Guest artists from Moscow will appear in the December opera shows at the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre — soprano Marina Nerabeeva (the New Opera theatre) and bass Alexey Tikhomirov (the Helikon-Opera).

Marina Nerabeeva will sing the title role in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca on December 7, and the role of Yaroslavna in Alexander Borodin’s Prince Igor on the theatre’s anniversary, December 20. Alexey Tikhomirov will also take part in this performance, appearing as Khan Konchak.

A graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory, Marina Nerabeeva will be performing in Krasnoyarsk for the first time. She has been a member of New Opera for 15 years and has sung leading roles in operas by Russian (Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Borodin) and European (Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Strauss) composers. She is a Grand Prix winner of the Slavic Written Language festival (Moscow), recipient of a special prize for the best performance of a Mozart aria at the Amber Nightingale International Vocal Competition (Kaliningrad), and winner of the special prize at the Glinka International Vocal Competition for the best performance of an aria of a 20th-century Russian composer.

In 2023, Marina Nerabeeva became a laureate of the Golden Mask Russian National Theatre Award in the category Opera / Best Female Role for her portrayal of Marie/Marietta in Erich Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt.

Alexey Tikhomirov, Grand Prix winner of the 1st International Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singers Competition, has been a soloist of Helikon-Opera since 2006, performing all major bass roles in Russian and European operas. He also actively takes the opera stages across Russia and abroad as a guest artist. 

Alexey Tikhomirov is well known to Krasnoyarsk opera fans. In 2018, he was a guest of the Stars Parade at the Opera; in 2023, he portrayed Prince Vyazminsky in Tchaikovsky’s The Oprichnik. In October 2025, he performed the role of the chronicler-hermit Pimen in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at the Hvorostovsky Arts Festival.