Anna Netrebko – operaexplorer

“Macbeth” in London: Netrebko, Lučić and Pappano mesmerize the audience

Saturday night, approaching magnificent Royal Opera House, I was wondering how lucky I have been at the opening of the spring season sale to get a ticket for the upcoming performance of “Macbeth” with stellar cast inclusive of Anna Netrebko, Željko Lučić, Ildebrando D’Archangelo and Yusif Eyvazov, conducted by incomparable Antonio Pappano. Today, while writing […]

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Impeccable “Adriana Lecouvreur” with Netrebko, Beczala, Zhidkova and Frontali in Vienna.

The announcement of the 2017/2018 season at Wiener Staatsoper immediately defined two must- see performances for my schedule, and both promised unforgettable experiences. First one was “Adriana Lecouvreur” with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala, and another one “Samson et Dalila” featuring Elīna Garanča in the title role – November and May respectively. On the morning […]

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Rewritten Aida in Salzburg: Muti leads star cast with Netrebko, Semenchuk, Meli, Salsi

This was one of the most saught-after performances, and without doubt, the hottest ticket of the summer opera festivals season. A new production of “Aida”, to be conducted by renowned Verdian specialist Riccardo Muti, and starring Anna Netrebko in her role debut, supported by equally strong cast – numerous reviews were pouring in immediately after […]

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Unresolvable conflict of love and revenge. Il Trovatore, The Metropolitan Opera, September 29th, 2015 and October 3rd, 2015

It seems like there is certain pattern in writing up reviews and impressions from the performances I have immensely enjoyed – it is much harder and time consuming rather than many good and some average performances required. Also this time has not been different as the only show I have seen twice, and got long-lasting […]

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Supercharged Onegin: Belated review of Eugene Onegin, Munich Opera festival, July 29th, 2015

It has been already quite a time since I enjoyed fantastic performances at Bayerisches Opernfestspiele or Munich Opera Festival. For me it is second year in a row when I carefully plan extended weekend with great hope to get all wished- for tickets from the Bayerisches Staatsoper box office in line with priorities defined in some 8 […]

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Beautifully haunting dream of illusion of happiness

GIUSEPPE VERDI • IL TROVATORE, Salzburg Festspiele, Aug 14, 2015 This was the best performance seen this season in Salzburg, great comparison of impressions after seeing production live with perceptions from recorded/ streamed performances. The cast was well balanced and complementing each other, Anna Netrebko run the performance, while both Meli and Rucinski were believable […]

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Gatavojoties Minhenes operas festivāla apmeklējumam

Šī gada Minhenes operas festivāls lutina opermīļus ar lieliskām izrādēm un izpildītājiem, Tāpat kā pagājušajā gadā esmu izvēlējusies festivāla noslēgumu, tam šogad izvēlēta Džakomo Pučīni “Manona Lesko” ar superzvaigznes Jonasa Kaufmana un Kristīnes Opolais līdzdalību. Redzēju šo izrādi jau decembrī, bet tā atstāja tik dziļu iespaidu, ka labprāt to redzētu vēl un vēlreiz, izbaudot nianses […]