Can It Be Averted Now?

Anna Netrebko is a russian opera singer who attracts an amazing amount of negative criticism. The criticism, comes from the usual band of experts who have this idea that opera - or the operatic voice - is about some kind of austerity and machine-like perfection, rather than music. Frankly, I have to tell you that I simply never could ‘get’ what all the fuss was about with a soprano like Sutherland; she was utterly without feeling as far as I am concerned. She was staccato, stilted, dogmatically conservative in her interpretations of roles - and of course absolutely beloved by droves of snobs around the world.

Same as today the self same band of snobs decry Netrebko at every opportunity.

Netrebko with VV

Netrebko, however, is everything Sutherland never ever was. Beautiful to those with music in their soul.

There are perhaps a small handful of musicians and theatrical dramaturges who will wholeheartedly agree with me on this: someone like Netrebko is similar to someone like say, Natalie Peris… Or, simply put, absolutely, totally and awesomely stunningly musical in every possible way.

Natalie Peris is a modern pop trance singer. Well, I suppose not pop exactly.

Peris comes from Croatia, Netrebko from Krasnodar of Kuban River Cossack ethnicity.

Peris - modern Trance music singer

Anna Netrebko just pulled out of a London production of Gounod’s Faust, saying that in the final analysis, she didn’t think the role (of Marguerite) was for her. And a very wise decision, too.

You know, culture - culture - is something that snobs will never comprehend. Snobs want to have a stirred vodka martini but don’t really care that the truly most complicated cocktail in the world is actually the otherwise supposedly crass or commonplace Bloody Mary - which is nonetheless another vodka-based drink.

Aficianado's say this is the most
complicated cocktail

Faust. Sold his soul to Mephistopheles. Mephistopheles is either a being who distributes falsehoods and false stories, or is a ‘non lover of the light;’ someone who hides in the shadows.

The Faust story is a great one, but the opera is unmusical - very orchestral yes, but devoid of melody and aspires to be something on account of extremes of range and instrumental turbulence filled with the crash and clatter of theoretically dramatic sounds. A bit like Dore Gold or Mark Regev, frankly. Look at us, look at us! Woe is us. There will be no peace until Kirk is dead!! (The Klingon High Council).

"Show Me The Meaning..." Lyric line from the below: