Iqiniso ngukuthi esithombeni, njengenhle njalo, u-Anna Netrebko ubamba uFur Manto ezandleni zakhe. Abavikeli bezilwane bazama ngokushesha ukujabulela lona wesifazane futhi bafuna ukuthi wenqabile ukugqoka uboya. Lapho usuku lwenkanyezi lwaphendula:
Ngigqoka uboya wemvelo nesikhumba nenyama.
"Bese ubheka ukuthi izilwane zibulala kanjani uboya bakho," izishoshovu azilahlekelwa futhi zasola uNalrebko ukuthi azinanhliziyo.
Ababhalisile abaningi bomculi babemi eceleni kwakhe, besho ukuthi ama-frins okufakelwa kanye nezikhumba zezimbali zibangela ukulimala okukhulu kwemvelo - isikhathi sokubola kwalezi zinto eziyikhulu.
Kodwa-ke, akuyona yonke into eyayiyindaba ngaphambi kokuba udlame luthande ukugqoka i-netrebko. Ukunakwa okwengeziwe esithombeni kwakhangwa yindodana yomculi oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, okuzelwe kumculi we-Opera kusuka e-Uruguay Erwin Slott. Ngokushesha nje emva kokuzalwa kwe-puristigo, bathola ukuthi "autism", kepha ngenxa yokukhuthala kwabazali nochwepheshe, umfana ukhula ngokugcwele futhi ehle kakhulu.
Khumbula ukuthi ngonyaka ka-2015, u-Anna Netrebko washada nomqashi kaYusif Evazov, owayesheshe ngokushesha ukuthola ulimi olujwayelekile noThiago futhi amuphakamise njengendodana yendabuko yakhe.