Netrebko lights up movie & TV screens
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher’s new production of Les contes d’Hoffmann, starring Anna Netrebko as Antonia, Kate Lindsey as Nicklausse, Alan Held as the four villains, Joseph Calleja in the title role, and conducted by James Levine, will be broadcast live to movie theaters around the world on December 19 at 1:00 pm EST, as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s “The Met: Live In HD” series. The new staging of Offenbach’s late masterpiece opened on December 3, and the Russian soprano’s portrayal of the innocent Antonia – as well as her short appearance as the prima donna Stella – received much acclaim. The New York Times wrote that she “was vocally lustrous, charismatic and wrenching as Antonia” and that she made a “captivating and tart Stella.” Further performances of Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera are on December 23, 26, 30 and January 2.
Four days after “The Met: Live in HD” broadcast of Hoffmann, PBS’s “Great Performances” presents the first American telecast of Robert Dornhelm’s feature film version of Puccini’s La Bohème, starring Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón. La Bohème was shown in theaters in select markets across the country this fall, and this week Kultur International Films released a DVD of the film in the U.S. In anticipation of the telecast on December 23 at 9:00 pm (check local listings), “Great Performances” has posted on its web site a video interview with Anna Netrebko about the making of La Bohème. Click here to watch it.
Anna Netrebko: upcoming performances
December 3, 7, 11, 16, 19(m)*, 23, 26, and 30, 2009; January 2, 2010
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Les contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia)
*The Met: Live In HD transmission
January 18
London, UK
Philharmonia Orchestra (debut)
Royal Festival Hall
Concert with Dmitri Hvorostovsky
February 20, 24, and 27; March 2, 6, 10, 13, 17, and 20
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: La bohème (Mimì)
March 29
Berlin, Germany
Berlin State Opera
Recital with Daniel Barenboim
April 5 and 8
Vienna, Austria
Vienna State Opera
Puccini: La bohème (Mimì)
April 19, 22, and 25
Vienna, Austria
Vienna State Opera
Bellini: I puritani (Elvira)
May 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15
Vienna, Austria
Vienna State Opera
Bizet: Carmen (Micaela)
May 18 and 21
Vienna, Austria
Vienna State Opera
Massenet: Manon (title role)
June 22, 25, and 28; July 1, 4, 7, and 10
London, UK
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Massenet: Manon (title role)
Anna Netrebko: recent and upcoming releases
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (2 DVDs)
Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: Nov 10
La bohème – Highlights (CD)
Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: Nov 23
La bohème (DVD)
Kultur International Films
Release date: Dec 15
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