Biography of anna netrebko
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“A soprano with star power in the best sense, a charismatic expressivity that pervades every element of her performance.” – Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
Throughout an illustrious career beginning in 1994, Anna Netrebko has arguably become a reigning prima donna of the 21st century. Either as the toast of season opening productions at the Teatro alla Scala in Milano or the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a featured soloist at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, or the first classical music artist named to Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people, Netrebko has consistently distinguished herself inside – and outside – the world of opera.
In live performance and on numerous award-winning recordings, Netrebko’s portrayals of opera’s most iconic heroines demonstrate a remarkable range and artistic sensibility. Her interpretations span from Mozart operas, bel canto masterpieces (including Bellini’s La sonnambula and Donizetti’s Anna Bolena), French chefs d’oeuvres (Massenet’s Manon and Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette), Puccini (from La bohème to Turandot), Verdi (from La traviata to Aida to Macbeth), verismo (Giordano’s Andrea Chénier and Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur), Tchaikovsky (from Iolanta to Eugene Onegin
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Announcement of 2020's Polar Music Prize Laureates.
The Laureates of 2020 were announced on February 11, 2020. A press conference was held as usual in the Stockholm City Hall where Mayor of Stockholm Anna König Jerlmyr welcomed the guests. Diane Warren and Anna Netrebko were announced as Laureates of 2020 by Alfons Karabuda, chairman of the Polar Music Prize Award Committee, and Marie Ledin, MD of the Polar Music Prize.
Alfons Karabuda announcing the Laureates.
Anna König Jerlmyr
2020 – a very special year
2020 turned out to be a very special year as the pandemic of covid-19 started to spread all over the world a month later. Due to the restrictions regarding the coronavirus, the ceremony was first postponed to 2021 and finally cancelled as the pandemic was still raging in the first part of 2021.
Marie Ledin, MD of the Polar Music Prize interviewed about the Laureates.
Agneta Christiernin, Polar Music Prize's production manager, and Stefan Forsberg, member of the Award committee.
Stefan Forsberg, Anna Netrebko and HM Queen Silvia at Konserthuset Stockholm
A quite unusual prize ceremony
HM Queen Silvia presented the Polar Music Prize to 2020's Laureate Anna Netrebko on October 16, 2021, in connection with a
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