Anna Netrebko sings "Coppia iniqua" Anna Bolena (Donizetti) Met 9.26.11

[DiabolicalGenius39]

Netrebko is indeed an excellent singer, however I am not convinced that this is the best role for her…

[BenFanNetrebko]

perfect, great singer.

[applerck]

Terrible!

[Eiswirth1]

This is painful to listen to...

[sttar1982]

horrible

[fabrizietto1980]

ah... ma quindi questa è parte della futura generazione di belcantiste? ma c'è pure britney spears nel gruppo? giusto per farsi un'idea

[Faust075]

"Cher Dieu, si on vous envoie Anna Netrebko, vous nous rendez Maria Callas ?"

"Dear God, if we give you Anna Netrebko, would you send us back Maria Callas ?" "Dio mio, se vi diamo Anna Netrebko, ci rendete Maria Callas ?"

[thomastmwc]

yikes

[Pywacket2]

A very pallid attempt at the climatic high note. Yawn.

[MrAndredekock]

This is SUCH an improvement on the other offering that is listed here and I saw this performance and she was magnificent in portrayal of the character as well as vocally. Brava.

[sevoflurane]

Terrible.

[junefun55]

She is forcing and pushing, but does does it very well. Also the top sounds like an artificial extension of a not very high voice. Good but just not great. BUT of course like every single person on here this is just a personal opinion no more and no less.The brilliant thing is no single voice in opera has ever pleased every listener. .......and perhaps we should be thankful for that otherwise we would have nothing to disagree about!

[tiadejbk1]

I saw Sills sing the Three Queens, Rosina, Adina, Norina, plus other roles. As much as I liked her I thought there was something lacking as the queens. After listening to Netrebko as Bolena from Vienna. seeing her at the Met last week and also up close and personal with the HD broadcast I now realize it was warmth. She wowed me from Vienna, she gave me goosebumps at the Met and I almost cried at the end of the boradcast. Sills was a great singer, but not so great as Bolena.

[Ariadne7710]

@tiadejbk1 Sills had a light soprano voice which was great for the light roles like Adina, Amina etc. Anna Bolena needs a voice with a lot more weight and richness in the middle and low range which is why Netrebko is perfect for it. Not everyone's voice is suitable for every role. Your instinct is right to have noticed the differences even though you may not have known the technical reasons for it. Richness and warmth in the voice repose in the middle and low range not at the top end.

[BlueberryLilly]

@levieux piano: Bin j'aimerais bien savoir "hurler" comme elle... :S et ce n'est pas mes enfants qui me contrediront :D !!

[nanard111]

@BlueberryLilly

c'est vrai que c 'est toujours les français qui hurlent après les chanteurs qui ne sont pas français, et surtout mondialement connus...c 'est bien connu, que hors de france, c 'est de la m....!!!

[bodiloto]

@nanard111 ma dai !...

[BlueberryLilly]

@nanard111 ah ah ! oui cela est vrai aussi :D et pourtant la relève vient clairement de l'Est ... (et ce n'est pas de moi c'est de mon prof... de chant !)

En ce qui concerne la Netrebko, elle n'attend ni n'aura besoin de la reconnaissance des mauvais coucheurs de you-tube pour voir son étoile briller au firmament des divas ;-)

[nanard111]

@BlueberryLilly  c est bien vrai ça!!!

[PopoliDiTessalia]

@BlueberryLilly Si la relève vient clairement de l'Est, je suppose que la technique doit se situer bien loin à l'Ouest, alors... ;-)

[levieuxpiano]

C'est moche comme tout. On est loin de Callas, Gencer, Scotto, et même Devia, Ricchiarelli jeune et Gruberova, Là, le rôle est abordé de façon raccoleuse, hurlé, surjoué, sans magie et sans style. Parfait pour effrayer les enfants qui ne veulent pas aller se coucher et pour les y obliger !.

[nanard111]

@levieuxpiano

y a pas que le piano qui est vieux...y a celui qui se cache derrière le pseudo!

[bodiloto]

@levieuxpiano è vero quello che dici! Sono d'accordo con te!

[levieuxpiano]

@bodiloto

Grazie a te ! E speriamo che il futuro del bel canto sia migliore che oggi in questa versione !

[nanard111]

@levieuxpiano

Gruberova...comme voix désagréable a écouter y a pas mieux...mais ca vient peut etre de la qualité des enregistrements...lol ou de mes oreilles..mais comme dans tout les sites "sérieux" on dit qu 'elle est extraordinaire..je ne demande qu 'a le croire, mais moi, mes oreilles souffrent!!!

