The spectators who bought tickets for the anniversary concert of People's Artist of Russia, principal singer of the Bolshoi Theatre Irina Dolzhenko should show up at the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre 40 minutes before the event starts. A conversation with the heroine of the occasion will be held in the traditional format Half an Hour Before.

The session with Irina Dolzhenko in the foyer on the second floor will be hosted by Lyudmila Gavrilova, head of the Faculty of Music History at the Hvorostovsky Siberian Institute of Arts, PhD of Art History, member of the Union of Composers of Russia. Lyudmila Vladimirovna is also Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.

At the session, the guests will get to know Irina Dolzhenko better: they’ll have the opportunity to learn about the creative journey of the People's Artist, her favourite parts and students, and to ask their questions.

The festive concert dedicated to the anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre’s soloist Irina Dolzhenko will take place at 7 p.m. on December 10; the meet-the-artist session is to begin at 6.30 p.m. The concert programme includes romance songs by Russian composers and excerpts from operas by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Puccini, Cilea performed by Irina Dolzhenko, as well as soloists of Moscow theatres - soprano Ksenia Dementieva and bass-baritone Denis Stebunov.