Next week, on April 18, Golden Mask award laureates of 2013-2014 season will be announced at Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre.
This time The Bolshoi got the record-breaking number of nominations: 20 nominees in 4 stagings. Let's recall who were the experts' choice.
"Don Carlo" opera: "Best Opera Performance" "Best Opera Conductor" (Robert Treviño) "Best Set Designer" (Tobias Hoheisel)
"Così fan tutte" opera: "Best Opera Performance" "Best Opera Conductor" (Stefano Montanari) "Best Opera Director" (Floris Visser) "Best Female Opera Part" ( Veronika Dzhioeva - Elisabeth of Valois) "Best Male Opera Part" (Dmitry Beloselsky - Philip II and Igor Golovatenko - Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) "Best Set Designer" (Gideon Davey) "Best Costume Designer" (Dieuweke van Reij)
"Lady of the Camellias" ballet: "Best Ballet Performance" "Best Female Ballet Part" (Svetlana Zakharova - Marguerite Gautier)
"The Taming of the Shrew" ballet: "Best Ballet Performance" "Best Ballet Conductor" (Igor Dronov) "Best Choreographer" (Jean-Christophe Maillot) "Best Female Ballet Part" (Ekaterina Krysanova - Katharina, Olga Smirnova - Bianca) "Best Male Ballet Part" (Vladislav Lantratov - Petruchio, Semyon Chudin - Lucentio).
We cheer for all our nominees and wish them good luck. And who are your favourites?