“Nano-opera” has announced the names of the winners!
V International competition for young opera directors “Nano-opera” has announced the names of the winners!
After the three days, when participants have been showing their improvisational productions of arias, duets and mass scenes, the professional and media jury retired for the meeting to make final decision.
Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky performed with a welcoming speech in the begining of the ceremony, which was guided by the 1st "Nano-opera" laureate Alexey Frandetti (as well as all the comtetion rounds).
Our winners:
1st prize – Maria Fomicheva (Russia, Moscow)
2nd prize – Erenbak Toikenov (Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan)
3rd prize – Irina Gaudasinskaya (Russia, St. Petersburg)
Jury members also have chosen their laureates:
Toleubek Alpiyev (Astana, Kazakhstan) invited Irina Gaudasinskaya and Erenbak Toikenov to stage the opera at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre “Astana Opera”. Also Irina Gaudasinskaya was invited by Sergey Bobrov to the Krasnoyarsk opera and ballet theatre and by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev to the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Pavel Sorokin (Rostov State Musical Theatre) made an offer to Maria Fomicheva. Also she was invited as assistant by Ramiz Usmanov to the State Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Alisher Navoi.
Media jury has chosen 2 laureates: Erenbak Toikenov received special prize (Parker pen and travel suitcase), Mikhail Kolegov received the diploma "For convincing work with musical material".
Our information partner "Russia-Culture" tv-channel invited Vadim Letunov to stage one of the episodes of the "Bolshaya opera" competition.
Media jury members also presented their awards - interviews on the radio and magazines to Maria Fomicheva, Erenbak Toikenov, Olga Melkumova, Irina Gaudasinskaya, Mikhail Kolegov.
PR-department of the "Helikon-opera" decided to establish it's own prize to Mikhail Kolegov.
Erenbak Toikenov received audience award.
Natalia Ignatenko, the president of "Elena Obraztsova Foundation" invited Olga Melkumova to take part in one of the foundation events.
CEO and producer of the "Digital Opera" Nadezhda Abramova invited all the participants to take place in the festival.
We are grateful to all the soloists, choir and departments of the Helikon-opera theatre, which have been supporting our participants throughout all three days!
Фотографиии Антона Дубровского и Юлии Осадча