Cast changes on tonight's performance of Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Met

Canadian tenor David Pomeroy will make his Met debut tonight, singing the title role in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" replacing the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja who is ill.

Anna Netrebko hits the Popcharts in Austria with her new Album "The Best of Anna Netrebko"

Anna Netrebko hits the popcharts in Austria with her new album "The Best of Anna Netrebko" occupying the fifth position of the rank, behind pop stars like Lady Gaga but before Robbie Wllliams. In Austria, has already sold over 10,000 albums, getting the Gold Record.

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Anna Netrebko stürmt die Popcharts - oe24.at, 29. Dec 2009 - By Gunther Baumann [German]

Anna Netrebko among the Best of the Decade on Classic Music for The Washington Post

The Washington Post in the article "The Best of the decade: Classical music" signed by Anne Midgette on 27. December 2009, makes a review of what they consider it has been the most remarkable items of the decade on classical music. The soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Juan Diego Florez are the only opera singers included in the top-10 list of the best of the decade in classical music.

Anna Netrebko, Face of the Decade for Times Online

The article "The decade in opera" signed by Neil Fisher and published on Times Online on 22. December 2009 makes an overview of the evolution experimented on the opera world on this decade which will be over in a few days. The article selects Anna Netrebko as Face of the Decade.

Top-10 Anna Netrebko performances of the decade 2000-2009

We are approaching the end of the first decade of the new century. I have prepared a list of what I could pick as the top-10 Anna Netrebko's performances of the decade. It has not been an easy task. Some of them are a clear choice for me, some others could be at a different position in the rank and there are others left, such as the performances of Manon in Los Angeles, Wien and Berlin, Don Giovanni in London, La Bohème in New York and Munich, which could have been added... but here it is my choice. Let us know what do you think and which would be yours.

1. La Traviata, Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg, Aug 2005 - Anna Netrebko (Violetta Valéry), Rolando Villazón (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont); Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi
2. La Bohème, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, 3. Jan 2006 - Anna Netrebko (Mimi), Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo); Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev
3. War and Peace, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb-Mar 2002 - Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky); Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Valery Gergiev
4. Don Giovanni, Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg, Aug 2002 - Anna Netrebko (Donna Anna), Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Leporello); Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
5. La Traviata, Royal Opera House, London, Jan 2008 - Anna Netrebko (Violetta Valery), Jonas Kaufmann (Alfredo Germont), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Giorgio Germont); Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Maurizio Benini
6. Roméo et Juliette, Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, May 2006 - Anna Netrebko (Juliette), Rolando Villazón (Roméo); Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy
7. L'Elisir d'Amore, Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, Apr 2005 - Anna Netrebko (Adina), Rolando Villazón (Nemorino), Leo Nucci (Belcore), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Dulcamara); Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Alfred Eschwé
8. Das Waldbühnenkonzert, Waldbühne, Berlin 7. Jul 2006 – Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Anna Netrebko (Soprano) und Rolando Villazón (Tenor); Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Marco Armiliato
9. Iolanta, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Jul 2009 - Anna Netrebko (Iolanta), Piotr Beczala (Vaudemont); Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev
10. Liederabend, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg 17. Aug 2009 – Anna Netrebko (Soprano); Daniel Barenboim (Piano)

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Cast changes on tonight's performance of Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Met

Three cast changes have been made for tonight's performance of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" due to illness. Rachele Gilmore makes her Met debut replacing Kathleen Kim as Olympia. Laura Vlasak Nolan replaces Ekaterina Gubanova as Giulietta. Joel Sorensen replaces Alan Oke singing the four servants.

Happy Birthday, Erwin!!!

We wish a very Happy Birthday to Erwin!

Feliz Cumpleaños, Erwin!