Today we will tell you who Svetlana Kasyan is. Soprano of this Kazakh-Russian singer pleases opera lovers. Our heroine was born in Batumi in 1984, on July 24, and is of Armenian-Yezidi origin.
Biography
Svetlana Kasyan moved in 1993 to Aktobe. She studied at school 26 there. The singer noted that she comes from a poor family and she is well aware of what it means to wear old clothes. She began to work at 11 years old. Traded carrots and sandals on the market. Mom divided the bread into quarters, giving them to our heroine, her brother and grandmother. Strangers helped the family with food, clothing, and other things. The singer still remembers this. After graduating from nine grades of the school, the girl began to study at the College of Music in Aktobe. She graduated in 2006. Then she studied at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. I got into the class of Galina Pisarenko. Trained with Dmitry Vdovin, as well as with Placido Domingo in Washington.
Activities
Svetlana Kasyan in 2009-2011 was a member of the youth program at the Bolshoi Theater. Her debut took place in 2010. Then the Russian singer entered the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, performing the part of Kupava from the opera “The Snow Maiden” by Rimsky-Korsakov. Later, in the same walls, she embodied the image of Fata Morgana from the work of S. Prokofiev “Love for Three Oranges” and Nastasya from “The Enchantress” by P. Tchaikovsky. In 2011 she graduated from the conservatory, choosing the specialty "solo singing". Soon she won the first prize at the Ningbo International Vocal Competition. In 2011, she performed the title role in the Yekaterinburg Theater from the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. Then she embodied a similar image on the stage of the Bolshoi. Journalists called our heroine the most promising voice in the world.
Peace
Svetlana Kasyan made her debut in Italy in 2011. It happened in Bari at the Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In 2013, she performed at the Teatro Regio in Turin with the party of Queen Elizabeth from the opera Don Carlos. Hit the same lineup with Ildar Abdrazakov and Ramon Vargas. This performance was broadcast by the Italian television channel RAI. Soon in Venice she made her debut with a title role in Madame Butterfly on the stage of the La Fenice Theater. The opera was presented to the Italian public as part of the Biennale.
Help
Svetlana Kasyan took part in a special charity solo concert. It was held in 2013 in the
Great Hall of the Conservatory. This event was dedicated to the restoration of architectural monuments in the city of Moscow. The concert was broadcast by the Russian radio Orpheus. The event helped raise $ 3,000,000 for the implementation of this program.
Michael McFaul - American ambassador to the Russian Federation, present at the concert. After the event, he made a statement in which he noted that the singer is a world-class star, and he had never heard anything like it in his life.
In 2012, there was a full house (over 5500 people) at the concert, which was held as part of the Athenian festival in the Odeon Theater. Mikis Theodorakis after this event compared Svetlana with Maria Kallas. In 2013, our heroine performed in Rome with a recital. The event was held in the Auditorium Conciliazione hall and was organized under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the President of Italy. On the day of the concert, the singer was given an audience by Pope Francis. He dedicated the voice of our heroine to God and made a promise from the girl to sing for the sake of promoting good.
Svetlana Kasyan collaborated with various conductors, including Dmitry Yurovsky, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Pavel Kogan, Christopher Mulds, Stefan Anton Rek, Gianandrea Noseda, Kent Nagano. The agent of our heroine is one of the most famous people in the opera business. This is an Englishman named Mark Hildrow. He represented Dmitry Hvorostovsky.