13:16, 24 May 2014 | GMT +5
Anna Netrebko to perform in Astana
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Superstar of the noble opera world Anna Netrebko will perform at the Astana Opera Theatre on July 5, on the eve of the Astana Day, its press service said.

Anna Netrebko, born 18 September 1971, is a Russian operatic soprano. Netrebko was born in Krasnodar (Russia), in a family of Kuban Cossackbackground. Later, she auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor Valery Gergiev became her vocal mentor. Under Gergiev's guidance, Netrebko made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky at age 22, as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She went on to sing many prominent roles with the Kirov Opera, including Amina in La sonnambula, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor.