulierte |language=de |url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/30801353/operndiva-netrebko-feierte-im-kreml-50-geburtstag-putin-gratulierte |access-date=2022-11-22}} Part of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Arithmetic of Good charity fund, which helps orphans.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-17 |title=Anna Netrebko's Birthday Concert to Be Broadcast |url=https://operawire.com/anna-netrebkos-birthday-concert-to-be-broadcast/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=OperaWire |language=en-US}}
Asteroid 31104 Annanetrebko was named in her honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 31 January 2018 ({{small|M.P.C. 108697}}).
Recordings
{{Main|Anna Netrebko discography}}
Opera roles
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- Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
- Königin der Nacht, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Lyudmila, Ruslan and Lyudmila (Glinka)
- Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
- Adina, L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti)
- Micaëla, Carmen (Bizet)
- Flower Maiden, Parsifal (Wagner)
- Louisa, Betrothal in a Monastery (Prokofiev)
- Xenia, Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky)
- Ninetta, The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev)
- Violetta, La traviata (Verdi)
- Amina, La sonnambula (Bellini)
- Teresa, Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz)
- Gilda, Rigoletto (Verdi)
- Ilia, Idomeneo (Mozart)
- Musetta, La bohème (Puccini)
- Natasha, War and Peace (Prokofiev)
- Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
- Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- Marfa, The Tsar's Bride (Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Antonia, Les contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
- Giulietta, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini)
- Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- Servilia, La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
- Juliette, Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
- Mimì, La bohème (Puccini)
- Norina, Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
- Manon Lescaut, Manon (Massenet)
- Elvira, I puritani (Bellini)
- Iolanta, Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
- Anna Bolena, Anna Bolena (Donizetti)
- Tatiana, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
- Giovanna, Giovanna d'Arco (Verdi)
- Leonora, Il trovatore (Verdi)
- Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (Puccini)
- Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Verdi)
- Sylva Varescu, Die Csárdásfürstin (Kálmán){{efn|Concert performance}}
- Elsa, Lohengrin (Wagner)
- Adriana Lecouvreur, Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
- Maddalena de Coigny, Andrea Chénier (Giordano)
- Aida, Aida (Verdi)
- Floria Tosca, Tosca (Puccini)
- Leonora, La forza del destino (Verdi)
- Turandot, Turandot (Puccini)
- Elisabetta, Don Carlos (Verdi)
- Gioconda, La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
- Abigaille, Nabucco (Verdi)
Forthcoming roles include the operas Un ballo in maschera; La fanciulla del West, Pikovoya Dama and Ariadne auf Naxos
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Notes
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References
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See also
- Teodor Currentzis, Russian Greek conductor
External links
{{Commons category|Anna Netrebko}}
- {{Official website|https://www.annanetrebko.com/}}
- [http://theoperacritic.com/singers.php?singer=anna_netrebko Reviews, articles, photos and future schedules for Anna Netrebko from The Opera Critic]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02netrebko-t.html?ei=5087&em=&en=99d9474a7b50fc25&ex=1196830800&pagewanted=all Profile of Netrebko], The New York Times
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120929235016/http://operalively.com/forums/content.php/664-The-Exclusive-Opera-Lively-In-Person-Interview-with-Anna-Netrebko Interview with Anna Netrebko on Opera Lively]}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1356025|name=Anna Netrebko}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903115158/http://www.charlierose.com/watch/40049875 Interview] with Anna Netrebko, Stephen Costello, Peter Gelb on Anna Bolena, Charlie Rose, 10 October 2011
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