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October 2013
Glinka’s Opera ‘Ruslan and Lyudmila’ successfully received its premiere at the Opera Centre on October 25, – on Galina Vishnevskaya’s birthday. That is the same opera which was chosen by the Centre’s founder in year 2003 as the first production; but, according to Olga Rostropovich, the Centre’s Artistic Director, “that time it was a semi-concert […]
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October 2013
Проект «Молодежные оперные ассамблеи», который Центр оперного пения при поддержке Министерства культуры Российской Федерации проводит уже третий сезон в содружестве с Академиями молодых исполнителей при крупнейших театрах мира, продолжился в Вене. “Эта идея невероятно полезна как для наших ребят, так и для зарубежных певцов. Они обмениваются опытом и уже не закрыты в своем маленьком коридорчике […]
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October 2013
October 13, 2013 the soloists of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre will perform in one of the major London concert halls – the famous Cadogan Hall. Located in the prestigious area of Chelsea, Cadogan Hall is the “home” venue for the Royal Symphony Orchestra that hosts concerts of classical music with renowned soloists and orchestras, […]
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October 2013
The Opera Centre opened its new, twelfth season with the presentation of its own orchestra, established by the decision of S. A. Kapkov, Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow. According to Olga Rostropovich, Artistic Director of the Centre, “this long-awaited event opens a new stage in our history and takes the Centre to […]
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September 2013
September 24 and September 26, 2013 the soloists of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre participated in the Third International Festival ‘Peregrinos Musicales’, which is annually held in Spain, in the ancient city of Santiago de Compostela, Vigo and La Estrada, and is organized by the Peregrinos Association in co-operation with the Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, […]
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September 2013
A new Airbus plane A321 belonging to Aeroflot has been named after Galina Vishnevskaya – the founder of the Opera Centre, People’s Artist of the USSR, holder of the Order of Merit of all degrees. Previously Aeroflot airpark has been adorned with a ‘Mstislav Rostropovich’ plane. In anticipation of the new theater season opening and […]
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September 2013
On September 2nd, 11 am, the Opera Centre held a troupe gathering dedicated to the start of a new, twelfth, concert season. Olga Rostropovich, the Artistic Director, had announced the artistic and learning plans for the forthcoming season, and has presented the tutors to the students. Establishing the Centre’s own orchestra, the one which Galina […]
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June 2013
On June 25, 2013 – 16 young singers have finished their studies at the Opera Centre and were presented with graduation diplomas during a festive ceremony: Alexander Aliev, Leonid Bakhtalin, Yulia Bychkova, Maria Gulik, Daria Ermolenko, Marina Zyabina, Tatiana Makarchuk, Tatiana Nikityuk, Maxim Osokin, Irina Polovinkina, Vladislav Popov, Dilyafruz Sabitova, Nikolay Semenov, Albina Fayruzova, Miroslava […]
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June 2013
The third stage of the “Young Opera Singers Sessions” conceived by Galina Vishnevskaya and by Placido Domingo during their work in a Jury on the Operalia World Competition in year 2011 has finished at Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centrre. The “Sessions” are an artistic lab of some sort, which gathers young opera artists of the various […]
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April 2013
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre celebrates its first anniversary in 2012/2013 season. Grand opening of the Opera Centre took place on 1st of September 2002, and after only four months the first production received premiere on its stage – Mikhail Glinka’s opera Ruslan and Lyudmila. For the past 10 years ten opera productions have been staged […]
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April 2013
On April 15th one of the world most brilliant opera singers, Grammy winner, Korean soprano Sumi Jo was the guest of the Opera Centre. Having come to Moocow with the only concert in the ‘Queens of Opera’ Festival framework, she announced her decision to establish special scholarship for the Opera Centre students together with the […]
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March 2013
A Tribute to Galina Vishnevskaya IV MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL March 27 – April 2, 2013 The Gala Opening of the IVth International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival will take place in Moscow onMarch 27. The Festival was established three years ago by the Moscow City Government and the M.L. Rostropovich Foundation of Cultural and Humanitarian programmes […]
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March 2013
On March 20, 2013 the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre hosted the presentation of the ‘Giacomo Puccini and his land’ Festival dedicated to Puccini and held in Torre del Lago (Italy). In his time, the composer fascinated by the beauty of the local landscapes, especially by the picturesque lake Massaciuccoli, had purchased here a villa, where […]
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March 2013
Opera Centre’s artistic and pedagogical group has become enriched with new names as the Artistic Director Olga Rostropovich invited to collaboration M. Kasrashvili, E. Zeramba and A. Loshak. The new professors teaching singing for many years have performed on the stage of the best opera houses, they possess unique theatrical experience and are internationally renowned […]
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March 2013
A Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre soloists’ tour took place on March 10 in Mexico, San Luis Potosí – one of the oldest and most picturesque cities of the country center. The concert called ‘Voices of Russia’ featured Ekaterina Mironycheva, AlinaShakirova, AleksandrAliev, RuslanRozyev and Sergei Polyakov, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of San Luis Potosi conducted […]
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February 2013
13 февраля на сцене Эрмитажного театра в Санкт-Петербурге была представлена одна из самых ярких постановок Центра – опера П. И. Чайковского «Евгений Онегин» в сопровождении оркестра Мариинского театра под управлением Ярослава Ткаленко. Молодые исполнители чувствовали особую ответственность: два месяца назад ушла из жизни великая Галина Павловна Вишневская, их глубоко почитаемый Учитель, а «Евгений Онегин» – […]
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February 2013
We have suffered a great loss – on February 11 our beloved Irina Maslennikova passed away. People’s Artist of Russia, one of the best sopranos of her time, Galina Vishnevskaya and she created the Opera Centre and brought up here many young singers, whom we are proud of now. Vigorous and active till recent days, […]
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December 2012
On December 11, 2012 Galina Vishnevskaya, – a great Russian singer, People’s Artist of the USSR, Absolute Holder of the Order ‘For Services to the Fatherland’, the founder and the artistic director of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, our beloved and dear, passed away. Those expressed their sincerest condolences: the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime […]
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December 2012
On December 11, 2012 Galina Vishnevskaya, – a great Russian singer, People’s Artist of the USSR, Absolute Holder of the Order ‘For Services to the Fatherland’, the founder and artistic director of the Opera Centre, our beloved and dear, she had passed away. The civil funeral rites will be held on December 13 at the […]
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December 2012
Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Olga Rostropovich and Elena Rostropovich, – the relatives of the People’s Artist of the USSR, an opera singer, actress, teacher, Galina Vishnevskaya, in connection with her decease. Dear Olga Mstislavovna and Elena Mstislavovna, With profound sorrow I learned of Galina Vishnevskaya’s decease. We all have lost a Great Woman, […]
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