On September 3, 2021 the world opera star Hibla Gerzmava, People’s Artist of Russia and Abkhazia, will appear solo at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. It will be the first appearance of the famous singer in Vladivostok. Her concert will be a part of the cultural program of the VI International Economic Forum.
Hibla Gerzmava includes her favorite arias and songs in her program: Norma’s cavatina Casta Diva from Bellini’s Norma, Adriana’s aria from Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, Leonora’s arias from Verdi’s Il trovatore and La forza del destino, and poetic-sounding Ave Maria by Mascagni. She will keep on down the lyric line, singing songs by French, Italian and Russian composers. The Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will take part in the concert under the baton of Valentin Uryupin, Principal Conductor of the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow.
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano) is one of the famous Russian opera singers. She is a soloist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre and a guest soloist at the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres. She appears on the best world stages: the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), the Metropolitan Opera, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and the Vienna State Opera. She tours much throughout the world and is a recipient of a lot of awards and prizes including Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Award, Golden Orpheus, Casta Diva, and Triumph Prize. In 2020 Hibla Gerzmava became a winner of the State Prize of Russia for her contribution to development of the Russian and international opera art.
