Anna Netrebko - Amata dalle tenebre

"She's in her element [as Manon Lescaut], as she is with Tchaikovsky's Lisa, where the voice sounds beautiful and the emotional trajectory is wonderfully plotted and detailed." Gramophone

"The voice is weighty, muscular and so dark-hued as to be almost contralto-like in timbre; the characterisation is never less than forthright...There is no doubting Netrebko's musical commitment, though some roles fit better than others. She is commanding as Elisabetta (Don Carlo), a role she added to her stage repertoire only last year, and in the meaty German roles." BBC Music

"there are some hugely exciting performances, like the Tchaikovsky, Verdi's Aida and Don Carlo, and a scorchingly intense death-scene from Puccini's Manon Lescaut. By and large the Wagner and Strauss items are well schooled with a decent grasp of language and character, even if they do not rival the best stylists of the past." Financial Times

"She's excellent as the juicy heroine of Manon Lescaut, while as Lisa, the thwarted romantic of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, she's superb. This is one track where our star is absolutely at home, at one with the text, the language and every twist in the music's emotions…A hit-and-miss album impossible to ignore." The Times