Move over, Renée. Anna is both opening and closing the Sochi Olympics

Move over, Renée. Anna is both opening and closing the Sochi Olympics

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norman lebrecht

February 06, 2014

We hear that Anna Netrebko will sing the Russian national anthem at both opening and closing ceremonies of the Putin Games.

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Comments

  • Paul Sullivan says:

    I think the Russian National anthem is about one of the best. It would be great to see her backed up by the Twice Red-Bannered Red Army Chorus!

  • I won’t be watching any part of this homophobic Olympics.

  • Was the Russia the Beautiful also written by a Lesbian, who fell out with the ruling party because of its xenophobia, like America the Beautiful?

  • Zachary Floreta says:

    Yesterday for the first time I heard a Netrebko at the opening of the Olympics, struggling a bit.

    To me the Olympic anthem is a music made out of leftovers.even an operatic voice in a beautiful dress could not help.

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