[Jimburu]

Your hearing must be bad, spqrmor. LOL But one of the wonderful things about opera is the differences of opinion.

[spqrmor]

@Jimburu Naturally ,Anna Bolena is not typical belcanto role for the coloratura,it 's sooner more dramatic one, which demands appropriate ability in the low and middle registers,which mrs. Sills could never deliver with her birds additional embellishments.Mrs. Sills example is not quite good for the role at all.When listening to Sills,I feel something unnatural with her transported high notes.Her singing reminds me screams of laboratory mouse before it's death, then the character of Anne Boleyn.

[petelovesbevsills]

@spqrmor Wow, spoken like a true smartmouth! It's Mrs GREENOUGH to you. Some people are simply not worthy of typing the name Sills.

[spqrmor]

@petelovesbevsills The same way it can be said about the dull and envious Sills worshipers with their petty attacks on AN, who are not worthy a button of speaking about Netrebko. When one needs to listen to " Queen of the night", Bev is fine, but not in the case of Anna Bolena. D'you feel the differance? If you don't, please stay away from AN , in your shell world of the past. Thanks and regards.

[petelovesbevsills]

@spqrmor Did you say something or was that hot air that just rushed past?

[spqrmor]

@petelovesbevsills Delirium tremens of a Sills fan?

[petelovesbevsills]

@spqrmor more wind?

[spqrmor]

@petelovesbevsills No more, there's only regret about you...

[jgdmol4l]

Si...si...si!

[jamm6274]

This is so incredible and I feel drawn into the music!

[lanimabilanganligot]

Beautiful.. as if it were music from Heaven.

[pfrezzo]

Bravissima,Incredibile

[georgerannie]

She has, inspite of the "nay sayers" , done it to this role--brava diva.

[spqrmor]

Queen Anne is dead - long live Queen Anna!

[LohengrinT]

Omg not only she does not skip the lower notes she actually accentuates them - what a magnificent switch to lower register at 0:14 - this woman actually sings in FULL VOICE what Sills, Sutherland and Caballe never managed to sing in its entire range - this is totally and utterly AMAZING

The entire part is sun in FULL VOICE -she does not cut to less in any part - dangerous dangerous but soooooooooo incredibly exciting to be listening to Donizetti sung this way - NOT SINCE CALLAS!!!

[primohomme]

@LohengrinT

I can't believe how much she has improved in a year!

I was reading reviews of the opening night and they all agree that Anna was great

And recognize her vocal improvement in the last few months.

[gman20101]

@LohengrinT I dont think that her way of singing is dangerous for her voice because she resonates sound well with her body down to diaphragm even when she sings belcanto (unlike many other singers including Callas). This vocal technique is safe and provide big ample power, but singing "small fast notes" demands additional efforts

[LohengrinT]

@gman20101

I completely understand what you mean and partly you are correct - my "Sixth sense" though, where my entire Opera knowledge comes from, tells me she is a bit stretching here

Nevertheless I adore what she does :)

[gman20101]

@LohengrinT I think that she is stretching a bit because she is singing relatively low notes in "full voice" here - this needs much more air (breathing) than singing high notes

[LohengrinT]

@gman20101

I dont mean she sounds stretched in anyway (like Scotto for example) but her instrument is very beautiful - it indeed scares me to hear her sing this part so full voice

[adballet]

@LohengrinT She cuts the first aria in half. And the entire performance we could hear a loud breath btw every musical phrase. She was the only one with such noise in the house on the 26 in the entire cast. I am not sure why she grinds her teeth when she says the word pardon in Italian. At no pointe I was able to feel sympathetic towards her character, it was always the star on stage with a big pay check. Somehow the loud breath almost disappear in the recordings. But I agree, beautiful voice.

[LohengrinT]

@adballet

you have quite an imagination :))

[Ariadne7710]

Yes, yes, yeeeeees. Brava Anna. Great job, well done!!! Steady and firm right through with a rich, lush tone. Ascending trills great, very well enuciated and solidly held. High notes equally solid and steady and the middle and low ranges much firmer and well supported. Much better than anyone since Callas. Can't wait to see the movie transmission on Oct. 15

[primohomme]

YES!! Low notes are firmer, ascending trills more precise

Color is richer and more vibrant, high notes are free and solid

Anna is scalping the lessers who have tried singing this role the last 20 years.

[orewa14]

I like, only few bars in, love it already..finished.. brava !!