Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko
Anna Yuryevna Netrebkois a Russian operatic soprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna, Austria and in New York City...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth18 September 1971
CityKrasnodar, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
great sitting
Applause, it's very nice, of course. But when you're giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.
You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.
believe starve
You should not starve yourself with stupid diets, which I don't believe in anyway.
The role I really want to sing is Elisabetta from 'Don Carlo.'
art cannot exclusive love opera
Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do.
looked men
Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all.
pretend princesses wait
In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.
ask department experience prefer
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.
house opera stage wear
The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!
escape keeps pulling special
For me, St. Petersburg is the city that I can never escape because it has this special energy, even a dark energy. It keeps pulling me back.
maybe sing singers stay
When I started, my teachers told me that I had to sing 'Mozart, Mozart, Mozart.' I said, 'No, I want to sing all the other stuff.' If you do not push yourself, you will stay the same. Maybe some singers are happy with that, but I have to move, I have to do something new always.
cannot cute definitely music operas peasant russian voice
I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now never in Russia; I am Austrian citizen. But definitely I am Latin!
maybe
When I am on stage, I give everything. Maybe because of that, I won't last long, but I don't care.
dark darker lady life maybe nice sweet
Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.