03 May 2010

Placido’s Choice

Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company soloist Dinara Alieva has won 3^rd prize at the annual Operalia World Opera Competition, founded and led by the famous singer and conductor, Placido Domingo. This year for the first time the Operalia was held in Milan. The final round took place on La Scala stage, the competitors being accompanied by the Theatre’s orchestra. Dinara Alieva, a young native of Baku, has had an extremely impressive career both professionally and in terms of her performance at competitions. This is the 6^th competition in her life. And at all of the contests which preceded it, she had an equal success.