This is how Netrebko’s secret return went to the Vienna Opera – Culture

She has not sung to so few people in a long time. However, these photos will go around the world. It was a performance that made almost twenty “spectators” cry: Opera superstar Anna Netrebko, only accompanied on piano by Jendrik Springer, sang Puccini’s famous aria “In quelle trine morbide”. Alone on the grand stage of the State Opera, behind him, 2,300 empty seats and standing spaces.

First time presentation at ORF

The reason: ORF III recorded the presentation of the game schedule for season 20/21 by new state opera director Bogdan Roscic for Sunday (April 26 / starts at 9:30 p.m. / ORF III). Because it is not possible to celebrate it live in front of an audience due to the crown crisis, it will take place for the first time on ORF television, which will be seen on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 9:30 p.m. on ORF III.

New music director currently in Paris

General manager Alexander Wrabetz, himself a great admirer of classical music, made this possible in the short term. The actual plan, which had been brewing for months, would have been for Roscic to present his show on the home stage, free of charge to anyone interested. One of its mottos is: opera open to everyone. In addition to Bogdan Roscic, appointed music director Philippe Jordan, attached from Paris, as well as future director of the Vienna State Ballet Martin Schläpfer, provide video information on the upcoming season. Cultural journalists Heinz Sichrovsky and Barbara Rett comment through a circuit.

“Donna Anna” is trapped in Vienna

Anna Netrebko, who is trapped in Vienna with her husband Yusif and son Tiago due to the crown pandemic, has spontaneously agreed to “reopen” the opera, and says otherwise. “Today”: “As an opera singer you want to sing, it is our life. It is worse and sadder when you see such an empty house. My appearance is to show people that better times will come and everything will be fine.”

Netrebko: “Dear Vienna”

Yourself – discovered “Today” – will become an integral part of the new Roscic management. Netrebko himself does not want to anticipate the Sunday performance, and literally surrounds the events as follows: “I love Vienna and I love the Vienna State Opera and it is a pleasure working with Bogdan, whom I have known for a long time.” Little details on the side: It was once your disk manager.

Netrebko was 36.4

The appearance and recording of ORF III was carried out under the strictest crown safety precautions. In addition to mouth guards, disinfection dispensers were installed everywhere. As with all the others, Anna Netrebko was measured in the entrance fever, reassuring result: 36.4 degrees. However, the current situation is likely to drain the nerves of many people. Bogdan Roscic: “We all long for the day when the first music bar of the orchestra pit finally plays.”

Garanca, merchant, Flórez in Vienna

The government (which also owns the State Opera) will only decide if it is really possible to sing in the fall. How “Today” Ten releases are planned for the upcoming season, whenever it begins. Recently there were only six (plus a children’s opera). Prices must be reduced significantly. In the 2018/19 season, prices increased by an average of five percent. This time it will only increase the density of the artist. The best stars in the classical world will perform under Bogdan Roscic in Vienna. In addition to Netrebko, this will include Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann and Juan Diego Flórez.

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