The soloist of the Krasnoyarsk state opera and ballet theatre Darya Ryabinko reached the final of the X International competition of young opera singers of Elena Obraztsova which takes place in these days in St. Petersburg.

At the creative competition vocalists from 19 countries of the world take part: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Germany, Poland, Austria, Great Britain, Estonia, Israel, China, South Korea, Mongolia and USA.

The authoritative international jury, as a part of which stars of the world opera and the largest figures of musical theatre estimates young singers: Fiorenza Cossotto (Italy), Eva Marton (Hungary), Tamara Sinyavskaya (Russia), Makvala Kasrashvili (Russia), Larisa Gergieva (Russia), Richard Boning (Australia), Richard Radzinsky (USA), Ioann Holender (Austria), Anatoly Gusev (Italy), Robert Exper (France), Sung Bin Kim (South Korea), Miguel Lerin (Spain).

Besides, on the sites of the Fund of Elena Obraztsova (http://fondobraztsovoy.ru) and the Cultural center of Elena Obraztsova (http://www.obraztsova.com) open voting in the nomination "Prize of Spectator Sympathies", it will last till August 25. You can give the vote for soloists of the theatre – Darya Ryabinko or Olga Cheremnykh who reached the second round.