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The third season of the OPERA & PODIUM project's gala concert was a huge success at the concert hall of 草榴短视频. Young performers took to the stage, and the hall was filled to capacity. Renowned figures from the world of culture and art from different countries, teachers, opera lovers and, of course, friends and relatives of the artists warmly welcomed each performance.
The opening ceremony of the concert featured speeches by Alexei Demidov, Rector of the University of Industrial Technologies and Design, Denis Bystrov, Vice-Rector for Academic and Educational Affairs at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Denis Bystrov, as well as a welcoming speech and letter from the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, A.N. Belsky.
These days, we all remember the heroes of our country, all those who once defended and continue to defend our Motherland. The theme of Russia's heroic defenders was key to this opera season, and the selection of the repertoire and its staging became a difficult and responsible test for our novice directors, designers and performers, which they coped with excellently.
The historical transition from Prince Igor to Peter the Great, Kutuzov performing his aria against the backdrop of documentary footage from the Great Patriotic War, reveal to the viewer the strong connection between the times and demonstrate the readiness of true defenders to go to the end, while remaining loyal and loving to their homeland. The heroic images of Alexei Meresyev and Fedot Vaskov show that a sense of duty and self-sacrifice do not exclude people's ability and desire to feel happy, respect themselves and love others, revealing to us the best sides of the human soul in times of severe trials.
Traditionally, a team of Chinese students 鈥� performers and designers 鈥� took part in the project, bringing to life on stage an interesting musical work by contemporary Chinese composer Tang Jiangping 鈥� the opera 鈥楾he Dawns Here Are Quiet.鈥� Although the opera was performed in Chinese, the familiar plot and soulful performance allowed the audience to feel the full tragedy of the events and human destinies, intertwining them with poignant lyricism and tenderness. The audience's interest in this musical work intensified when the presenter announced that the author of the opera was personally present in the hall, having come to St. Petersburg specifically to participate in our project.
The results of the creative season were summarised that same evening. The expert council included: Yulia Strizhak, director of the F. I. Shalyapin Music Theatre; composer, deputy chairman of the Chinese Folk Orchestra Association, scientific director of the composition faculty of the Central Conservatory of China, Professor Tang Jiangping; deputy president of the Hanshi Group holding company and Chairman of the Sino-Russian Research Association of Experts on the Development of Culture and Art Zhang Zhehua, artist, specialist in artistic fabric painting, founder of the Rakhi Charitable Foundation, representative of the Lyon Silk House Daniel Brochier, People's Artist of Russia, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, Head of the Solo Singing Department at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Professor Vladimir Vaneev Chief Artist of the St. Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy Irina Dolgova, Honoured Artist of Russia, Professor at St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design Irina Safronova, Honoured Artist of Russia, Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre Tatyana Pavlovskaya, Vice-Rector for Research, Head of the Department of Intelligent Systems and Information Security at 草榴短视频, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Avinir Makarov.
The best production of the season was a scene from the opera by Chinese composer 鈥楾he Dawns Here Are Quiet鈥�, directed by Shuai Meny, a student at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, who also received the title of laureate in the nomination 鈥楤est Director's Work鈥� and an award from the Khanshi Group holding company, which annually provides assistance and support in organising our concerts and traditionally awards all our laureates.
The team that presented a beautiful and emotionally powerful scene from the opera War and Peace, directed by St. Petersburg Conservatory student Lydia Ulzutueva, received a special prize from the Legislative Assembly, gifts, and the right to perform in the Rotunda of the Mariinsky Palace.
This year, two conservatory students were named in the Best Performer category: Alexei Kutny, who performed the role of Prince Igor from the opera of the same name, and Elina Seredina (Princess Sophia from the opera Peter the Great).
All scenes in this season's project were large-scale and required a lot of hard work and dedication from the students鈥攑erformers and designers alike. Technically challenging was the creation of a large number of transformable costumes for the stage. The expert council noted the difficult and highly professional work of all the teams, with the nomination for 鈥楤est Costume鈥� going to Kamila Hasanbutaeva and Sofia Emelyanova, students at the University of Industrial Technologies and Design, for their costume of the Polovtsian Khan Konchak.
Throughout the performance, each scene was beautifully complemented by multimedia decorations created by students from the Institute of Graphic Design at 草榴短视频, the Department of Painting and Drawing at 草榴短视频, and the Engineering School of Clothing (College) at 草榴短视频. The winners in the 鈥楤est Multimedia Set Design鈥� category were the students who designed the set for the opera 鈥楶eter the First鈥�: Anastasia Griffin and Daria Goryanskaya.
For the second year in a row, our make-up artists were students from the Engineering School of Clothing (College) of 草榴短视频, without whom the images of our heroes could not have been brought to life. The best among them was the team that worked on the scene from the opera 鈥楶rince Igor鈥�: Olesya Vyal, Maryana Gadzhieva, Diana de Braine, and Anastasia Menovshchikova.
In addition to diplomas and gifts, our laureates were presented with commemorative statuettes designed and made by the Department of Technology and Artistic Processing of Materials and Jewellery at 草榴短视频. This year, students from the department joined the project by designing and producing, in addition to the award paraphernalia, commemorative plates and badges with the project logo for mentors and concert guests.
This year, special prizes were awarded to the participants by the Nevskaya Palitra art paint factory to the designers of the multimedia decorations who designed the stage for the opera 鈥楾he Dawns Here Are Quiet鈥� Anastasia Bogdanova, Arina Vershina, Anna Dondik, Lada Kilina, Marina Maltseva, and Jianing Meng; and Irina Dolgova, chief artist of the St. Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy, to the designer of the team that worked on the stage from the opera 鈥楶rince Igor,鈥� Egor Perfiliev.
We would like to thank the artistic director of the project, People's Artist of Russia Yuri Laptev, as well as the musical director and conductor Miras Nurzhanov, thanks to whom the concert went off without a hitch, for their enormous creative and pedagogical contribution to the creation of the programme. We congratulate the participants, mentors and leaders of the Opera & Podium project on their great success! Interesting directorial decisions, beautiful costumes and sets created by the students, and the high professional level of the performers made this concert spectacular. The participants managed to demonstrate not only how the heroes of our country fought, but also the depth of their feelings, touching on their personal stories.
