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Renowned Opera Singer Elena Obraztsova Visiting Yerevan

RENOWNED OPERA SINGER ELENA OBRAZTSOVA VISITING YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.08.2009 11:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Renowned opera singer Elena Obraztsova is currently
in Yerevan on invitation of director of the National Theater of Opera
and Ballet.

Obraztsova spent her first evening in the Armenian capital in Levon
Malkhasyan’s jazz club. On August 5 morning she will give a press
conference to tell about her plans for future.

Elena Obraztsova, born in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, on July 7,
1939 is a Russian mezzo-soprano.

In June 2007 Obraztsova was appointed artistic director for opera at
the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. She also trains young
soloists in her own cultural center in St. Petersburg. Obraztsova
still appears regularly on stage at the Mikhailovsky in the role of
the Countess in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades.

On July 7, 2009, Obraztsova’s 70th birthday was marked with a special
program at the Mikhailovsky Theater that included ballet performances,
opera arias, excerpts from films, and jazz and piano recitals.

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