Between 2 performances of The Force of Destiny at La Scala in Milan, Anna Netrebko will receive the Puccini Prize on Friday during a ceremony organized in Torre del Lago, the Tuscan town where the great Italian composer lived and was buried.
2 days before Puccini Day which celebrates each year the anniversary of the birth, on December 22, 1858, of the great Italian composer, Anna Netrebko will make the round trip (260 km) Friday between Milan, where she sings until Sunday The Force of Destiny by Giuseppe Verdi, and Torre del Lago to receive the 53e Prix Puccini (Puccini Prize).
This distinction, awarded by the city of Viareggio and the Puccini Festival Foundation, has rewarded each year since 1971 performers, artists and personalities from the world of opera who have distinguished themselves through their interpretation, their promotion or their contribution to the work of Giacomo Puccini and Italian lyrical culture in general.
Anna Netrebko: “Puccini wrote dazzling scores for soprano”
At the top of this prestigious award, Anna Netrebko succeeds immense artists among whom, excuse me a little: Maria Callas, Monserrat Caballé, Grace Bumbry, Anna Pirozzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Luciano Pavarotti, Jonas Kaufmann, Vittorio Grigolo, Andrea Bocelli, José Carreras, Lorin Maazel or again Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda last year.
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The Russian-Austrian soprano has become, over the course of her career, a great specialist in the repertoire of Giacomo Puccini, which she sang in the roles of Princess Turandot, Mimì, Manon Lescaut, Cio Cio San, Tosca and Musetta at the opportunity for 28 productions in 15 different theaters in eight countries on four continents. Of the Italian composer, Anna Netrebko says: “He wrote dazzling scores for soprano.
The award ceremony will take place on Friday at the Enrico Caruso Auditorium in Torre del Lago, where the 26th has been taking place since the end of November.e edition of Puccini Month which this year celebrates the 100the anniversary of the death of the great Italian composer.
Philippe Gault
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