| Anna Netrebko
confirmed her exceptional status on the operatic Olympus in 2005, when
she sang Verdi s Violetta alongside Rolando Villazón at that summer s
Salzburg Festival. With Leonora she has successfully completed the bold
move to more dramatic roles. Her voice has always been nobly rounded,
but now it has gained in body and volume, becoming fuller and darker in
tone. The courtesan Violetta, with her dazzling coloratura, and Puccini
s lyrically sweet-toned Mimì have evolved into a full-blooded operatic
heroine with an emotional breadth that subverts and transcends all the
usual operatic clichés. |
