Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Attend Domingo 40th Anniversary

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Anna Netrebko and fiancé Yusif Eyvazov attend the 40th Anniversary of Plácido Domingo's Salzburg Festival stage debut. Performers for the July 30 concert included Maria Agresta, Ana María Martínez, Krassimira Stoyanova, and Rolando Villazón. See a photo of the singers on stage from the Gala, after the jump.

Maria Agrestra, Native of Vallo della Lucania, Likes a Challenge

Mezzo-turned-soprano: Maria Agresta

"Santo di Patria" Attila (Verdi)

"Merce diletto" I Vespri Siciliani

"Arrigo! ah, parli a un cuore" I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi)

"Salce, salce" Otello (Verdi)

"Ave Maria" Otello (Verdi)

"Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" Carmen (Bizet)

As Odabella in Attila

"Maria Agresta began to study as mezzo at Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci in Salerno (Italy). In 2006 she won the 60th Competition for Young Opera Singers of Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto. The prize directly led to her debut as mezzo in the role of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini in Spoleto and in Japan (a tournee with Antonino Siragusa as Conte d'Almaviva). Afterwards she left Salerno and went to Modena, where she continued the studies as soprano at the Conservatorio Orazio Vecchi under the guidance of Ms. Raina Kabaivanska. In 2007 she won as soprano the First International Competition "Tommaso Traetta" in Bitonto (Italy). In the same year she made her debut as soprano in Spoleto in the role of Mimì in La Bohème by G. Puccini and as Leonora in Il Trovatore (G. Verdi). In 2008 she made her debut at