Opera superstar Anna Netrebko will be making her Australian debut in October, touring to both Melbourne and Sydney. Netrebko, probably the highest profile soprano on the operatic stage (she was the first classical musician chosen as one of the Time 100, Time magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people) will be singing alongside her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov, in concert performances of opera highlights.

As opera stars go, they don’t come much starrier than Netrebko who received an 11-minute ovation for her season-opening appearance a few years ago as Joan of Arc in Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco at La Scala. Her recent stage triumphs have included heavier roles such as Verdi’s Lady Macbeth and Wagner’s Elsa in Lohengrin at Dresden’s Semperoper. Her solo recital debut at the Metropolitan Opera was a sell out and fans eagerly await news of each new recording.

Eyvazov has made a series of debuts in recent years at some fairly important opera houses. He starred as Canio in Los Angeles Opera’s production of I Pagliacci conducted by Plácido Domingo, made his Metropolitan Opera and Wiener Staatsoper debuts singing Calaf in Turandot, and debuted at both the Paris Opera and at the...