GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nel chiuso centro - chamber cantata / etc [standard edition] Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Marianna Pizzolato (contralto) / Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] ".the singers blend perfectly, and time and again the attention is caught by the quality of the playing. It is a most distinguished issue." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2011) |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Mozart Album - All-new recordings of Mozart's most popular opera arias and duets Anna Netrebko (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel (baritones) Rene Pape (bass) / various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] A celebratory vocal feast to honour one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time: that's the aim of this gala of international stars. |
ANNA NETREBKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - The Woman, The Voice Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker / Gianandrea Noseda [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 4/Oct/2004 ] Presenting Anna and her astonishing rise to stardom, this DVD showcases five arias from Anna Netrebko's debut album - Faust, Don Giovanni, La Sonnambula, La Boheme, and Rusalka (filmed in Salzburg and Los Angeles). |
PUCCINI / MOZART / OFFENBACH / GRIEG / GIORDANO / etc
The Very Best Of Anna Netrebko Anna Netrebko (soprano), with Yusif Eyvazon & Elina Garanca [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Dec/2018 ] It is rare for an artist to break through the boundaries of classical music stardom and achieve recognition in the wider world, but Anna Netrebko has achieved that and more. In a recording career spanning less than fifteen years so far, she has not... |
LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ / ROMBERG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Heart's Delight - The Songs Of Richard Tauber Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz, with Anna Netrebko, Richard Tauber & the Berlin Comedian Harmonists [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Jul/2013 ] "The surprise is the beautiful, rarely recorded Still wie die Nacht (As Still as Night) by the near-forgotten Carl Bohm. This disc will send Beczala's stock soaring, reaching a wider public than he has done so far." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Dresden Opera / Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Previously at home in French and Italian lyric tenor roles, Piotr Beczala was expanding his repertory in a direction that many opera fans had long wanted him to explore, while Anna Netrebko was undertaking her first Wagnerian role. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Anna Netrebko, Luca Pisaroni, Erwin Schrott, Malena Ernman, Jonathan Lemalu / Thomas Hengelbrock (cond) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "[Schrott] looks wonderful, is a natural and extraordinarily gifted actor, and has so much sinister charm that one understands why no woman can resist him. He has a rich voice, with many subtle shades...a definitive account [of the title-role]" BBC |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko / Eduardo Valdes / Maria Zifchak / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Looking as graceful as a gazelle and singing as sweetly as a bell struck with a surprising outburst of coloratura, Anna Netrebko sang in I Puritani for the first time at the MET" (The New York Post) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Netrebko has perhaps the most appealing stage presence among contemporary sopranos. She is a natural stage animal who can sing as she moves around the stage and interacts with her colleagues. Her sheer physicality on stage is awesome." (MusicWeb) |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 21/Feb/2014 ] "In a show-stopping Letter Scene, Netrebko conveys that first, uncertain declaration of love perfectly...She could easily have been the reigning Tatyana of the past decade." (International Record Review) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Berlin Concert - Live from the 'Waldbuhne' (complete concert) BLU-RAY Placido Domingo / Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazon / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The vocalism consistently stood out as superior...Domingo at 65 remains a phenomenon...His junior colleagues never lapsed vocally below their wonted high levels" (MusicalAmerica.com) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2012) Salzburg Festival / Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Piotr Beczala / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 15/Nov/2012 ] The New York Times wrote, "You don't often hear Mimì sung with such vivid character and sheer charisma." |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2017) Teatro alla Scala / Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Annalisa Stroppa / Riccardo Chailly [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] By choosing to work with director Mario Martone, known for his films as well as his work in opera and theatre, Chailly has given overall coherence to his cinematic vision. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo / Alfred Eschwé (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "The Vienna State Opera's presentation of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore in April 2005 is as good as it gets. All in all, this is a superb release, and highly recommended." (ClassicalCDReview.com) |
KALMAN / LEHAR / LINCKE / STOLZ / STRAUSS / ZELLER
Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss - Operetta's Greatest Hits Piotr Beczala, Ingeborg Schöpf, René Kollo, Fritz Wunderlich, Anna Netrebko, Renee Fleming, etc [ Double Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Operetta has been one of the favourite forms of musical entertainment since the 19th-century and has recently witnessed a revival thanks to many new, successful stage productions around world. |
KALMAN / LEHAR / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / HAHN / MESSAGER / etc
Souvenirs Anna Netrebko (soprano), Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume, with guests [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] Soprano superstar Anna Netrebko steps away from the operatic stage to create her most personal and intimate album yet. Souvenirs is a gorgeous collection of short and sparkling pieces that allow Anna to display her amazing voice and... |
W. A. MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete opera) Anna Netrebko, Christine Schafer, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Raschmann / Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2007 ] 'This Marriage of Figaro should go down in history as departing director Peter Ruzicka's greatest Salzburg achievement...four hours of perfection.' |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Highlights) Anna Netrebko / Christine Schafer / Bo Skovhus / Dorothea Roschmann / Wiener Philharmoniker / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Jun/2007 ] This generous single CD highlights selection captures the highpoints from the breathtaking performance of Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro at the 2006 Salzburg Festival. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Live From Red Square Moscow 2013 Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / State Academic Symphony, Constantine Orbelian [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Two of the biggest names in opera join forces for a live performance from historic Red Square in the heart of Moscow, captured in stunning sound and vision with 18 high definition cameras and 5.1 cinema surround sound. |