Winnipeg's Andriana Chuchman Will Make her Met Debut after Anna Netrebko Is Forced to Withdraw Because Of The Flu.

Winnipeg's Andriana Chuchman Will Make her Met Debut after Anna Netrebko Is Forced to Withdraw Because Of The Flu.

 The New York Times reports today that Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from the first two performances of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” at the Metropolitan Opera this month because she is suffering from the flu, the opera house announced Tuesday.

In her place, [Winnipeg soprano] Andriana Chuchman, will make her Met debut singing the role of Adina when the revival opens on Jan. 9, and she is scheduled to sing the role again on Jan. 13. Ms. Churchman had been scheduled to make her Met debut in February as Miranda in the Baroque pastiche “The Enchanted Island.”

Ms. Netrebko, one of the opera world’s biggest stars, inaugurated the current production of “L’Elisir d’Amore,” which is directed by Bartlett Sher, when it opened the Met’s 2012-13 season. This year the production will be conducted by Maurizio Benini and will star Ramón Vargas, Nicola Alaimo and Erwin Schrott.

Article written by Michael Cooper