Anna Netrebko on Good Morning America

Posted on 07. Nov, 2009 by baotram in Singers

Anna Netrebko profile on ABC’s Good Morning America from January 2007.

About Anna Netrebko

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko born September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 38) in Krasnodar, Russia, is a Russian operatic soprano who currently resides in Vienna.

While a student at the Saint Petersburg conservatoire, Netrebko worked as a janitor at Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre. Later, she auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre, where conductor Valery Gergiev recognized her from her prior work in the theater. He subsequently became her vocal mentor. Under Gergiev’s guidance, Netrebko made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. She went on to sing many prominent roles with the Kirov Opera, including Amina in La sonnambula, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor.In 1994 she was invited to Riga on the role of Queen of the Night in an independent project “The Magic Flute” (Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akad?mija. The project’s author and director Michael Mamilov, conductor – David Milnes (U.S.).

In March 2006, Netrebko applied to become an Austrian citizen, receiving her citizenship in late July. According to an interview in the Austrian weekly news, she will live in Vienna and Salzburg. This has led to some backlash in Russia. Netrebko cites the cumbersome and humiliating process of obtaining visas (as a Russian citizen) for her many performances abroad as the main reason for obtaining Austrian citizenship.

In March 2007, Netrebko announced that she would be an ambassador for SOS Children’s Village in Austria, and be a sponsor for the Tomilino village in Russia.

In April 2008, Netrebko announced that she and her fiancé, Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, had married. Their son Tiago Aruã Schrott was born on 5 September 2008 in Vienna.