Krasnoyarsk music theatre amateurs will be able to encounter the work of several guest conductors from Russia and Italy. Guests will take to the conductor’s stand during performances of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.

As a part of the Young Conductors project, Ivan Velikanov will visit Krasnoyarsk in February 2020 - the conductor of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, the leader of the Tarusa Chamber Orchestra (the band performs ancient music using authentic old instruments). He’s going to present his vision of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake on February 6 and 7, as well as the opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini on February 8. This is not the first time Ivan Velikanov comes to Krasnoyarsk: he conducted the Snow Maiden opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov during the Stars Parade at the Opera festival in 2018.

Three maestros from Italy will present their art on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera House within the Italian Opera project. On February 14, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida will be conducted by Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli, the chief conductor of the Macedonian State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Italian conductor Valerie Simone is a member of the Artistic Commission of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, chairman of the Tuscany Art Regional Choral Committee. On February 27, he’s going to conduct the orchestra of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre during the performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore opera.

On March 6, Filippo Arlia, artistic director and principal conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Calabria (Italy), will take the conductor’s stand during Madama Butterfly by Puccini. Filippo Arlia is also a well-known pianist and the head of the Piano Department of the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali P. I. Tchaikovsky in Nocera Terinese.

Italian conductors collaborated with orchestras in Europe, Asia, America, as well as several cities of Russia. In Krasnoyarsk, they’ll perform for the first time.