Anna Netrebko sings Anna Bolena "Al dolce guidami" - 2011

Anna Netrebko. Vienna. Anna Bolena. G. Donizetti. April 2, 2011.

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Music

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• Anna Netrebko
• Anna Bolena
• Maria Callas
• opera
• bel canto
• soprano

[MCSQUARED31]

Hi, asdfopera; elementary simply because a 'combo' of "Lucia" + "Anna Bolena" IS sufficient as a litmus (or any other kind of) test in Belcanto; what more are you eagerly awaiting for: may I mention "Norma" (God almighty, forbid!) or "Armida" (which was spoiled enough lately by other pseudo-specialists or belcanto wannabe's )....Ecco tutto. Ciao.

[asdfopera]

@MCSQUARED31

no.

[MCSQUARED31]

Hello, Ariadne7710; thanks for your responces, but we're clearly talking about different things here: you emphasize likeability, so that Anna cannot do any wrong, whereas I focus on how she handles Italian romantic operas ("Lucia" in this case). We go in parallel planes (i.e. with no common point). Thank you again.

[asdfopera]

@MCSQUARED31

why don't you consider another example besides lucia? I Capuleti e i Montecchi is another great bel canto opera and netrebko is wonderful as gulietta. you can't use one opera + one role for a litmus test for all bel canto. sorry.

[MCSQUARED31]

In a retrospect, cannot help but wonder who in a right mind could hire Anna to sing Lucia at the Met in Jan. 2009. She did not have one single trill.....come on now! Or does a pretty face compensate for Everything this rotten day and age, eh?

[asdfopera]

@MCSQUARED31

at the met they usually schedule roles 4 or more years in advance so netrebko was probably asked to sing lucia in 2005 around the same time her career at the met took off. she had already sang lucia before 2009 and it was pretty good. her lucia in 2009 was also good, but she could not sing an e flat in the mad scene.

[Ginii1]

@TheMariaBorgia She does exactly the same way than Maria Callas and she was the best. Netrebko is just doing the role for the first time. This aria is at the end of the whole role and she is tired, you can't judge the perfection here because she was staging. And I saw her, she was amazing.

[tlacubo]

I love her! She has a fabulous voice and serious talent :D

[infrantasi]

There is such a bad sense of pitch from the very start of this performance, the word "sospiri" particularly excruciating to the ear, but there are many other examples throughout where the entire aria comes close to a crash landing. My personal opinion of Netrebko, an immensely popular singer and a talented actress, is that she is the Beyonce of Bel Canto. Etta James is to Callas as Netrebko is to Beyonce—a remnant of a great singer with a few pretty high notes. A sign of the times, purtroppo!

[mariandevadas]

sorry to say but anna netrebko is not anna bolena.....really she has nothing to do with bolena! she just sings....

[FilmGuyNewyork]

@pclassik1 Maria Callas has nothing to do with this. If you don't like Netrebko her state your reasons but to say you don't like it because Maria Callas did it better would make it hard for any singer to compete with.

[ghostofyeats]

what a lovely voice, but who cares? serious intonation problems, no coherence of dramatic conception.

[NEBESHIKU]

@MusicVocalism the gold of an artist is to make art for what ever time they can, it is not to be a cheetoh and have a long expiration date like Sutherland and Caballé who sang for decades with wrecked voices.

[raindyns]

I like to be transformed into an opera singer and live that artistic fantasy even if it is just for those few hours.

[delmoral73]

I saw ANNA performed this operea this past Saturday via MET HD.

She was spectacular! Can wait to purchase this video.

The prduction was first rate. The rest of the cast were amazing!

[teaanv]

She also has definite intonation problems...