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‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ at Opéra de Tours

Romie Estèves as a seductive Rosina in Il Barbiere! A great pleasure to make my debut at this wonderful opera house

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Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in Kazan

My first Rigoletto at the Sjaliapin Festival in Kazan. Boris Statsenko as a spectacular Rigoletto

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‘Aida’ at the Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg

Aida in Johannesburg. Exciting production by Laurence Dale. With Indra Thomas, Violina Angelov, Kelebogile Bokanyo and others

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‘Les Grands Romantiques Russes’ at the Festival d’Evian

Opening night of the Festival d’Evian in an all Russian program with Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. Soloist was the Russian star pianist Nicolai Tokarev

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‘Boris Godunov’ at the Sjaliapin Festival in Kazan

Good memories about my long relationship with the annual Sjaliapin Festival in Kazan. Incredible Mikhail Svetlov singing an impressive Boris

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Memories of studying with the legendary Professor Ilya Musin in St Petersburg

In 1997 I had the privilege of studying with the legendary Ilya Musin, teacher of Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev and Semyon Bychkov at the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg.