She was born in Krasnodar. In 1988, she entered the Leningrad Music College to study vocal performance, and two years later, she was admitted to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, where she studied in the class of Professor T. Novichenko.
After winning the M.I. Glinka Competition in 1993, she was invited to join the troupe of the Mariinsky Theatre. Her debut role at this theatre was Susanna in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" (1994).
In 1994, her international touring career began as part of the Mariinsky Theatre company. The singer performed in Finland (the Mikkeli Festival), Germany (the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival), and Israel. That same year, she sang the role of the Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute" (with the Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akadēmija).
In 1995, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera with the role of Ludmila in M. Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila". From 1999 to 2001, she continued her collaboration with the theatre, taking part in productions of "Betrothal in a Monastery", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Idomeneo", "La Bohème", and "L'elisir d'amore".
In 2002, she made her debut on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Natasha ("War and Peace" by the Mariinsky Theatre, Andrei – Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Also in 2002, she performed for the first time on the stage of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, singing the role of Juliet ("I Capuleti e i Montecchi" by V. Bellini). In the summer of that same year, she debuted the role of Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Following her triumphant performance at the Salzburg Festival, Anna Netrebko began appearing on the stages of the world's most renowned opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", 2003), the Vienna State Opera, the Paris National Opera, the Berlin State Opera, and the Bavarian State Opera (Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata", with Rolando Villazón, 2003), and Los Angeles Opera (the title role in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor", 2003). That same year, 2003, she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
Anna Netrebko performs with the world's greatest conductors—including Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Daniel Oren, Sir Mark Elder, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti, and Valery Gergiev—on the most celebrated stages. She can be heard both in legendary concert halls, such as New York's Carnegie Hall and London's Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall, and in stadiums, where she sings for tens of thousands of spectators. Her open-air concerts with Plácido Domingo and Rolando Villazón at the Berlin Waldbühne for the FIFA World Cup and at Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace for the UEFA European Football Championship were broadcast on television to millions of people worldwide. At the opening ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, she performed the Olympic Hymn.
In 2013, she debuted the title role in Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco" at the Salzburg Festival.
Among her recent engagements are the role of Leonora in "Il Trovatore", the title roles in Verdi's "Macbeth" and "Giovanna d'Arco" (at Teatro alla Scala), "Manon Lescaut" by G. Puccini, "Anna Bolena", "Iolanta", and Tatyana in "Eugene Onegin"; she also performed the role of Elsa in Wagner's "Lohengrin" for the first time (at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Semperoper Dresden).
In the last decade, her repertoire has taken on a more dramatic character — with leading roles in "La Forza del Destino", "Tosca", "Nabucco", "Turandot", "Aida", and "La Gioconda" — revealing new, profound facets of her talent.
After winning the M.I. Glinka Competition in 1993, she was invited to join the troupe of the Mariinsky Theatre. Her debut role at this theatre was Susanna in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" (1994).
In 1994, her international touring career began as part of the Mariinsky Theatre company. The singer performed in Finland (the Mikkeli Festival), Germany (the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival), and Israel. That same year, she sang the role of the Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute" (with the Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akadēmija).
In 1995, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera with the role of Ludmila in M. Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila". From 1999 to 2001, she continued her collaboration with the theatre, taking part in productions of "Betrothal in a Monastery", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Idomeneo", "La Bohème", and "L'elisir d'amore".
In 2002, she made her debut on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Natasha ("War and Peace" by the Mariinsky Theatre, Andrei – Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Also in 2002, she performed for the first time on the stage of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, singing the role of Juliet ("I Capuleti e i Montecchi" by V. Bellini). In the summer of that same year, she debuted the role of Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Following her triumphant performance at the Salzburg Festival, Anna Netrebko began appearing on the stages of the world's most renowned opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", 2003), the Vienna State Opera, the Paris National Opera, the Berlin State Opera, and the Bavarian State Opera (Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata", with Rolando Villazón, 2003), and Los Angeles Opera (the title role in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor", 2003). That same year, 2003, she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
Anna Netrebko performs with the world's greatest conductors—including Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Daniel Oren, Sir Mark Elder, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti, and Valery Gergiev—on the most celebrated stages. She can be heard both in legendary concert halls, such as New York's Carnegie Hall and London's Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall, and in stadiums, where she sings for tens of thousands of spectators. Her open-air concerts with Plácido Domingo and Rolando Villazón at the Berlin Waldbühne for the FIFA World Cup and at Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace for the UEFA European Football Championship were broadcast on television to millions of people worldwide. At the opening ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, she performed the Olympic Hymn.
In 2013, she debuted the title role in Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco" at the Salzburg Festival.
Among her recent engagements are the role of Leonora in "Il Trovatore", the title roles in Verdi's "Macbeth" and "Giovanna d'Arco" (at Teatro alla Scala), "Manon Lescaut" by G. Puccini, "Anna Bolena", "Iolanta", and Tatyana in "Eugene Onegin"; she also performed the role of Elsa in Wagner's "Lohengrin" for the first time (at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Semperoper Dresden).
In the last decade, her repertoire has taken on a more dramatic character — with leading roles in "La Forza del Destino", "Tosca", "Nabucco", "Turandot", "Aida", and "La Gioconda" — revealing new, profound facets of her talent.
