Now that we’re starting up a new season, I’ve been thinking about what makes great arias so powerful, and I think a big part of it is that they tap into our strongest emotions. One of the emotions ...
No artist has provided more can’t-miss moments in recent Met memory, and megastar soprano Anna Netrebko promises to add another with this performance of signature and dramatically charged arias.
Demonstrators outside the Royal Opera House protested the Russian soprano’s return to the London stage in a new production of “Tosca.” By Alex Marshall The company’s director, Oliver Mears, talks ...
Continuing its dazzling fifteenth season on PBS, Great Performances at The Met brings new concerts with opera’s biggest stars. Performing in locations from New York City to Norway, beloved ...
NEW YORK — Singers are often handed bouquets at the end of a concert. But on Sunday afternoon, Anna Netrebko arrived onstage at Carnegie Hall with an armful of roses. For several songs in this, her ...
With her distinctive fashion sense and robust stage presence, it’s hard to imagine Russian soprano Anna Netrebko working as a janitor at Saint Petersburg’s historic theater of opera and ballet, The ...
An arbitrator has ruled in favor of world-famous soprano Anna Netrebko in her grievance against the Metropolitan Opera. The New York opera company, under general manager Peter Gelb, banned Netrebko in ...
Sir David McVicar's "smashing new production" is "a grand triumph" (Huffington Post), offering a splendid backdrop for two extraordinary sopranos sharing the title role of the jealous prima donna: ...