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6 unusual facts about Helikon Opera


Alexander Polishchuk

From 1989 to 1991, he worked with Helikon Opera and both Bolshoi and Mikhaylovsky Theatres, with which he have international performances as well.

Ayrat Kashaev

In the season 2011/12, Ayrat Kashaev continued his collaboration with Helikon Opera, Moscow, leading the revival of the company’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugeny Onegin.

Dmitry Bertman

Dmitry Alexandrovitch Bertman (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Бертман, born 31 October 1967) is a Russian theatre and opera director and the founder and artistic director of Helikon Opera in Moscow.

Evgeny Brazhnik

Since 1999 he works for the Helikon Opera and by 2012 became the Golden Mask recipient for his conducting of The Tales of Hoffmann which was performed in Moscow's Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre.

Nina Shatskaya

In 2005 Shatskaya's third album Emerald (Изумруд), recorded in concert on March 13, 2005, at the Helikon Opera, came out as part of the Autumn Triptych concert series.

Pierre le Grand

Pierre le Grand — Maxim Mironov, Elena Voznessenskaya, Nikolai Galin, Chorus and Orchestra of Helikon Opera, conducted by Sergey Stadler (DVD on Arthaus, 101 097, shot in Moscow in 2002)


Marius Stravinsky

Opera debut was in Carmen at the Helikon Opera in Moscow, and he became its resident conductor from 2004-2007, conducting such works as Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Shostakovich), Dialogue des Carmelites (Poulenc), The Tale of a Real Man (Prokofiev), Kaschei the Immortal (Rimsky-Korsakov), Siberia (Giordano) and Mavra (Stravinsky).


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