The Real Life Secrets about Anna Netrebko

Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко, born 18 September 1971) is a Russian operatic soprano. She holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenships and resides in Vienna, Austria, and in New York City. Netrebko was born in Krasnodar (Russia), in a family of Kuban Cossack background. While a student at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Netrebko worked as a janitor at Saint Petersburg s Mariinsky Theatre. Later, she auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre, where conductor Valery Gergiev recognized her from her prior work in the theatre. He subsequently became her vocal mentor 2 Mussorgskys song cycle The Nursery (or Childrens Room) was given its UK Première in Edison Denisovs orchestration on 7 September 1996 in Londons Royal Albert Hall. The soprano soloist was Anna Netrebko, making her Proms debut, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. The seven songs in Denisovs edition are: (1) With Nanny A child begs her nurse to tell a story, first about an awful bo