"Parade of stars at the Opera". Elena Obraztsova dedicated

26 January — 31 March 2017

From January 26 to March 31 the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre will be held the VIII International Festival "Parade of stars at the Opera." This year it will be dedicated to People's Artist of the USSR Elena Obraztsova and will be supported by the International Academy of Music of Elena Obraztsova.

Elena Obraztsova is the prominent Soviet and Russian singer, opera director, actress and teacher, owner of one of the best mezzo-sopranos in the world. She was called "the golden voice of the Bolshoi Theatre." Extraordinary temperament, vocal art and the amazing beauty of the singer's voice sound enthralled and fascinated audiences. Elena Obraztsova has performed at leading opera houses of the world - Milan, New York, Tokyo, Vienna, Moscow, London, Madrid, Prague, etc. She shared the success of the greatest singers, including Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto , Makvala Kasrashvili, Vladimir Atlantov, Zurab Sotkilava etc. The singer gave master classes around the world - from America to Japan.

Festival "Parade of stars at the Opera" - is the unique opportunity for our citizens to get acquainted with classical art. To see favorite performances with soloists and conductors of leading Russian and foreign theatres.

During the two months before the public will perform famous opera singers and conductors whose names adorn the posters of the leading Russian theatres, Italy, Slovakia, Bulgaria and China. Among them are well-known conductors to the Krasnoyarsks Fabio Mastrangelo, Peter Feranec, Alexander Anisimov, Dmitry Volosnikov and Borislav Ivanov, soloists - Askar Abdrazakov, Roman Muravitsky, Makvala Kasrashvili, Irina Moreva, Mikhail Pirogov and others.

The festival program includes the best samples of world classical opera "Iolanta" and "The Queen of Spades" by Tchaikovsky, "Prince Igor" by Borodin, "Tosca" by Puccini, "La Traviata", "Aida" and "Il Trovatore" by G. Verdi.

Also at the "Parade" held two gala concerts with soloists of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova and the Mariinsky and Bolshoi theatres, screening of the film-opera "Cavalleria Rusticana," directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Elena Obraztsova, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruzon, Fedora Barbieri , Aksellem Gall.

Do not go without premieres. The audience will be presented "Polish Act" from the opera by Modest Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov", which was not included in the statement of our theatre, but  in it at the party Marina Mnishek once shone Elena Obraztsova.

PROGRAM "Parade of stars at the Opera"

January 26
Gala concert of the opening of the festival
Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Soloists of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova - Julia Lozhevsky, Han Lin, Yefim Zavalny, Gleb Peryazev, Abdul Hamid, Zaikina Mary, Elizabeth Bokova, Alain Guz.

29 of January
P. Tchaikovsky
"Iolanta"
Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Iolanthe - Julia Lozhevskaya
Vaudemont - Han Lin
Ebn Hakia - Yefim Zavalny
King Rene - Gleb Peryazev
Robert - Abdul Hamid
March - Maria Zaikina

2 and 3 of February
M. Mussorgsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov
"Boris Godunov. Polish act"
Conductor - Dmitry Volosnikov
Maria Mnishek - Olga Basova, Daria Ryabinko
Pretender - Roman Muravitsky
Rangoni - Alexey Bocharov and Andrew Silenko

18 of February
P. Tchaikovsky
"The Queen of Spades"
Conductor - Alexander Anisimov
Herman – the People's Artist of the Russian Federation Oleg Kulko (Bolshoi Theatre)
Lisa - Irina Krikunova (Saratov)
Countess – the People's Artist of Russia Tatiana Erastova (Bolshoi Theatre)

19 of February
P. Mascagni
The film-opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
In the role of Santuzza - Elena Obraztsova

4 of March
G. Verdi
"Aida"
Conductor - Dmitri Jurowski (Holland)
Aida - Love Stuchevskaya (Holland)
Radames - Bairzhap Dambiev

19 of March
G. Verdi
"Troubadour" (concert performance)
Conductor - Anatoly Chepurnoy
Manrico - Mikhail Pirogov

22 of March
G. Puccini
"Toska"
Conductor - Borislav Ivanov (Varna, Bulgaria)
Tosca - Dimitrinka Raicheva
Cavaradossi - Boris Lukov

26 of March
G. Verdi
"La Traviata"
(In the program of "Theatre Spring" regional festival)
Conductor - Dmitry Volosnikov

29 of March

Borodin
"Prince Igor"
Conductor - Anatoly Chepurnoy
Konchak - Askar Abdrazakov (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg.)
Yaroslavna - Irina Moreva ("New Opera", Moscow)

31 of March
The final gala concert of the festival
Conductors - Peter Feranec and Anatoly Chepurnoy
Soloists - Askar Abdrazakov (Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg), Makvala Kasrashvili (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow), Daniel Saifulin