The Bolshoi Young artists opera program created in 2009 collaborates successfully with similar foreign projects. This time The Bolshoi audience will meet a real “golden collection” of young opera singers, who will represent 6 youth opera centers:
International Opera Studio of Zürich Opera House
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme of Royal Opera House
Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project
The Queen Sonja International Music Competition
and The Bolshoi Young artists opera program
The projects will be represented by The Queen Sonja International Music Competition finalist and Norwegian National Opera soloist Elisabeth Teige (soprano), British Ashley Riches (baritone), “Etta Limiti” award laureate Daniel Giulianini (bass-baritone) and laureate of international competitions Alexei Botnarciuc (bass). The Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2013 I award laureate Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano), Pavel Valuzhin and The Bolshoi opera soloist Yulia Mazurova (mezzo) will present The Bolshoi Young artists opera program. The concert program will include arias, scenes and ensembles from operas by W.A.Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Rachmaninov and Jacques Offenbach. The Bolshoi Orchestra will accompany conducted by Honoured Artist of Russia Anton Grishanin.