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The company gathering has taken place at the Opera Centre to celebrate the opening of the new, fourteenth theatre season

1 September 2015

The company gathering took place on September 1 at the Opera Centre to celebrate the opening of the new, fourteenth theatre season.

The Artistic Director’s first deputy, Sergey Makryashin, has warmly welcomed the students, teachers and the entire team of the Opera Centre. On behalf of the Teaching Department Makvala Kasrashvili, Badri Maisuradze, Vladislav Verestnikov and Anatoly Loshak have congratulated the students with the beginning of the school year.

Deputy Artistic Director, Eliso Chirakadze, revealed the plans for the upcoming season. The season will open on September 22 with the last year’s premiere – Pagliacci.

In accordance with an established tradition to carry out a premiere on October 25th, the birthday of Galina Vishnevskaya, a renovated Iolanta production will be presented to the public.

The whole 2016 will be a year dedicated to celebrations in honor of Galina Vishnevskaya’s 90th birthday anniversary. This date will be the subject of numerous events in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Gala concerts by world’s leading opera soloists and musicians at the historic stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, as well as opera festivals and international competitions, “Parade of the Opera Centre’s performances” in the cities of Russia.

The international project “Young Opera Singers Assemblies”, successfully run by the Opera Centre in collaboration with academies for young performers under the major theaters around the world, will be continued in a new season as well.