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WOWOHWOWZA WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS EVENING HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH THE MINNESOTA OPERA AND THIS GLORIOUS PRODUCTION OF RUSALKA!!!!! IT WAS MY DEBUT AND I AM SOOOOOOOO THRILLED WITH THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE PUBLIC! ANOTHER MAGICAL EVENING IN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CORNETTI!!!! I AM BLESSED BEYOND WORDS!!!!! A HUMONGOUS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES!!!! In this photo, KELLY KADUCE and I having a moment in the makeup room enforce the show......they added a black tooth to make me even more 'LOVELY'!!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Opera #OperaStuff #MNOpera (at Minnesota Opera)

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OPENING NIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SCORE OF DVORÁK'S RUSALKA!!!! And in this photo the BEAUTIFUL ARTIST PORTRAYING RUSALKA, KELLY KADUCE! What a JOY it is to work with such a SPECIAL ARTIST, SINGER AND PERSON!!!! TOI TOI TOI TO MY ENTIRE CAST, ORCHESTRA, CHORUS AND PRODUCTION TEAM!!!!!! LETS ROCK THIS BABY!!!! #DivaDiaries #Rusalka #LaCornetti #MarianneCornetti #Opera #MinnesotaOpera #MNOpera (at Minnesota Opera)

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HAVING A 'JEZIBABA' MOMENT WITH OUR WONDERFUL CONDUCTOR MICHAEL CHRISTIE!!!!!! Notice my lovely eyebrows!!!! Just another interesting character in my list of FABULOUS ROLES!!! #DivaDiaries #Rusalka #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Opera #MNOpera #Backstage #BehindTheScenes (at Minnesota Opera)

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Last night we had our SITZPROBE for Rusalka.......I was absolutely swept away in this GLORIOUS MUSIC OF ANTON DVORÁK!!!! STUNNING AND SO LUSH AND SO EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL!!!! THE INSTRUMENTATION IS SIMPLY FABULOUS!!! I am in LOVE with this music! The orchestra under the direction of Michael Christie are doing a GREAT job!!! Along with my WONDERFULLY TALENTED colleagues; Kelly Kaduce Rusalka Ben Wager Vodnik Katchatur Badylan Prince Shannon Prickett Foreign Princess Siena Forest Bergen Baker Wood Sprites Jennifer Panara David Walton Hunter All under the BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION of Eric Simonson! I promise it will be a MAGICAL EVENING!!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Rusalka #Sitzprobe #Opera #OperaStuff #MinnesotaOpera (at Minnesota Opera)

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I am so looking forward to being back in one of my most favorite cities, LONDON, to join my WONDERFUL colleagues Sally Silver, Roland Wood and Jihoon Kim for a concert performance of IL TROVATORE with Maestro Andrew Greenwood and Chelsea Opera Group on Sunday, February 28. Ticket information is available on their website (chelseaoperagroup.org.uk). I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE!!! I guarantee a VERY EXCITING evening!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Opera #OperaStuff #Music #Concert #Singer #Singers #Chelsea #London #UK #ChelseaOpera #ChelseaOperaGroup #Trovatore

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OH THE PROCESS OF MAKING AZUCENA COME ALIVE!!!!! 3rd show of Trovatore beginning now ISRAELI OPERA!!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Opera #TelAviv #Trovatore #IsraeliOpera #Israel #Backstage #BehindTheScenes #BTS (at Israeli Opera)

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OH THE PROCESS OF MAKING AZUCENA COME ALIVE!!!!! 3rd show of Trovatore beginning now ISRAELI OPERA!!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #Opera #TelAviv #Trovatore #IsraeliOpera #Israel #Backstage #BehindTheScenes #BTS (at Israeli Opera)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ISRAEL!!!!!!! I can't think of any better way to WELCOME THE NEW YEAR THAN TO HAVE HAD A HUMONGOUS HUMONGOUS SUCCESS WITH THE ISRAELI OPERA AND TROVATORE THIS EVENING!!!! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL!!!! The audience went CRAZY!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS to MY FABULOUS CAST, GUSTAVO PORTA, GHITZA PETEAN, CARLO STRIULI AND DINARA ALIEVA!!!!!! ALL UNDER THE MAGNIFICENT DIRECTION OF DANIEL OREN!!!!!!!! I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!! #DivaDiaries #MarianneCornetti #LaCornetti #NewYearsEve #NewYears #Goodbye2015 #Hello2016 #Opera #TelAviv #Israel

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'Oh the weather outside is frightful'.........oh wait wrong song!!!!! Instead it should be, 'Oh what a beautiful morning'!!!!!! The view from my hotel room here in Tel Aviv and the restaurant below.....STUNNING!!!

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My FABULOUS pianist Alfredo Abbati and me at the Auditorio de Ferrol rehearsing for our concert on Friday Dec. 4 at 8:30! What a WONDERFULLY SENSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE PIANIST ALFREDO IS TO WORK WITH!!! And the AUDITORIO DE FERROL IS A FABULOUS HALL TO SING IN!!! Keeping fingers crossed all goes well!!! #DivaDiaries #LaCornetti #MarianneCornetti #Opera #Concert #Caranza #Spain #OperaStuff #MyCurrentSituation (at Auditorio De Ferrol. Caranza)

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Just Announced! Marianne Cornetti @ Il trovatore in Bnei Brak, Israel - November 10th

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Just Announced! Marianne Cornetti @ Il trovatore in Bnei Brak, Israel - January 1st

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Just Announced! Marianne Cornetti @ Il trovatore in Bnei Brak, Israel - December 31st

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Working on that signature hair! We're almost ready! #DivaDiaries #Backstage (at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall)

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Getting ready!! Just 30 minutes to curtain! #DivaDiaries (at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall)

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Just a little sneak peek of my wonderful accompanist Mr James Lesniak warming up. 45 minutes to curtain! #DivaDiaries (at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall)

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It's time to warm up! I AM SO EXCITED for the concert this afternoon in this BEAUTIFUL Hall. I'll see you all soon! #DivaDiaries (at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall)