The success story of Anna Netrebko: from the Russian province to world glory

Anna Netrebko is one of the most famous and popular opera singers, who, born in Russia, is currently a citizen of the whole world and lives in Vienna (Austria) and New York.

Her voice delights millions of viewers, in the artist’s personal collection there is a huge variety of various awards, says the official Online Netrebko.

Her performances were applauded by the best halls of the world, and among the fans there are famous businessmen, politicians and cultural figures.

First steps

Anna Netrebko was born and raised in Krasnodar, her father worked as an engineer, and her mother - a geologist.

While still at school, she became a soloist of the Kuban Pioneer musical ensemble, with which she performed at the Krasnodar Palace of Pioneers. After graduating from high school, the young singer realized that she wanted to further improve her talent - Netrebko went to Leningrad, where she successfully entered the music school on Tatyana Lebed’s course. She studied for 2 years, but did not wait to graduate.

Quitting halfway started, Anna decided to try her hand at the entrance exams to the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The competition was very solid, however, the singer's excellent vocal details blazed her way up. In 1990, she entered the conservatory and began to learn vocals from the famous teacher Tamara Novichenko.

The next step in her development as a singer was her victory at the All-Russian vocal competition. This success became an important stage in the career of Anna Netrebko - she received the boost of confidence she needed in her own abilities, and with it the opportunity to audition at the Mariinsky Theater

Debut on the big stage

The singer received her first role in the Mariinsky Theater immediately after the audition. The director Valery Gergiev, who was present at the viewing, was so impressed by the unique talent of the singer that, without hesitation, he gave her the main role in the production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Thus, in 1994, Anna Netrebko made her debut on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. The debut work was successful, and subsequently the actress often appeared before the audience, performing significant roles in various productions. For several years, Anna became one of the leading soloists of the theater. Among her most significant roles were roles in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, Tsar's Bride, Engagement in the Monastery, Barber of Seville, Somnambula, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, “La Boheme”, “Don Juan” and others.

Soon, together with the Mariinsky Theater troupe, Anna began touring extensively, concerts of the opera diva were held in Finland, Germany, Israel, and Latvia. A few months later, Anna Netrebko appeared before the American audience. Performances on the opera stage in San Francisco brought the first international success to the singer. After that, Anna Netrebko began to appear frequently with concerts in the United States and Western Europe.

World glory

One of the most significant successes in the singer's career was the play “War and Peace”, staged at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the staging “Don Juan”, presented by conductor Nikolaus Arnoncourt at the festival in Salzburg, Austria. During this period, they talked about Anna Netrebko as about a new superstar.

She received Austrian citizenship and began touring around the world, performing with the best orchestras and the best musicians of the planet.

At the moment, Anna Netrebko is in the TOP-10 of the most popular and famous Russian artists. Her personal fortune is estimated at $ 3,75 million. The cost of one of her performances reaches $ 50 thousands.

Although Anna herself interview with "Arguments and Facts" said she does not think she earns a lot.

“I don’t know where the rumors about my husband and I’s crazy opera fees come from. Someone wrote that I have millions. Maybe they took the number of CDs sold? Indeed, about 4 million of them were sold, but this does not mean that my annual or monthly earnings are that high. In fact, with such a profession, we earn decently. But I pay a huge amount of taxes - almost 50%. Plus, I have to pay for the apartments and support the people who work for me. By the way, both of my apartments - both in New York and in Vienna - were purchased with a mortgage. I’ll have to repay the bank loan for another 20 years,” she said.

In this case, shopping in New York Netrebko spends thousands of dollars, reports New York Times.

Estimated Forbes, the opera diva is on 29 place among the richest Russian celebrities. The publication estimated its condition in 2,5 million dollars.

The singer’s personal collection of awards includes the Golden Sofit, the German Media Award, the Golden Gramophone, the Casta diva Award, as well as the Classical BRIT Awards and many others.

Personal life

For a long time, Anna Netrebko dated the Uruguayan singer Schrott Erwin. After a long romance, the two celebrities got engaged in 2007. The festive celebrations took place in New York. In September 2008, in one of the Austrian clinics, the singer gave birth to her beloved son Thiago. The boy is autistic, so the star knows firsthand about this problem.

“Autism is some kind of genetic change. No one knows why they happen. Why there are so many autistic people in the world remains a mystery even to doctors. But this is a fact: such children used to be one in 3 thousand, now there is one in 150. I realized that Thiago was autistic very late, when he was already 3 years old. But I just couldn't accept it - like other mothers who find themselves in a similar situation. How come? Naturally, there was a shock, and in general a nightmare, and all the things... He did not speak - he was silent. Or rather, he uttered some individual words. They say that autistic people don't look people in the eye. It's not true, he looked into the eyes. And he smiled, he was absolutely normal. But it happens that you turn to him, but it’s as if you don’t exist for him, he’s in some kind of his own world. He can't tell you how things are at school. At first it was the end of the world for me. But then I pulled myself together very quickly and said: “Okay, there’s no time to wait, we need to act quickly.” The sooner you act, the better the result - that’s all,” Netrebko admitted.

She advises all mothers of such children not to become hysterical, but to act.

“The only thing I can tell the mother of an autistic child: you need to find a professional who will work with him, and the more hours a week, the better. They have their own system, toys, they force children to play some special educational games. Mom won’t be able to do this, absolutely,” the singer noted.

In November, Netrebko's 2013 broke up with Erwin.

And on December 29 2015, in Vienna, she married the Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov, with whom she was engaged a year earlier.

2017 year the family met in the United States in traditional Christmas funny sweaters and masks.

Photo: Instagram

The family also attended the opening of the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center in New York. Thiago was wearing a Statue of Liberty costume.

Photo: Instagram

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