Il Trovatore...espri Siciliani
Rolando Villazón
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
Gianandrea Noseda
They don't call it electricity anymore. They call it Netrebko... I have met plenty of dazzling people in my time, but Netrebko is more charismatic than any of them... she seems lit from within and animated by a charming, benign mania... she is the biggest international star the opera world has had since Luciano Pavarotti... her instinctive connection with the audience makes her performance fresh and real each time out. Opera News
Netrebko brings plenty of fierceness to her characterisation... The rare "Giovanna d'Arco" solo is a delicately sung souvenir of her recent Salzburg debut in the role... The singing is big and bold... the new vocally expansive Netrebko, idiomatically supported by Noseda's Turin forces, will undoubtedly excite her fans. The Sunday Times
