In order to achieve something in life, you need to have ambitious goals. So says Dinara Aliyeva - opera singer, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. That is why she went to conquer Moscow. Dinara was sure that she would succeed, and her intuition did not disappoint. Why did she decide to connect her life with music? Probably because her whole family was connected with this art. But first things first.
Biography
Dinara Aliyeva was born on December 17, 1980 in the city of Baku. Since, in her expression, she absorbed music with her mother’s milk, there was no doubt that music was her calling. The fact that the girl is talented was clear from her very birth. That is why her parents brought her to the famous Azerbaijani Bul-Bul school in which she studied piano. After graduation, Dinara entered the Baku Academy of Music. Dinara's class is led by the famous singer Khuraman Kasimova.
The master classes that were held in Baku by Elena Obraztsova and Monserat Caballe are memorable for Dinara Aliyeva. It was the master class of Montserrat Caballe that changed the whole life of Dinara. A celebrity noted the girl as a "young talent." Dinara realized that she was going in the right direction, that she would become an opera singer, and that the whole world would talk about her. In 2004, Diana brilliantly graduated from the Academy. Her career began in her native Azerbaijan at the MF Drama Opera and Ballet Theater Akhundova. True, Dinara has been performing in this theater since 2002, while still studying at the academy. We can say that Dinara Aliyeva has a very happy biography. Family, music, opera, festivals, tours - this is what makes it up.
Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater
In 2007, Dinara Aliyeva was invited to the international art festival, led by Yuri Bashmet. And in 2009, her debut was on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. Aliyeva performed the role of Liu in Turandot by Puccini, and conquered not only the audience, but also critics with her voice. The singer gladly accepted the invitation to perform on the day of Maria Callas in memory of September 16, 2009 in Athens. This was one of her favorite singers. In Athens, she performed arias from the operas La Traviata and Tosca. The repertoire on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater by Dinara Aliyeva includes the parts of Violetta from La Traviata, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Eleanor in Troubadour, Martha in the Tsar’s Bride - you can’t count all of them.
Dinara likes Moscow and the Bolshoi Theater, she says in her interviews that Moscow is the city that became her second homeland and gave her fame. It began its formation and professional path.
Vienna Opera
Smiling, the singer Dinara Aliyeva recalls her debut at the Vienna Opera. This performance was like a test of fate. It happened like this: a telephone rang from Vienna asking to replace a sick singer. It was necessary to perform the aria of Donna Elvira in Italian. Dinara’s aria was already performed, but it was exciting, as the audience knew this part very well.
The theater met Aliev very friendly. The theater building flooded with lights seemed to her a magical dream. She could not believe that she was at the Vienna Opera, and that this was not a dream, but a reality. The performance was successful. After that, more than once Dinara had invitations to Vienna. The capital of Austria amazed the young singer with the spirit of music that reigned there everywhere. Dinara was also struck by the touching tradition of Viennese spectators not to miss a single debut of a novice artist. Nobody knew her, a young woman who came to replace the famous but ill opera diva in Vienna, but people were in a hurry to get her an autograph. This touched the young singer to the core.
About the singer’s tour
Everyone who serves in theaters regularly goes on tour, and Dinara Aliyev is no exception. A solo concert in Prague, which took place in 2010, was accompanied by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Dinara made her debut on the stage of the Alter Opera in Germany in 2011. She was expected to succeed at the Carnegie Hall in New York and at a gala concert in the Paris Gavaux Hall. The singer performs with concerts on the stages of leading opera houses in Russia, Europe, the USA and Japan. She is always happy to tour in her homeland and is waiting for a meeting with the city of her childhood - Baku, periodically gives concerts there. In this city she had a chance to sing with Placido Domingo.
The repertoire of Diana Aliyeva consists not only of chamber works, she is the performer of the main parts for soprano, vocal miniatures of composers Schuman, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov.
About plans and dreams
When asked about Diana Aliyeva about her dreams and their implementation, she replies that her dream of becoming a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater has already come true. Trusting her intuition, she came to Moscow. However, the singer says that believing only intuition is not enough, it is equally important to believe that you can achieve what you want. When you achieve a goal or your dream is fulfilled, what appears is what you are going on to. And Dinara’s most cherished dream: to achieve such mastery that with his singing to touch the souls of people and stay in their memory, enter the history of music. The dream is ambitious, but it helps to realize plans that initially seem impossible.
She is happy to share that she lives in marriage with her beloved and loving spouse, and that they had a wonderful little son. Since Dinara is a mother who works, it is difficult for her to devote to her baby all her time. In order not to deprive her son of attention, she tries to take him and the nanny, who looks after him, on tours or in concert tours. Dinara is very glad that they understand her in the family. She plans to replenish her repertoire with new parties. She also has organizational ideas for holding festivals, has tours and contracts with opera houses.
Festival "Opera Art"
In 2015, the singer decided to hold her own festival "Opera Art". Within its framework, concerts were held in Moscow. In the festival tour there were such large cities as St. Petersburg, Prague, Berlin, Budapest. By the end of 2015, her new CD with the famous tenor Alexander Antonenko was released. In March 2017, the next festival started, at which meetings with interesting singers, conductors and directors took place.
The demand for Dinara Aliyeva as an opera singer, her participation in charity concerts and festivals - all this takes time, effort, desire. Where did she get such dedication? Dinara explains this with his crazy love for opera. She cannot imagine herself without singing, without a scene, without spectators. For her, the most important thing is serving the opera.