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.

Anna Netrebko will also release a visual album which is a music film based on four arias from Anna’s latest recordings. Filmed mainly at Teatro alla Scala in Milan during at right after the album recording, it explores Anna's performative practices to embody different heroines and their stories. Framed by a genuine interview where Anna shares rare insights about herself, as well as the music, the film follows the four arias as they are translated to screen, each with a unique visual language and style. Aida, Lisa, Dido and Isolde come to life in a series of visual experimentations driven by powerful musical themes.

BLURAY AUDIO SECTION - TRACKLIST

1. RICHARD STRAUSS Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist
Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne)

2. GIUSEPPE VERDI Ritorna vincitor! … Numi, pietà
Aida, Act I: Scena e romanza (Aida)

3. GIUSEPPE VERDI Tu che le vanità conoscesti del mondo
Don Carlo, Act V: Scena (Elisabetta)

4. RICHARD WAGNER Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder!
Tannhäuser, Act II (Elisabeth)

5. FRANCESCO CILEA Poveri fiori, gemme de‘ prati
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV (Adriana)

6. PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY Uzh polnoch blitzitsya … Akh, istomilas ya gorem
Pique Dame, Act III: Scene and arioso (Lisa)

7. GIACOMO PUCCINI Un bel dà vedremo
Madama Butterfly, Act II (Butterfly)

8. RICHARD WAGNER Einsam in trüben Tagen
Lohengrin, Act I (Elsa)

9. GIACOMO PUCCINI Sola, perduta, abbandonata
Manon Lescaut, Act IV (Manon)

10. HENRY PURCELL Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (Dido‘s Lament)
Dido and Aeneas, Act III (Dido)

11. RICHARD WAGNER Prelude
Tristan und Isolde, Act I

12. RICHARD WAGNER Mild und leise wie er lächelt
Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod (Isolde)

BLU-RAY VIDEO SECTION

ANNA – STAGE OF EMOTIONS 34:14

MUSIC VIDEOS

GIUSEPPE VERDI Ritorna vincitor! … Numi, pietà
Aida, Act I: Scena e romanza (Aida)

PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY Akh, istomilas ya gorem
Pique Dame, Act III

HENRY PURCELL When I am laid in earth (Dido‘s Lament)
Dido and Aeneas, Act III (Dido)

RICHARD WAGNER Mild und leise wie er lächelt
Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod (Isolde)

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