Netrebko's First Solo Album In 5 Years On 180g Double LP!
The greatest opera star of our times is back: Anna Netrebko returns with her first solo album in five years, Amata dalle tenebre. Celebrating her 50th birthday on 18th September, the prima donna assoluta at the height of her formidable powers presents a dazzling array of iconic soprano arias by Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, Cilea and Purcell, also including Dido's Lament, Anna's first-ever Baroque track in the English language. This special album was recorded with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.
Features
- 180g Vinyl
- Double LP
- Gatefold jacket
- Made in Germany
Musicians
Anna Netrebko | soprano |
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Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | |
Riccardo Chailly | conductor |
Selections
LP 1 - Side A:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- Es gibt ein Reich
Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne)
Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
- Ritorna vincitor! ... Numi, pietà
Aida, Act I: Scena e romanza (Aida)
Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni
LP 1 - Side B:
- Tu che le vanità
Don Carlo, Act V: Scena (Elisabetta)
Libretto: Joseph Mery & Camille du Locle
Italian translation: Achille de Lauzieres & Angelo Zanardini
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- Dich, teure Halle
Tannhäuser, Act II (Elisabeth)
Libretto: Richard Wagner
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
- Poveri fiori
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV (Adriana)
Libretto: Arturo Colautti
LP 2 - Side A:
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
- Uzh polnoch blitzitsya ... Akh, istomilas ya gorem
Pique Dame, Act III: Scene and arioso (Lisa)
Libretto: Modest Tchaikovsky
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
- Un bel dì vedremo
Madama Butterfly, Act II (Butterfly)
Libretto: Guiseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Richard Wagner
- Einsam in trüben Tagen
Lohengrin, Act I (Elsa)
Libretto: Richard Wagner
LP 2 - Side B:
Giacomo Puccini
- Sola, perduta, abbandonata
Manon Lescaut, Act IV (Manon)
Libretto: Ruggero Leoncavallo, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Giulio Ricordi & Giacomo Puccini
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth
Dido and Aeneas, Act III: Dido's Lament
Libretto: Nahum Tate
Richard Wagner
- Mild und leise wie er lächelt
Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod
Libretto: Richard Wagner