Guest artists will sing in two shows of Leo Delibes' opera Lakme: On February 15, the Mariinsky Theatre soloist Kristina Gontsa will perform the title part; on February 16, the soloist of the Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre Sergei Kuzmin will perform the part of Gerald. The shows are included in the programme of the festival Stars Parade at the Opera. Slovtsov.

Kristina graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Academy of Music and Theatre (class of Honoured Artist of Russia Vera Baranova) in 2012. During her studies, she made her internship at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre: there, she sang in L'Elisir d'Amore, Rigoletto, Town Musicians of Bremen, The Snow Maiden, African Sanctus, and others. At the Mariinsky Theatre in 2013, she performed the role of the Flea in the world premiere of the Rodion Shchedrin's opera The Left-Hander directed by Valery Gergiev. Now, her repertoire in this theatre includes more than 20 roles.

Kristina Gontsa performs the part of Lakmé at the Mariinsky Theatre, too (the opera is performed in a semi-stage format). She also performed this part on the Krasnoyarsk stage in 2023. The same year, Kristina took part in the birthday gala concert of her teacher Vera Baranova in Krasnoyarsk.

Sergei Kuzmin had been a soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg since 2018; he debuted there in 2016 performing the part of Rodolfo in the opera La Boheme by Puccini. He is currently a soloist of the Pushkin Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre. He performs leading tenor roles in operas by Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Verdi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Borodin. Sergei is the gold medal winner of the Seventh Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Novosibirsk, 2008), a participant in the sixth season of the Bolshaya Opera TV show of the Kultura TV channel.

Sergei Kuzmin performed the part of Gerald on the Krasnoyarsk stage more than once including the premiere shows of the opera Lakme in March 2022, as well as on tour performances at the Boshoi Theater in 2023. Now he will take the stage in this role within the festival Stars Parade at the Opera. Slovtsov. The festival will be held in Krasnoyarsk between 8 February and 10 April.