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
opera singers boring
Lots of opera singers are just boring.
breath developing easiest matter singer sound though
I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.
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.
happens sharp sing work
I know what I'm missing. I know what I have to work on. Coloratura. And I sing sharp sometimes. It happens when I'm nervous.
high lots low sings soprano work
As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is lots of work.
conductor good great listen listening music opinion orchestra passionate ruling singers types
There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do the orchestra. And then there are great conductors, who have their own opinion on the music, who are ruling everything - and not listening much to the singers, but the orchestra play amazingly.
ask full less sing teacher vocal
If you ask me about vocal technique, I don't know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: 'Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano - no.'
sweet nice dark
Maybe because Im a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.
artist light needs
I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. Its not the diva speaking. Its the artist who knows how it has to be done.
support doe sometimes
I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if I understand that sometimes it makes sense when one person is ruling everything. But for bel canto, I have to have a conductor who listens and supports me.
mistake feelings intuition
I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.
littles needs our-lives
Russians always need a little sh*t in our lives. If everything is good and we seem completely happy, then we become suspicious of that.
teacher moving want
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.
concert people
When you're singing before 15,000 people at a summer concert outside, you need to look beautiful, because that's what people want.