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Dear friends, the qualifying round for participation in the Third young opera artists Programme at the Helikon-opera Theater and ANCO Art-Helios, organized by our theater with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives of the Russian Federation, has ended. We are pleased to announce the names of young artists who will take part in the final round on 3 June 2024 at 2 p.m. in the Stravinsky Hall!

On May 21 the premiere of the film version of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida of the Helikon-opera Theater staged by Dmitry Bertman will take place at the Cinema Center The Oktyabr.

The VI International competition of young opera directors Nano-Opera has announced the names of the participants! Of more than 253 persons who submitted applications 10 were admitted to the competition. Thank you to everyone who wanted to participate, and we hope that we will meet you in 2026!

On September, 9 (2023) Helikon-opera will present G. Verdi's "Aida" staged by Dmitry Bertman in the framework of the XXV Bangkok's International Festival of Dance and Music.

Artistic director of the production Dmitry Bertman and stage-director Ilya Ilyin together with conductor Valery Kiryanov, set designer Rostislav Protasov, costume designer Nika Velegzhaninova and lighting designer Denis Enyukov have tried to go away from the mystical in the performance, to focus on the relationships and to convey the idea, that “Everything, which happens in the world, is created by people themselves”! 

We were preparing for this premiere with special thrill - for the first time the entire performance was given into the hands of young creators! Its аuthors – young stage-directors Korneeva Elizaveta, Dmitry Otyakovsky, Mikhail Sabelev,  Leysan Safargulova, designers Irina Sid, Elizaveta Kholmushina, Fedor Arkhipov, Maxim Greller, Natalya Blinkova, young conductor Philip Selivanov have created the real bohemian world!