Anna Bolena

Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca pair their glorious voices in an upcoming recording of Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" from the Wiener Staatsoper. It is Netrebko's highly anticipated role debut as Anna Bolena. She and fellow soprano Garanca, who portrays her lady of honor Giovanna Seymour, form a fateful triangle with baritone Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Enrico VIII. Intrigue, betrayal and passion keynote the action of this dramatic bel canto work that also stars Elisabet Kulman as Smeton and Francesco Meli as Lord Riccardo Percy. Conducting the Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper is Evelino Pidò. Stage director is Eric Génovèse, whose recent production of Liebermann's "Die Schule der Frauen" in Bordeaux earned him great acclaim.