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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)

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)

'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!!!

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)

I had such a WONDERFUL TIME chatting with Brian from 'Burgh Vivant!!! (And the martini was pretty good too!!) Here's the video and you can get the "Full Martini" on their website at burghvivant.com.

HERE IS OUR FANTASTIC CAST FROM LOHENGRIN!!!!! Tomislav Muzek Lohengrin Marion Ammann Elsa Johmi Steinberg Telramund Luis-Ottavio Faria The King Carlos Eduardo Marcos Herruffer And ME as Ortrud Maestro John Neschling IT WAS OUR LAST SHOW AND WE ROCKED IT!!!!BRAVI BRAVISSIMI!!!!!!!

Thank you Vanessa and Mari for making my experience at the Teatro Municipal SO POSITIVE!!! #DivaDiaries #LaCornetti #MarianneCornetti #Lohengrin #Opera #OperaStuff #Opera #OperaSelfie #Selfie #TeatroMunicipal

Thank you Vanessa and Mari for making my experience at the Teatro Municipal SO POSITIVE!!! #DivaDiaries #LaCornetti #MarianneCornetti #Lohengrin #Opera #OperaStuff #Opera #OperaSelfie #Selfie #TeatroMunicipal