The III young opera artists programme announced the participants
An in-person audition of participants of the III young opera artists programme of the Helikon-opera theatre took place in the Stravinsky Hall.
The level of the young singers was evaluated by the jury – experts and teachers of the young opera artists programme:
People's Artist of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bertman
People's Artist of the Russian Federation Natalia Zagorinskaya
Honored Artist of the RSFSR Elena Kachura
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Marina Karpechenko
Director of creative groups, stage-director, laureate of the Moscow Prize, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Ilya Ilin
Chief conductor of the theatre, laureate of the Moscow Prize and the Golden Mask Festival Valery Kiryanov
Principal soloist of the theatre, laureate of international competitions, laureate of the Moscow Prize Elena Mikhailenko
Stage-director, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Galina Timakova
Editorial director of the Music Programs Department of the TV channel Russia-Culture Olga Petelina
Director of the Department of the general producer of the TV channel Russia-Culture, winner of the TEFI award Lyubov Platonov.
The jury had to do a difficult selection to choose the 10 best young singers from 24, which will join the artists of the Helikon-opera theatre from the new season and begin an internship.
We are naming the participants of the III Youth Program of opera artists of the Helikon Opera Theater:
1. Garkunov Daniil (Maykop)
2. Bykova Alexandra (Moscow)
3. Dubolazov Alexander (Kursk)
4. Laptev Elisey (Ufa)
5. Popov Kirill (Michurinsk)
6. Sanitar Daniil (Nikolaev)
7. Sitnikova Yulia (Nizhny Novgorod)
8. Smirnova Natalia (Dimitrovgrad)
9. Fedorov Egor (Moscow)
10. Chernova Natalia (Omsk)
Ekaterina Chebykina (Shikalovich), General Director of the Russian Musical Society, and Svetlana Kobzar, Executive Director, also evaluated the Performances of the participants.The performances of the participants were also evaluated by Ekaterina Chebykina (Shikalovich), General Director of the Russian Musical Society, and Svetlana Kobzar, Executive Director. They chose another young artist, Clements Aleksans from Riga, who will undertake the internship at Helikon under the partnership program of the Russian Musical Society.
The young opera artists programme is implemented by the Helikon-opera Theater in cooperation with ANCO Art-Helios with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.