Alexandra, Alexandra…

On 13 February, Rigoletto, which is consistently among the top 10 most popular productions in the world, will be performed on the Belarusian stage.

Neeme Kuningas (Estonia) directed the drama about the ugliness of the human soul at the Bolshoi 10 years ago.

On 13 February, the performance will feature the People's Artist of Belarus Vladimir Gromov in the title role and Alexander Gelakh in the role of the Duke.

And the soloist of Helikon-Opera Alexandra Sokolova will perform the role of Gilda. In 2023, she was awarded special prizes "Belcanto Perfection" and “For the Best performance of a Russian opera aria" at the 14th Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers. There Alexandra received a special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus (the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus Oksana Volkova was one of the judges): opportunity to perform at the Gala Concert of the Christmas Opera Forum. In December 2023, the Minsk audience applauded her for the first time. And on 13 February, she will perfrom at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus again.

The young singer of the theatre Irina Poleshchuk will appear in the role of Maddalena for the first time. This evening the performance will also features the Honoured Artists of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Keda and Elena Salo as Sparafucile and Giovanna, Dmitry Kapilov as the Count Monterone, Andrei Logvinov as Marullo (debut).
Vladimir Ovodok will conduct.