Opera Art festival due in Moscow

By Laman Ismayilova

The Moscow Conservatory will host the second Opera Art festival organized by Azerbaijan's Honorary Artist Dinara Aliyeva, Trend Life reported.

The marvelous event will bring together renowned singers, symphonic and choral ensembles, who will delight opera lovers with beautiful music pieces.

Featuring five concerts, the festival will run from  March 7 to April 13.

Azerbaijani soprano Dinara Alieva graduated the Baku Music Academy and joined the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as soloist in 2010. She has won prizes at the Operalia Competition (Milan, La Scala, 2010), the Francesco Viñas Competition (Barcelona, 2010), and at the Maria Callas Competition.

Alieva's discography includes 'Pace Mio Dio', CD of Italian opera arias for Delos Records and her vocal recital 'Russian Songs and Arias' with the New Russian State Symphony Orchestra for Naxos. She has also recorded a disc of "Great Italian love duets" with tenor Alexandr Antonenko and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Constantine Orbelian.