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In 2011, Anna Netrebko headlined new productions of Anna Bolena in Vienna and New York.
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The Met falls back to October for a pre-recorded broadcast of La fanciulla del West this afternoon at 1:00 PM.
Russian repertoire figures very centrally in AVA’s mission.
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After a blizzard strands Renée Fleming in New York City, Anna Netrebko jumps in as star attraction at the Dresden Semperoper’s New Year’s Eve concert in 2010.
“We’ve realized that, actually, the status quo is not an option if we want to survive, let alone thrive.”
In addition to Jessye Norman, this event paid homage to the shamefully obscure soprano Sissieretta Jones—once billed as “The Black Patti.”
Anna trills herself to death in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, 2009.
On this day in 1920 Jerome Kern‘s Sally, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre to run 561 performances.
Heretofore I’d avoided the Met’s abridged, English-language holiday presentations.
Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel in an unusual broadcast conducted by Herbert von Karajan featuring Sena Jurinac and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the mischievous pair—performing in Italian!
A scene from a 2008 film of La bohéme, starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón.
On this day in 1999 John Harbison‘s The Great Gatsby premiered at the Met.
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