NEWS
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Anna Netrebko nominated for a 2010 Echo Klassik award
Published: 12 July 2010
Anna Netrebko has again been nominated for an Echo Klassik award, the German equivalent of the American Grammy Awards. The Russian soprano has taken home at least one prize at each of the past six ceremonies. Last year Netrebko won the Echo Klassik award in the category “Opera Recording of the Year” for her album La Bohème. In 2004 and 2005 she won for “Female Singer of the Year,” and for three consecutive years in row starting in 2005 Netrebko received the award for “Bestselling Album of the Year.”
The 17th annual Echo Klassik Awards will be held on October 17, 2010 at the home of the Essen Philharmonic in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. German radio and television personalities Sabine Heinrich and Matthias Opdenhövel will host. Since their inception in 1992, the Echo Awards have been given to the world’s top performers in both pop and classical music. For the 15th year in a row, the awards will be broadcast on German’s ZDF channel.
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Critics praise Anna Netrebko’s Manon at Covent Garden
Published: 30 June 2010
Anna Netrebko’s performance in Laurent Pelly’s new production of Manon at the Royal Opera House has received unanimous acclaim from London critics. “Anna Netrebko is a striking Manon,” wrote The Evening Standard. “Pelly has his lechers circle her, gasping with admiration but groping like predators. Netrebko’s Manon has them in the palm of her hand, her control underlined by her formidable vocal delivery, complete with stratospheric E flat.” The Telegraph declared that Netrebko “gives herself wholeheartedly to Manon...and sings with polish and precision... She was in magnificent voice and her sheer joy in performing was contagious.” The Independent lauded the soprano’s vocal characterization as “spot on” and wrote that her singing was “not just fabulous but meaningful”. Covent Garden’s Manon runs through July 10, and Netrebko will take the role to Japan on tour with the Royal Opera House this September.
Read the review in The Guardian
Read the review in The Telegraph
Read the review in The Independent
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Netrebko nominated for a 2010 Classical BRIT Award
Published: 13 April 2010
Anna Netrebko has been nominated for a 2010 Classical BRIT Award in the category of “Female Artist of the Year.” Netrebko took home the award in this category in 2008, and in 2007 she received the Classical BRIT Award for “Singer of the Year.” English actress Mylenee Klass will host the 11th annual Classical BRIT Awards on May 13, 2010 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The Classical BRIT Awards were established in 2000 to recognize the outstanding achievements of classical musicians and the growth of classical music sales in the UK. The awards have proved their vital importance to the UK music industry with the huge impact the event has on record sales of those artists performing, winning and nominated.
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DG releases In The Still of Night
Published: 17 March 2010
This spring Deutsche Grammophon will release Anna Netrebko’s new feature recording, a live recital album titled In the Still of Night, made with acclaimed pianist Daniel Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival in August 2009. With this disc, her first piano-vocal recording, the Russian soprano focuses on two of her homeland’s principal exponents of art song, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. The album will be released on March 26 in Europe and on April 27 in the United States.
Visit the album’s microsite for more information and to listen to sample tracks
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Netrebko named one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2010
Published: 12 March 2010
Anna Netrebko has been chosen by the World Economic Forum’s to become one if its Young Global Leaders. Each year the Forum selects 200-300 extraordinary individuals, drawn from every region of the world, to become part of this select group. The goal of the Young Global Leaders, which is restricted to people under forty years of age, is to form a powerful international community that can dramatically impact and improve the global future. Netrebko is one of only two Russians to make the list for 2010.
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Anna Netrebko honors German Chancellor
Published: 10 February 2010
Anna Netrebko presented the prestigious German Media Award to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a festive ceremony in Baden-Baden, Germany on February 9, 2010. The prize had previously been awarded to personalities such as Nelson Mandela, Bono and Hillary Clinton. In addition to presenting the prize, Anna also performed Richard Strauss’ “Caecilie”. In her acceptance speech, Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked Anna personally in Russian and then added the following (in German):
Es ist eine wirkliche Ehre – ich sage das aus Überzeugung –, von Anna Netrebko eine Laudatio zu bekommen. Wir in Deutschland sind fasziniert von ihr und von ihrer Kunst. Man kann an uns beiden sehen, dass der Herrgott die Talente unterschiedlich vergibt. Insoweit darf ich nur sagen: Als ich sie in Salzburg in „La Traviata“ und dann auch an anderer Stelle gesehen und gehört habe, war ich immer wieder fasziniert. In San Francisco ist einmal bei ihrem USA-Debüt über sie geschrieben worden: „Sie ist eine Sängerin, die einfach alles hat, eine Stimme von staunenswerter Reinheit, Präzision und Wandlungsfähigkeit sowie großem dynamischen und tonalen Umfang, Fantasie, Verständnis und Geist, und hinzu kommt ein überwältigendes Charisma.“ Damit ist alles gesagt über Anna Netrebko, aber sie hat ja heute den Preis noch nicht bekommen. Insofern danke für die Laudatio, und wir arbeiten schon mal vor.It is a real honor—and I say this out of true belief—to receive a congratulatory speech from Anna Netrebko. Here in Germany we are fascinated by her and by her art. Looking at the two of us one can see that God assigns talents very differently. I just want to say that when I saw and heard Anna Netrebko in La Traviata in Salzburg, as well as on many other occasions, I was captivated by her over and over again. A critic in San Francisco wrote of her debut in the USA: "Here is a singer who simply has it all: a voice of astounding purity, precision and scope, extensive dynamic and tonal range, imagination, insight and wit—all combined with a dazzling charisma." That says it all about Anna Netrebko, and she has not even received the [German Media Award] yet. So thank you very much for your congratulatory speech, and we are already looking ahead.
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