Men’s finale of the opera singers memorial competition Automatic translate

MOSCOW. The results of the Galina Vishnevskaya International Opera Singers Competition have been summed up.

The sixth season of the competition of opera soloists, created on the initiative and with the active participation of Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, took place in the year of her 90th anniversary. Traditionally, a strong composition of the participants demanded that the jury maximize impartiality in determining the strongest. Despite the prizes and titles of winners won at other opera tournaments. To the surprise of the chairman of the jury Olga Rostropovich and other titled members of the “judiciary”, not a single lady was on the podium. Their names did not get on the list of holders of additional prizes.

A harmonious combination of perfect vocals, charm and artistry was demonstrated by Otar Georgikia, Alexander Roslavets and Alexander Aliev. Winner of the first prize is the Georgian tenor Otar Jorjikia, a recent graduate of the Tbilisi Conservatory, one of the leading soloists of the Paliashvili Theater Opera Company, regularly performing at various opera venues in Italy and Switzerland. The second place was taken by Belarusian bass Alexander Roslavets, artist of the Bolshoi Youth Opera Program. In 2015, he simultaneously made his debut in the main opera houses of Russia and Belarus. In Moscow - in the party of the Marquise d’Aubigny from "La Traviata", in Minsk - in the "benefit" role of Don Basilio from the "Barber of Seville". The bronze went to the baritone Alexander Aliyev, the soloist of the Galina Vishnevskaya Center. The holder of the lyric baritone, Stanislav Lee, was awarded a prize for excellent performance of Russian aria. He successfully performs on the opera stage and tries his hand at pop projects in his homeland, in Kazakhstan.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru