Maria Guleghina was awarded the Maestri League award at a concert at the Helikon Opera Automatic translate

MOSCOW. April celebrations of Maria Guleghina in Moscow.

The audience and the media, not stinting on praise and high-profile titles, are ready to listen to the performance of Maria Guleghina randomly pulled lines from the notorious telephone directory. But the best dramatic soprano of his generation caresses the ear with flawless interpretations of Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Tchaikovsky. The coming years are scheduled to the minute, the best theaters in the world - from New York to Milan and St. Petersburg are ready for her to make adjustments to long-made plans and posters.

And in 1989, Guleghina had to repeat the path of Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich, choosing freedom and creativity without absurd prohibitions and envy. The troupe of the Minsk Opera House, which did not want to sing Italian operas in the original language, put up with the independent character of the singer and her successful performances in the West, announced a boycott to her. In fact, it was an undeclared ban on work for her and her husband, Mark Gulegin. The singer preferred the unknown without guarantees to creative living and humility with the absurd. One after another, lucrative contracts confirmed that the decision not to return from touring in Spain was the only way out of the situation.

April 2016 turned into an endless celebration of the great singer. Gala concert in her honor at the Helikon Opera, presentation of the first prize “Maestri League, multicultural project“ Crystal Turandot ”. Toward the close of triumph, Guleghina’s Moscow audience is the performance of Norma in the Tchaikovsky Hall along with soloists from Helikon. Fantastic, unforgettable and farewell. The singer decided to part with her favorite party in order not to lower the high bar set by herself, before objective circumstances force her to deviate from the standard.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru