Russian operatic soprano (born 18 September 1971, Krasnodar). Married to Yusif Eyvazov. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna, Austria and in New York City. Under Gergiev's guidance, she made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky at age 22, as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. In 1995, at the age of 24, Netrebko made her American debut as Lyudmila in Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila at the San Francisco Opera. In 2002, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Natasha in the Met premiere of War and Peace. In the same year, she sang her first Donna Anna at the Salzburg Festival's production of Don Giovanni, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
She is the winner of 2020 Polar Music Prize.