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Anna Netrebko triumphs in her Met Opera recital debut

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 28 February 2016
Rachmaninov, At my window, Op.26 no.10
Rachmaninov, The Dream (Son), Op.38 no.5
Rachmaninov, They replied, Op.21 no.4
Rachmaninov, Lilacs (Siren'), Op.21 no.5
Rachmaninov, Do not sing, my beauty (Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne), Op.4 no.4
Rimsky-Korsakov, Of what I dream in the quiet night, (O chjom v tishi nochej) words by Maykov, Op.40 no.3
Rimsky-Korsakov, Forgive me! Remember not the downcast days (Prosti! ne pomni dnej paden'ja), Op.27 no. 4
Rimsky-Korsakov, In Spring: Not the wind, blowing from the heights (Vesnoj: Ne veter veja s vysoty), Op.43 no.2
Rimsky-Korsakov, In Spring: The Lark sings louder (Vesnoj: Zvonche zhavoronka pen′e), words by Tolstoy, Op.43 no.1
Rimsky-Korsakov, Over the hills of Georgia, (Na kholmakh) Op.3 no.4
Rimsky-Korsakov, To the realm of roses and wine (V carstvo rozy i vina pridi) Op.8 no. 5
Rimsky-Korsakov, Zuleika's Song (Pesnja zjulejki) Op.26 no. 4
Rimsky-Korsakov, Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale, (Vostochnyj romans) words by Kol'tsov, Op.2 no.2
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Clouds begin to scatter, (Redejet oblakov) words by Pushkin, Op.42 no.3
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar's Bride: Marfa's aria
Rimsky-Korsakov, Summer Night's Dream (Son v letnjuju noch') Op.56 no. 2
Tchaikovsky, Skazhi, o chem v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op.57. no. 1
Tchaikovsky, Nochi bezumnie (Frenzied nights) Op.60 no. 6
Tchaikovsky, Otchevo? (Why?), Op.6 no.5
Tchaikovsky, Serenade: O, ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (O child beneath my window), Op.63 no. 6
Tchaikovsky, Ya li v pole da ne travushka bila? (Was I not a little blade of grass?), Op.47 no. 7
Tchaikovsky, Sred' mrachnykh dney (Amid gloomy days), Op.73 no. 5
Tchaikovsky, Den' li tsarit (Does the day reign?), Op.47 no. 6
Dvořák, Gypsy Songs: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Když mne stará matka zpívat), Op.55 no.4
Strauss R., Cäcilie, Op.27 no.2
Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Malcolm Martineau, Piano
Love's loss lamented: Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh
****1
Crushed velvet: Elīna Garanča holds Wigmore Hall spellbound
****1
A diva debut: Anna Netrebko in recital at Carnegie Hall
****1
Catriona Morison’s recital première in Edinburgh
****1
A voyage of discovery in Christiane Karg's Prom debut
****1
Ferrier Awards Winner's Recital at St. John's Smith Square
***11
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