November, 28 2014 Maria Gileghina is one of the most famous modern singers. The photo was provided by the organizers of the concert She has performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden since 1995; she performed the main rolein the opera "Fedora" by Giordano (Placido Domingo performed the part of Count Loris). In 1996 she made her debut at Arena di Verona was as Abigaille in "Nabucco", where she was awarded the "Prize of Giovanni Zanatello" for a sensational debut performance. In 1997 Maria Guleghina made her Paris Opera debut with the title role in Tosca and has since been seen in this theatre as Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth", Abigaille in "Nabucco" and Odabella in "Attila". The photo was provided by the organizers of the concert In 2010 she performed at the closing ceremony of the РҐРҐI Winter Olympic Games in V ancouver, where she sang the aria from the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin and took part in the ceremony of handing over the Olympic symbols to the Russian city of Sochi. In 2013 she made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre and performed the part of the Princess Eboli in the opera "Don Carlo" by Verdi. She gives solo concerts in dif ferent countries around the world regularly. She has performed numerous times with the world's leading singers and conductors including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Renato Bruson, Jose Cura and Samuel Ramey, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, Fabio Luisi and Claudio Abbado. Ms. Guleghina is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including Puccini Prize as Best Puccini Performer, 2001 Bellini Prize, Giovanni Zanatello Prize for her debut at the Arena di Verona, Maria Zamboni gold medal, 1999 gold medal at the Osaka Festival and the Order of Holy Olga, the Highest Order of the Russian Orthodox Church by Patriarch Alexis of Russia. Ms Guleghina is the honorary board m em ber to th e In te rn atio nal P ara ly m pic C om mit te e as w ell as a G oodw ill Ambassador to UNICEF. The program of this concert at the Moscow Conservatory includes the overture and the aria of Leonora from the opera "La forza del destino", the introduction, the choir of witches and the aria of Lady Macbeth from the opera "Macbeth", the overture and the aria of Abigaille from "Nabucco", the scene of Gioconda from the opera "La Gioconda", two arias of Manon from the opera "Manon Lescaut", the aria of Maddalena from the opera "Andrea Chenier" and the aria of Princess Turandot from the opera "Turandot". Kirov mass media: Committee on legislation and local government approved the candidacies of Kalyagin and Urin for the title of honorary citizens At the meeting of the committee on legislation and local government of the Kirov Oblast Legislative Assembly, which took place on November 26th 2014, it was decided to award the title of honorary citizens of the region to Alexander Kalyagin and Vladimir Urin. /…/ Ulan-Ude mass media: The Bolshoi Theatre's star will perform in Ulan-Ude Artem Ovcharenko, the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre's principal, will take part in the concerts on November 28th and 29th Artem Ovcharenko began to study dance at Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School, then he entered the Moscow Choreographic Academy (class of Alexander Bondarenko). In 2007, after graduation from MCA he joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. In 2006 he received the 1st prize (in one of the age groups of classics category) at the International choreographic festival-competition for children and youth "The Dancing Olympus" (Berlin). In 2008 the dancer won the 1st prize at the Open competition of Russian ballet dancers Arabesque in Perm, also he became the recipient of Marius Petipa prize established by "The Ural Pearl" - the Perm Non-governmental foundation for support and development of the Perm Opera and Ballet theater n.a. P.I. Tchaikovsky and the Press Jury prize "For adherence to the Moscow school of classical dance traditions", the same year he won the youth grant of the award Triumph. In 2009 Artem Ovcharenko won a Special prize "For the best partner" at the XI International competition of ballet dancers and choreographers, and was awarded the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize (The Rising Star nomination). Elena Obraztsova has cancelled her concert at the Kremlin T ASS reports that the concert of the People's Artist of the USSR at the State Kremlin Palace, which had been scheduled for December 11th, was cancelled due to the fact that the opera singer needed rehabilitation after her illness. A representative of the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center in Saint Petersburg stated: - Elena Obraztsova had pneumonia in summer, and doctors recommended her to devote more time to rehabilitation and rest. Besides, she was very stressed because of the preparation for the Opera Ball, which took place at the Bolshoi Theatre on October 28th and starred Anna Netrebko, Jose Cura and other singers. She was very emotional about this concert, because she was the main inspiration, the main organizer and the main participant of this concert. The singer is now at a resort in the south of Germany; it is planned that she will return to Russia some time near spring. According to Irina Chernova, the Elena Obraztsova Foundation asked to reschedule the concert that was supposed to take place on December 1 1th; a different date for the concert will be negotiated. Joseph Kobzon, Alla Pugacheva, Mykhailo Zhvanetskyi, Valentin Gaft, Alexander Kogan and many other artists had been invited to participate in this concert. For articles published 26 November 2014 Many local editions including The Weekender (USA) and 7 dias (Dominican Republic) announce the upcoming transmissions of Bolshoi Ballet performances in local cinemas. Midi Libre and Centre Press Aveyron (France) report that French cinemas are forced to offer alternative content such as concerts, lectures, classical ballets of retransmissions (Bolshoi and the Metropolitan), one-man-shows, and other entertainment to bring the public into theaters because of competition from Netflix. The Frankfurter Neue Press announces concerts of the Christmas season writing that one of the highlights will be a concert of the Orchestre National du Capitole de T o ulo use o n D ece m ber 2, w here th e p ia nis t O lg a S ch eps w ill in te rp re t Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto (C minor). After the break, Tugan Sokhiev who is also the music director of the Bolshoi Theatre conducts the orchestra version of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". Gala concerts, marking the 75th anniversary of the Opera and Ballet Theatre, take place in Ulan-Ude The Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater celebrates its anniversary with three big concerts on November 27th, 28th and 29th. Programs of the gala concerts include golden opera and ballet masterpieces by W estern European, Russian and Buryat composers, performed by the leading soloists, acknowledged masters, young soloists and theatre's artistic directors Darima Linkhovoin and Morihiro Iwata. The audience has a chance to hear soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre and other leading theatre artists of Russia, as well as the Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Newsletter

, 7 Lipetsk mass media : An opera star will perform in Lipetsk The concert is scheduled for December 7th The Lipetsk Oblast Philharmonic invited Dinara Alieva (soprano), a unique singer and a world opera star, to perform at the Lipetsk Oblast Center of Culture and Folk Art; the concert will take place on December 7th at 6 p.m. Dinara Alieva performs at the leading opera theatres and concert halls of the world, including the Bolshoi Theatre, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York, Monte-Carlo Opera Theatre, Megaron Concert Hall in Athens and Royal Opera Theatre in London. The singer successfully performs main roles in various operas; her repertoire includes such parts, as Violetta in "La Traviata" by Verdi, Eleonora in "Il Trovatore" by V erdi, Mimi in "La Boheme" by Puccini, Mikaela in "Carmen" by Bizet, Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, Tatiana in "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky and many others. Dinara Alieva's outstanding talent and remarkable professional level grant her a well- deserved place in the galaxy of the world's unique opera singers. On December 7th the ballet "La Bayadere" will be broadcast at the cinemas all over the world! .youtube.com/watch?v=fJqHHpDtCJw The cast stars: Svetlana Zakharova, Maria Alexandrova, Vladislav Lantratov. For tickets and additional information please visit our partner's website: .pathelive.com/fr/saisons/bolshoi-2014-2015

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