Article written by Robert Thicknesse for Times Online was published on June 10, 2005: Domestos goddess. Anna Netrebko went from mopping the floors at the Maryinsky Theatre to starring in it.

Some excerpts from the article:

“Then she won the Glinka singing competition, auditioned for the part of Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro and got the rather bigger part of Susanna. That was in 1994, at an age when most British singers are barely out of nappies.”

“Last year I got a big depression, I wanted to give up singing, nothing was making me happy.”

“In real life she’s taller than she seemed on that stage — a testimony to how vulnerably well she played the part — and I remember vividly the combination of stage presence and startlingly large, beautiful, rounded voice coming out.”

“….you can’t sing after dancing all night. I’m getting old! And I can’t afford cracked notes at Covent Garden.”

To read the full article, click here.

• • January 18, 2010
  • Royal Festival Hall, LondonConcert with Dimitri Hvorostovsky
• • February 20, 24, & 27, 2010
    March 2, 6, 10, 13, 17, & 20, 2010
  • Metropolitan Opera, New YorkLa Bohème / Mimi
• • March 29, 2010
  • Berlin State OperaRecital with Daniel Barenboim
• • April 5 & 8, 2010
  • Vienna State OperaLa Bohème / Mimi
• • April 19, 22, & 25, 2010
  • Vienna State OperaI Puritani / Elvira
• • May 3, 6, 9, 12, & 15, 2010
  • Vienna State OperaCarmen / Micaela
• • May 18 & 21, 2010
  • Vienna State OperaManon / title role
• • June 22, 25, & 28, 2010
    July 1, 4, 7, & 10, 2010
  • Royal Opera House, Covent GardenManon / title role
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• • January 14 & 17, 2009
  • Mariinsky Theatre St PetersburgLucia di Lammermoor / title role
• • January 26 & 29;
    February 3 & 7*, 2009
  • Metropolitan Opera, New YorkLucia di Lammermoor / title role
• • March 2, 5, 7, & 30
  • Royal Opera House, Covent GardenI Capuleti e I Montecchi / Giulietta
• • March 14, 17, 21 & 24, 2009
  • Vienna State OperaLucia di Lammermoor / title role
• • April 2, 7 & 11, 2009
  • Royal Opera House, Covent GardenI Capuleti e I Montecchi / Guilietta
• • April 22, 26 & 29, 2009
  • Zurich Opera (debut)La Traviata / Violetta
• • May 4, 7 & 11, 2009
  • Vienna State OperaLa Traviata / Violetta
• • May 16, 2009
  • Volkswagenhalle BraunschweigConcert with Dimitri Hvorostovsky
• • May 19, 2009
  • London Royal Festival HallConcert with Dimitri Hvorostovsky
• • May 24, 28 & 31, 2009
  • Bavarian State Opera, MunichLa Bohème / Mimi
• • June 13, 16, 19, 25, 28, 2009
  • San Francisco OperaLa Traviata / Violetta
• • July 10, 2008
  • Mariinsky Theater OrchestraConcert with Dmitri Hvorostovsky &
    Valery Gergiev, conductor
• • July 18, 21, 24, & 27, 2009
  • Festspielhaus Baden-BadenIolanta / title role
• • August 12, 2009
  • Rosengarten Mozartsaal, MannheimRecital
• • August 17, 2009
  • Salzburg FestivalRecital with Daniel Barenboim
• • September 6, 2009
  • Sobornaya Square, Moscow Kremlin“Great Voices in Kremlin” Opera Gala
    Russian National Orchestra
    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
• • September 18,2009
  • Scandinavian Tour, CopenhagenConcert with Massimo Giordano & Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
• • September 21, 2009
  • Scandinavian Tour, OsloConcert with Massimo Giordano & Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
• • September 24, 2009
  • Scandinavian Tour, StockholmConcert with Massimo Giordano & Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
• • September 28, 2009
  • Mariinsky Theatre, St. PetersburgIolanta / title role
• • October 1, 2009
  • Salle Pleyel, ParisConcert with Keri-Lynn Wilson & Massimo Giordano
• • October 10, 15, 20, & 23, 2009
  • Opera de ParisL’elisir d’amore / Adina
• • December 3, 7, 11, 16, 19, 23, 26, & 30, 2009
    January 2, 2010
  • Metropolitan Opera, New YorkLes Contes d’Hoffmann / Antonia

On 12th December 2004, CBS News published a 60 Minutes interview with Anna Netrebko titled Anna Netrebko: A Happy Diva. Russian Opera Singer Breaks New Ground As Music Video Star, where back then new prima donna is compared to Cinderella.

There are rules to good singing, and they may be the only rules Netrebko respects. She not only ignores the protocols of the opera world, on the road, she ignores the seat belt laws of California.

It’s no wonder Netrebko’s always maxed out on her credit cards. She told Simon that she paid $1,200 for a pair of jeans with holes in the knees. “This is the style,” she says.

To read the article and watch the video, click on its title.

On 14th June 2009, an interview with Anna titled Anna Netrebko – an opera superstar but no diva was published by San Francisco Chronicle.

Anna came to San Francisco to sing Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata. Her 9-month-old son, Tiago, came with her.

To read the article, click on its title above.