Tosca, two ways
When our friends at Naxos and C Major announced near-dueling releases of Puccini’s “shabby little shocker,” I was ready with my critic’s pen dipped in bile.
Anna Netrebko
207 pieces since 2005 — in 33 roles, at 21 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
207
pieces
33
roles
21
companies
22
years
By role
Leonora 8
Lady Macbeth 8
Manon 7
Tosca 5
Lucia 4
Anna Bolena 4
Tatiana 4
Norina 4
Natasha 2
Juliette 2
Mimi 2
Donna Anna 2
Aida 2
Violetta 2
Lady Macbeth; Butterfly 1
Marfa 1
Manon Lescaut 1
Tatyana 1
Turandot 1
Maddalena 1
Lyudmila 1
Louisa 1
Adina 1
Iolanta 1
Giulietta 1
Gioconda 1
Gilda 1
Elvira 1
Elsa 1
Antonia, Stella 1
Amina 1
Amelia 1
Adriana 1
By company
Metropolitan Opera 44
La Scala 4
Wiener Staatsoper 3
San Francisco Opera 2
Royal Opera House 1
Vienna Staatsoper 1
Teatro Real 1
Teatro alla Scala 1
Staatskapelle Dresden 1
Salzburger Festspiele 1
Salzburg Festival 1
Salzburg Easter Festival 1
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1
Berlin Staatsoper 1
Richard Tucker Foundation 1
Opéra de Paris 1
Nationaltheater München 1
Lyric Opera House 1
LA Opera 1
L.A. Opera 1
Berliner Staatsoper im Schillertheater 1
4 pieces as La Scala — stats above show all coverage for Anna Netrebko.
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Maddalena scene
This solid if not stellar performance finds our diva in particularly passionate form. Maybe they should have re-titled it Maddalena?
After dark
The Canadian Robert Carsen would appear to love the theater to the point of fixation.
Behind the red curtain
It was indeed a curious sensation making a late morning trek to East 59th Street, a block devoted to showro0ms for bizarre upscale furniture and lighting fixtures, and then to enter a boutique cinema specializing in Hindi films (the big coming attraction right now is Desi Boyz) — and all this before sitting down in […]
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
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