Anna Netrebko News

Neuer Fotoband der Wiener Staatsoper 'Impressionen zur Spielzeit 2011/2012'

Dieser Don Giovanni ist ein ganz schöner Schwerenöter. Ein Hans-Dampf in allen Gassen, ein Schelm, ein Herzensbrecher. Aber er ist auch ein Mörder und Vergewaltiger. Zusammen mit seinem Diener und Weggefährten Leporello, einem Drogen konsumierenden Junkie, hat er sich in die Wälder zurückgezogen. Seiner Naturgewalt und seinem animalischen Trieben, verfallen die Damen reihenweise. Da hätten wir die bürgerliche Donna Anna, gelangweilt von ihrem Verlobten und seiner und ihr selbst aufgebauten Spießerwelt. Donna Elvira, die vornehbare Dame und edlem Haus, die ihrem Verflossenem Don Giovanni nachtauert und ihm überall hin bedingungslos folgt. Alkohol, Drogen und Gewalt spielen eine große Rolle in Claus Guth's Inszenierung von Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', die 2008 bei den Salzburger Festspielen Premiere feierte.

Wie zuvor bereits Plácido Domingo, Rolando Villazón, Sir Simon Rattle und zuletzt im Februar Anna Netrebko, konnte nun auch Anne-Sophie Mutter gewonnen werden, sich für die 2010 begonnene Sanierung der Staatsoper Unter den Linden zu engagieren. Am 4. Juli wird sie als eine der großen Geigerinnen der Gegenwart gemeinsam mit Daniel Barenboim und der Staatskapelle Berlin ein Benefizkonzert geben und Musik von Johannes Brahms inter­pretieren. Alle Beteiligten des Konzertes in der Philharmonie Berlin verzichten auf eine Gage.

Ildar Abdrazakov joins conductor Riccardo Muti - his friend and frequent collaborator- to sing Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from tonight, June 14 through June 19.

ROYAL ALBERT HALL has announced its June 2012 listings. See details below. Box Office: +44 (0)20 7589 8212 - Open 7 days a week 9:00am - 9:00pm. Online booking is available for most events. Visit the website at www.royalalberthall.com.

Ildar Abdrazakov will join conductor Riccardo Muti - his friend and frequent collaborator- to sing Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from June 14-19.

ROYAL ALBERT HALL has announced its June 2012 listings. See details below. Box Office: +44 (0)20 7589 8212 - Open 7 days a week 9:00am - 9:00pm. Online booking is available for most events. Visit the website at www.royalalberthall.com.

Anna Netrebko kann leider aus persönlichen Gründen nicht mehr an Claus Guths Inszenierung von Mozarts „Don Giovanni“ an der Staatsoper im Schiller Theater teilnehmen. Die Partie der Donna Anna übernimmt Maria Bengtsson. Die Produktion in Zusammenarbeit mit den Salzburger Festspielen ist mit der Staatskapelle Berlin unter der musikalischen Leitung von Daniel Barenboim am 24., 27. und 30. Juni sowie am 3. und 6. Juli 2012 in Berlin zu sehen. Die Vorstellung am 30. Juni wird im Rahmen der Reihe „Staatsoper für alle“ live auf den Bebelplatz übertragen.

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty Swann and Cheryl Warfield will join tenor George Cornelius and Baritone Anthony Turner. Jonathan Kelly will be at the piano. The recital will be followed by a Reception and Dance with the cast. Tickets are $50 and $40 and include Reception and Dance Party with a live DJ immediately following the recital. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 917/402-8144 or visiting the Opera Exposures official website at www.operaexposures.org. They may also be purchased at the door.

Michael Todd Simpson will sing the role of Lescaut in this evening's performance of Massenet's Manon, replacing Paulo Szot, who is ill.

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open Mic Series starting April 26, where singers will perform two musical pieces each. The singers on both nights will be supported by David Schaeffer on keyboard.

Internationally-renowned tenor Piotr Beczala wowed critics and Metropolitan Opera audiences, alike, Monday evening (March 26) with his first assumption of the role of the hapless and hopelessly romantic Chevalier des Grieux in Massenet's Manon. Mr. Beczala shares the stage with soprano Anna Netrebko as the work's seductive, eponymous heroine. This new production, directed by Laurent Pelly, receives eight subsequent performances (March 31e; April 3, 7m, 11, 14e, 17, 20 & 23) www.metoperafamily.org

The new Enrico Caruso Room will feature a weekly Tuesday Night Opera Series starting April 17, showcasing a pair of talented professional opera performers each week, and a weekly Thursday Night Open Mic Series starting April 26, where singers will perform two musical pieces each. The singers on both nights will be supported by David Schaeffer on keyboard.

On Saturday, April 7, at 12 pm, The Met: Live in HD series continues at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with a live simulcast of Massenet's Manon.

Staatsoperndirektor Dominique Meyer, Generalmusikdirektor Franz Welser-Möst, Ballettdirektor Manuel Legris und der Kaufmännische Geschäftsführer Thomas W. Platzer haben heute, Dienstag, 27. März 2012 den Spielplan der kommenden Saison 2012/2013 präsentiert.

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new production of the season, this time presenting her signature portrayal of the ill-fated Manon in Massenet's eponymous opera for the first time in front of New York audiences.

Following her turn as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Anna Bolena last fall, Anna Netrebko now returns to Lincoln Center to headline her second new production of the season, this time presenting her signature portrayal of the ill-fated Manon in Massenet's eponymous opera for the first time in front of New York audiences.

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty Swann and Cheryl Warfield will join tenor George Cornelius and Baritone Anthony Turner. Jonathan Kelly will be at the piano. The recital will be followed by a Reception and Dance with the cast. Tickets are $50 and $40 and include Reception and Dance Party with a live DJ immediately following the recital. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 917/402-8144 or visiting the Opera Exposures official website at www.operaexposures.org. They may also be purchased at the door.

In the first of three collaborations together this spring, Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello reprise headline the Los Angeles Opera's signature production of Puccini's masterpiece. Marking Costello's house debut, the revival opens for six performances on May 12.

Anna Netrebko will make her Met role debut as the tragic heroine of Massenet's Manonin a new production directed by Laurent Pelly. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will conduct the opera for the first time at the Met, and Piotr Beczala makes his role debut as the ardent Chevalier des Grieux.