Anna Netrebko sings "O mio Babbino Caro," from Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi"

Anna Netrebko is no longer just the darling of the opera world: she is enchanting audiences around the globe while continuing to cultivate the respect and admiration of opera’s most devoted and demanding fans. Her beautiful, dark, and distinctive voice, together with her elegant and alluring stage presence, have prompted critics to hail the Russian soprano as “Audrey Hepburn with a voice,” and “a singer who simply has it all: a voice of astounding purity, precision, and scope, extensive dynamic and tonal range, imagination, insight, and wit – all combined with a dazzling charisma that makes it all but impossible to look away when she is performing.”

Here are some fun facts about Netrebko:

Likes: Being with friends, shopping, reading fashion magazines, seeing movies, dancing, and eating

Dislikes: Long trips on airplanes, computers, golf (she tried it), and talking about business

Favorite actor/actress: Brad Pitt / Vivian Leigh

Favorite movie: Dracula (Bram Stoker)

Greatest recent non-professional accomplishment: Won a can-can competition at a night club in St. Petersburg in 2004

Music she listens to: Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas

What she would do if she were not an opera singer: ”I would be a surgeon or a painter”

Favorite food: ”Sushi – no, everything”

Favorite drinks: Red wine; champagne

Favorite book: The Master and Marguerite (Bolgakov); Gone with the Wind (Mitchell)