Tracklist:

1. RICHARD STRAUSS Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne)
2. GIUSEPPE VERDI Ritorna vincitor! Numi, piet Aida, Act I: Scena e romanza (Aida)
3. GIUSEPPE VERDI Tu che le vanit conoscesti del mondo Don Carlo, Act V: Scena (Elisabetta)
4. RICHARD WAGNER Dich, teure Halle, gr ich wieder! Tannhuser, Act II (Elisabeth)
5. FRANCESCO CILEA Poveri fiori, gemme de prati Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV (Adriana)
6. PYOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY Uzh polnoch blitzitsya Akh, istomilas ya gorem Pique Dame, Act III: Scene and arioso (Lisa)
7. GIACOMO PUCCINI Un bel d vedremo Madama Butterfly, Act II (Butterfly)
8. RICHARD WAGNER Einsam in trben Tagen Lohengrin, Act I (Elsa)
9. GIACOMO PUCCINI Sola, perduta, abbandonata Manon Lescaut, Act IV (Manon)
10. HENRY PURCELL Thy hand, Belinda When I am laid in earth (Didos Lament) Dido and Aeneas, Act III (Dido)
11. RICHARD WAGNER Mild und leise wie er lchelt Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod (Isolde)

The greatest opera star of our times is back: Anna Netrebko returns with her first solo album in five years Amata dalle tenebre. Celebrating her 50th Birthday on 18th September, the prima donna assoluta at the height of her formidable powers presents a dazzling array of iconic soprano arias by Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, Cilea and Purcell, also including Didos Lament, Annas first ever Baroque track in the English language. This special Album was recorded with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.